Example sentences of "why it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naipaul 's readers could well have become inclined to ask why it is that his novels seem to say that there is nothing to be done in , or with , the countries of their concern . |
| 2 | That is why it is important to work at night , he wrote . |
| 3 | Why it is the colour of the moon and made in the light of the moon . |
| 4 | But , you know , there may be many other reasons why it is important for him to get to the top so quickly . |
| 5 | It explains why it is important that you are protected against it . |
| 6 | It remains to show why genuine criticism is not at home in the academy ; or , more precisely , why it is irreconcilable with pedagogic practice . |
| 7 | The English have a greater talent than any other people for creating an agreeable family life ; that is why it is such a threat to their artistic and intellectual life . |
| 8 | Payment of the community charge is compulsory , which is why it is more accurately characterised as a tax than a charge . |
| 9 | The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police might care to ponder why it is that juries increasingly dismiss the sworn evidence of his officers in favour of those accusing them of gross impropriety . |
| 10 | why it is needed |
| 11 | Indeed , one of the reasons why it is superior is the much higher ratio of carers to cared-for , not forgetting the greater administrative cost of organising the one than the other . |
| 12 | I do n't know why it is always me that has to be singled out . ’ |
| 13 | This is why it is so perplexing . |
| 14 | And why it is so important that you respond to this appeal today . |
| 15 | That 's why it is so important that we do n't give up for an instant . |
| 16 | That is why it is very effective , but also why , in the absence of a settlement , it is very dangerous . |
| 17 | With all this , and the union vice-president talking in terms unheard of since the heyday of the Industrial Workers of the World , you begin to understand why it is imperative for capitalism that Pittston succeeds in its attempt to break the UMWA . |
| 18 | The object of the book is not to analyse but to report , which is why it is predominantly the words of others taken from the radio series that I produced , In Other Words — David Bowie , a series that was narrated by Angie , David 's former wife . |
| 19 | This is why it is so vital that the EC 's half-hearted plans to deregulate its airlines after 1992 should be strengthened , not diluted . |
| 20 | But that is not why it is unsuccessful . |
| 21 | Science is knowledge of what is necessarily the case , and of why it is so . |
| 22 | That is to explain why it is not picked up in the narrative , but it does not explore the more significant matter of the effect of what the compiler has done . |
| 23 | Tigridia pavonia is yet another bulb worth trying , and its bright display of white , orange and pink flowers each marked with red spots , clearly show why it is called the tiger flower . |
| 24 | You can see why it is easy to be muddled about carbohydrate . |
| 25 | As I write this I realize at last why it is that her face has kept coming to me in this room . |
| 26 | That is why it is possible for a Christian in particular to feel at one and the same time joyful because the person who has died has entered eternal life , and overwhelmingly sad , or guilty , or relieved at the thought that they have died and the survivor is left with vast changes to absorb into their life pattern . |
| 27 | Additionally , he abhors the misuse of punishment , and emphasises that the punishment must be just , and the horse must understand why it is being punished . |
| 28 | I begin to understand why it is rare for a novelist to be his own narrator . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know why it is … |
| 30 | This objection helps to reveal why it is that we regard a hierarchical classification as natural . |