Example sentences of "the [noun sg] why [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asked by the judge why the question was relevant , Mr Carman said it was about the development of the friendship between the politician and the producer . |
| 2 | This is where my question was coming I ask the convenor why the committee failed to follow up their good work by not promoting the kidney donor cards through ministers to the congregation . |
| 3 | When he asked a police colonel who came to the scene why the elderly couple 's flat had been blown up , the officer replied : ‘ You should have given us your correct address , Comrade Ardzinov . ’ |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I want to know from the Chancellor why the Ministerial rules were not observed ; why the Law Officers were not informed immediately of the legal action which cost the taxpayer £4,700 ; whether the Prime Minister was consulted as the rules suggest he should be — and whether the permanent secretary to the Treasury was told about the source of the gift of the £18,000 . ’ |
| 5 | This may be analogous to the question why a newly independent State is deemed bound by a treaty which brought it into existence . |
| 6 | This begs the question why the Democrats and the White House are staging such a divisive quarrel , at a time when agreement on a deficit-cutting budget for 1990 is already overdue ( the nominal deadline passed yesterday ) . |
| 7 | And that is a large part of the answer to the question why the industrial co-operative has not , despite its promise , been much more widely adopted here . |
| 8 | Boccara/Boucherit of France had the next fastest time but they were seen to be wash hanging , not for the first time at this level , and a protest was upheld , posing the question why the umpires Riccardo Guala and Glyde Brytt had given white flags . |
| 9 | The summons requires the person to attend the court to explain to the magistrate why the sum has not been paid . |
| 10 | If he explains to the court why the debt has n't been paid , you and he will be given a date for the case to be heard . |
| 11 | Trainee-computer communication failures for very simple reasons can lead to a complete hiatus unless they are detected and restored by an experienced trainer who can explain to the trainee why the system is failing to respond adequately . |
| 12 | Because the result of what we 're trying to achieve , particularly if one goes for the new settle settlement option , is to squeeze , as we said this morning , a gallon into a pint pot , and it it would be interesting to hear from the County why the Greater York boundary is what it is . |
| 13 | One of these , Guy Sainty , made no sales this year and believes the show 's imbalance is the reason why no expensive Old Master pictures were sold by anyone . |
| 14 | This may have been the reason why no invitation was proffered . |
| 15 | The reason why a search of premises which is not authorised by law is illegal is that it involves the tort of trespass to those premises : and any trespass , whether to land or goods or the person , that is made without legal authority is prima facie illegal . |
| 16 | This is the reason why a new coalification map for the top surface of the Carboniferous ( 1:500 000 ) is presented as a supplement and revision of a former map published in 1979 by the same authors . |
| 17 | The reason why a lot of Vox amplifiers blow up is because , when you turn the amplifier on , all the preamp tubes and power tubes are powered up , but if you 're only going to use one channel , plug the guitar in that one and take out the valves that you do n't use from the other channels , so the amp is n't quite as hot . |
| 18 | In a paper in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy I defended the view he rejected by saying that the ‘ nature ’ of the ‘ sensations as they are in their own nature ’ is the nature we apprehend them as having when a certain way of describing them comes to us naturally , and that the reason why a certain way of describing them comes to us naturally need not be a reason of which we are conscious . |
| 19 | Denying that people learned in precisely the same way as pigeons , Cartier insisted that the reason why a programme taught better than typical traditional methods was usually because of the latter 's inadequately prepared design : |
| 20 | It is , however , important to consider the reason why a party or witness is excused from making an incriminating disclosure . |
| 21 | The reason why a release to one debtor releases all jointly liable is , because , unless it was held to do so , the co-debtor , after paying the debt , might sue him who was released for contribution , and so in effect he would not be released ; but that reason does not apply where the debtor released agrees to such a qualification of the release as will leave him liable to any rights of the co-debtor . |
| 22 | The reason why a rational person would draw this inference is that an unexpectedly high price can be due to a positive aggregate demand shock or a positive relative demand shock , and it can of course arise from a combination of the two . |
| 23 | In addition I think there 's some inconsistency , because within Selby district , for example , a lot of development which has been advocated in the past and is likely to be allocated in the future is in places like Selby or Sherburn in Elmet , which again are much nearer to Leeds erm than potential new settlement sites to the South and South , South West of York , and yet objection has been raised to er that particular erm element in the planning strategy for Selby , and I I ca n't see the reason why a new settlement should be treated in any different way to any other form of development in that sense . |
| 24 | ( 9 ) The partial offer document must contain an explanation as to the reason why a full offer is not being made ( see para 11.3.5 below ) . |
| 25 | Dr Taylor said the reason why a good laugh makes you feel better is still a mystery . |
| 26 | And that is the reason why a slip-up by the determined Hardy against Mexico 's Angel Fernandez at the Dacorum Pavilion , Hemel Hempstead , tonight would be unthinkable . |
| 27 | The reason why a cut in members ' allowances was not in our budget is I think we did n't consider it and we did n't consider it because the figures involved are so small that it was n't a matter which was , as I say , worthy of financial comment , although I accept it has a political dimension . |
| 28 | As Sun Tzu himself had said , the reason why an enlightened prince or a wise general triumphed over their enemies whenever they moved why their achievements surpassed those of ordinary men — was foreknowledge . |
| 29 | So in summary , I m in my view , the reason why an outer northern bypass is much less successful in relieving the A fifty nine , is that it would be unattractive to the local traffic . |
| 30 | Within this statement , which is rhetorical for some but deadly serious for others within the GAA , lies precisely the reason why the protestants of the North are so opposed to the development of Gaelic games and seek to oppose their extension if and when they can . |