Example sentences of "why it was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce v Foster indicated why it was that if the original affidavit or a copy made by the employee had been sent to the solicitors , that would not have been privileged from disclosure by the first and second defendants , although sent to the solicitors for the purpose of advising them on their position against the employee . |
| 2 | I would find it very hard to follow gut feel if I could not put forward arguments on two sides of a sheet of paper as to why it was the right decision . |
| 3 | His Mum and Dad would wonder why it was open but they 'd most likely think that they had forgotten to lock it . |
| 4 | Dot wondered why it was braver to jump out of a plane than to lose two fingers in a factory . |
| 5 | Neither picture seemed to me to be appropriate , and I could not quite understand why it was necessary for Aunt Louise to retire at all . |
| 6 | The carpet gets turned round , your favourite chair feels all wrong , and yet it only takes you an hour or two to wonder why it was obviously never done like this before . |
| 7 | If your weight has gone up and down over the last year ( or ten years ! ) try to remember when and why it was up or down . |
| 8 | His sally at Descartes when he remarks that there has never been a complete sceptic goes to the heart of the issue and it was David Hume , arch sceptic , who wondered aloud why it was that his scepticism vanished whenever he left his study . |
| 9 | In between , Labour 's final party election broadcast last night consisted largely of three dozen talking heads — some famous , others unknown — telling the viewers why it was time for a change . |
| 10 | IT IS impossible to understand the Victorian age without understanding why Darwin 's theory of the origin of species was so disturbing ; and perhaps it is equally impossible to understand the argument over evolution without learning why it was so fiercely resisted , by scientists as well as laymen . |
| 11 | Which was no doubt why it was important not just to the artists in this show , but also to others like Paul Nash , John Piper and Henry Moore . |
| 12 | There were various reasons why it was difficult to find time to attend courses , including — |
| 13 | Their more ample resources also explain why it was least common for such upper-class grandparents to share a house with their grandchildren on a longer basis . |
| 14 | Quite who it was built for , how long it was occupied and why it was abandoned are matters for archaeological speculation . |
| 15 | Baxter , for instance , concluded that it was a ‘ fierce movie … a social tract and a revolutionary one ’ , but , although he had been able to explain the way the film had produced such ‘ fierce ’ effects , he was unable , or not sufficiently politically motivated , to explain why it was so ‘ revolutionary ’ as a ‘ social tract ’ . |
| 16 | Which was probably why it was so vivid . |
| 17 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 18 | I should explain first why it was Alec Davidson who exposed these mysteries to me . |
| 19 | Always question any increase in price and ask for good reasons why it was not included in the original estimate . |
| 20 | Always question any increase in price and ask why it was not included in the original estimates . |
| 21 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 22 | This will happen even though the reasoner would , in principle , be capable of stating why it was rejecting each reading . |
| 23 | With its sombre strength and key strategic position it is easy to appreciate why it was an important royal stronghold for several hundred years . |
| 24 | Those interested in arresting the shelving of direct ministerial responsibility for these sites should write to their MPs , asking why it was , in 1883 , that the inspector was responsible directly to the minister whilst , in 1983 , there will be no inspectors as such and those responsible will be reporting to a quango . |
| 25 | A very famous Yoga teacher from India came to England and , after observing many Yoga classes , asked the instructor why it was that he did not first teach his students to sit , stand and walk with balance and coordination before teaching them the more complicated postures . |
| 26 | I wondered why it was called , just to discuss some Galloway baron imprisoned in England . |
| 27 | That was why it was so sensible to have it done early , before the little lines and pouches became obvious . |
| 28 | In the next chapter we consider events which are unexpected and which shock the couple into making a response ; for example , the discovery of an affair can destabilize a relationship to the point of breakdown , although more frequently it triggers a re-evaluation of the partnership and some heart-searching as to why it was necessary to draw attention to problems in the marriage in this way . |
| 29 | I wondered why it was important that it shat , but I did n't ask . |
| 30 | Planners there began to ask why it was that their residential streets were so dull and so unsafe , and why it was impossible to do anything else there except drive cars , even though most of the time there were no moving cars . |