Example sentences of "[verb] why we should [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are pensioners with no help from Income Support so I want to know why we should pay for these people , a lot of them are much better off than we are and can afford to smoke and drink . |
| 2 | In many other cases , one may agree with Halliday that " a rough indication of frequencies is often just what is needed : enough to suggest why we should accept the analyst 's assertion that some feature is prominent in the text , and allow us to check his statements " . |
| 3 | ‘ We married early , ’ Mike said , ‘ so I do n't see why we should miss out on what life has to offer . |
| 4 | Christie , who has already signed money-spinning deals with Lucozade and clothing firm High and Mighty since Barcelona , said : ‘ We did n't see why we should pay for a visa when we were prepared to take part in races for nothing . |
| 5 | We do not see why we should pay the environmental price for manifest improvements for the people of north-west England . |
| 6 | In nineteen eighty nine , Mrs Margaret Thatcher said , I do not see why we should pay for the education of conflict . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't see why we should give up these wonderful premises just because there 's another practice about a couple of miles away . ’ |
| 8 | You 're here to see us acting naturally and I do n't see why we should change , because then you 're not getting a true picture , are you ? |
| 9 | I do n't see why we should go to war for our fucking post code . ’ |
| 10 | To be the Devil 's Advocate , to enable/provoke the class into clarifying their feelings and articulating what they believe to be right : " I do n't see why we should share the proceeds . " |
| 11 | He told me that he had said to Ivy that he hoped between the three of us we might make head or tail of it , and she said , ‘ Well , we are three intelligent people , so I ca n't see why we should have any difficulty . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't see why we should have |
| 13 | An adviser said : ‘ We do not see why we should allow foreign lotteries to take the money when it can be used for the benefit of Britain . ’ |
| 14 | Many of the symptoms of jet-lag relate to how we feel , but such an explanation does not explain why we should feel below par , and seems less acceptable when one would expect the mind to be concentrated on enjoying oneself on holiday or performing at one 's peak on business or at athletics , for instance . |
| 15 | But this does n't explain why we should think it is the sort that is invoked in an argument from analogy . |
| 16 | But as it stands , this declaration does not explain why we should accept these criteria , nor why Lenin 's proposal is anything other than arbitrary . |
| 17 | Even if we were to accept that no legislator should vote for the compromise , this would not explain why we should reject the compromise as an out-come . |
| 18 | Mr asked why we should close our homes and let private homes profit erm , if people choose either to go into the private sector or to stay into their own homes , what are we supposed to do tell them they 've got no choice but to keep our substandard homes going ? |
| 19 | And to do that I do have to say something about what truth is , in order to explain why we should want it told . |
| 20 | In logic we would say to ourselves because the Germans are getting more seats , because East Germany is being added to the union , why on earth should Britain get more as well and it seems very difficult to explain why we should have extra seats at all . |