Example sentences of "[Wh adv] this [is] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | He uses economics to show how this is so . |
| 2 | Why this is so and hints on how to centre quickly are given in the newest edition of Gliding ( A & C Black ) . |
| 3 | It is not quite clear why this is so , especially as such an alignment cut into the side-pond area of the lock flight . |
| 4 | And one of the main reasons why this is so is because we are not threatening him . |
| 5 | It is important that you should understand why this is so . |
| 6 | It is hard to know for sure why this is so , why this firmness of outline is so important for the reader . |
| 7 | The precise reasons why this is so may well be complex , and derive no doubt from considerations of deterrence as well as of legality . |
| 8 | If you give a deaf person the score of a piece by Bach or Mozart , he can learn to see the composition of themes and their recurrence but not why this is so marvellous because he can not feel it . |
| 9 | The main reason why this is so is that ‘ our English [ sic ] executive is , as a general rule , becoming more and more the representative of a party rather than the guide of the country ’ . |
| 10 | There are two reasons why this is so . |
| 11 | We shall now consider further reasons why this is so . |
| 12 | The Court assumed the Organisation 's power to be delimited by the Charter without examining why this is so . |
| 13 | There are a number of reasons why this is so . |
| 14 | In fact , if one believes that policies are wrong or ineffective it is important to understand why this is so , particularly if one 's objective is to change them . |
| 15 | To understand why this is so we need to look more closely at the ways in which they have been used . |
| 16 | ‘ One wonders why this is so . |
| 17 | If the levels of your sickness absence are high , we will talk with you to find out why this is so . |
| 18 | ‘ There was something more between the two of you ; that 's why this is so awful for you . ’ |
| 19 | To understand why this is so let us recapitulate for a moment . |
| 20 | To see why this is so let us consider the situation in the light of the foregoing argument . |
| 21 | Such a state is clearly closely allied to the mania of the manic-depressive ( indeed , this quotation is from an autobiographical account by someone who was predominantly manic-depressive ) , and our researches into the cultural background of these modern psychopathological conditions allow us to see why this is so . |
| 22 | To understand why this is so we need to return to the polytrauma theory outlined earlier and see what its significance is for the development of the modern individual . |
| 23 | Elson concludes his study with the reason why this is so : |
| 24 | If Councillor had actually stayed , he would know why this is so important to the people of whom I may say he has cruelly deserted by walking out of the debating chamber and what he 's saying to the people of is that Liberal Councillors A wo n't prepare speeches like his colleague earlier on or they wo n't stay in the debate they are not going to be properly represented when we take important decisions , both nationally and locally . |