Example sentences of "curious as [prep] why " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 5lb bream is a big fish , and when viewed alongside , say , a 5lb chub , we are curious as to why the bream is only equal in weight . |
| 2 | Curious about everything ; about the men who paid so little attention to her , wondering where they were taking her ; about Allen , wondering what he was doing ; about the Friar and what he would think when he found them gone ; about herself that she should be so indifferent to her circumstances and so little fearful ; and a little curious , but least curious of all , about the Friar 's sack , curious as to why if it contained only the remnants of a meal he had been so concerned to hide it and so uneasy at leaving it in their care . |
| 3 | These butts are pre-dyed , but I was curious as to why they only had colour on one side . |
| 4 | And I was even more curious as to why it was that Milton Friedman could so confidently assert in his writings a belief in the value of freedom , or Harry Johnson in the value of efficiency or Nicholas Kaldor in the value of equality , if it were true that facts and values could be distinguished so clearly . |
| 5 | For example if the style check showed that the student had an unusual balance in the use of facilities , it made us curious as to why : perhaps the work was just plain bad , or conceivably it was an unusual and original approach that was highly successful . |
| 6 | You might be curious as to why this disorder of repetition is called conduction aphasia . |
| 7 | She looked at him , curious as to why he was there . |