Example sentences of "about why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My work involves challenging people about why they offend . |
| 2 | INVESTORS , traders , bankers and managers often operate with only a partial model in mind about why they are doing whatever it is they are doing , and what principles lie behind it . |
| 3 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 4 | Their Lordships also upheld the trial judge 's refusal to allow the defendants to put any evidence before the jury about why they believed that nuclear weapons , rather than their own actions , were ‘ prejudicial to the safety … of the State ’ . |
| 5 | What their words really imply is that they do not want to think about why they are out of breath on stairs . |
| 6 | When patients who did not contact their general practitioners before their attempts were questioned about why they had not gone to their doctor , it was found that many were reluctant to trouble him , some had found him unhelpful in the fist , and others thought he was unlikely to be helpful or might even be unsympathetic ( Hawton and Blackstock 1976 ) . |
| 7 | When you meet someone who cares deeply about something , you probably will want to ask them questions about why they care so much . |
| 8 | ‘ Later when we quizzed British Airways about why they flew in when the war had started we were just stone-walled . ’ |
| 9 | Here is what some of the catechumens had to say about why they were becoming Catholics : |
| 10 | He had nagged her about why they did not go to live at the School , instead of letting all those other people live there , and at last she told him why . |
| 11 | The only way to do this was to allow students themselves to talk about why they chose to study their particular subject , their experience of studying it , and their hopes for the future . |
| 12 | The contract includes agreement not only about what new skills and knowledge need to be learned but also about why they are needed , how they will be applied and what is expected to result from them within the school or office . |
| 13 | In Duesenberry 's words if ‘ economics is all about how people made choices , sociology is all about why they do n't have any choices to make ’ ( 1960 , p. 233 ) . |
| 14 | Golfers have all sorts of excuses about why they get home late . |
| 15 | And then you 'd get thinking about why they wanted you to do it . |
| 16 | As I stand behind the till faced with a customer buying a 40p postcard with a £50 note , I wonder what I can usefully tell any bookseller about why they should consider selling things other than books . |
| 17 | Can they be more articulate about why they feel the way they do ? |
| 18 | History students who appear to be confused about why they are studying the subject do little to encourage others to study it as a full GCSE subject or at an advanced level . |
| 19 | We talk about why they might be there ; who they might belong to . |
| 20 | As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed . |
| 21 | ‘ It was hopeless , ’ said Nina , ‘ people had no time between bouts of sickness to answer our questions about why they wanted to go to Scotland . ’ |
| 22 | The original American legislation was only for women , and they made in fact some very erm convoluted and not very satisfactory arguments about why they should only do it for women . |
| 23 | No , various European countries started erm thinking about the same idea at the same time , and there are some interesting questions here about why everybody suddenly lit upon this piece of legislation . |
| 24 | She had no illusions about why her children were so willing to shell out for their mother 's annual pilgrimage . |
| 25 | Ell continued to worry about why her husband had been sent by the Academy to the planet . |
| 26 | Aristotle only produces spurious suggestions about a woman 's incapacity to think or to stick to principles when he is obliged to say something about why their judgements lack authority . |
| 27 | Parents do not want trendy socio-economic arguments about why their school is not as good as another . |
| 28 | you know this is the sort of thing and really , you know , sort of cropped hair and enormous moustaches like yard brushes , or this is the story that was told to me , and , and then there was this , all this , all this chortling about why their moustaches were so lubricant , oh yes , er so , so luxurious er rather , I beg your pardon , and erm |
| 29 | The mother sometimes finds it very difficult to give away an almost impossible to keep child and the child , when grown up , may think about why their mother gave them away . |
| 30 | ‘ There were no words or logical words or logical argument about why we did it , ’ says Solowka . |