Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , so let's explain why we can help Peter . |
| 2 | The accelerated gastric emptying of both liquids and solids in the patients with idiopathic DU may explain why their ulcer disease was more difficult to control with antisecretory agents and the use of pharmalogical agents to delay gastric emptying might be helpful . |
| 3 | A comparison with pictures may explain why it could be more effective to modify exact sound-symbol relationships with rule-based conventions in spelling . |
| 4 | In other words Africa may have remained close to the region of major sub-lithospheric heating which preceded the breakup of Pangaea and this may explain why it has a high mean elevation today in spite of lacking significant orogenic belts . |
| 5 | It may explain why he is making such a mess of the job . |
| 6 | As a result he is very fat and suffers from constant agony due to chronic indigestion , which may explain why he is so fierce . |
| 7 | While Dawkins can not be blamed for it , modern enthusiasm for the ‘ enterprise society ’ may explain why his parable of selfish genes has commonly been elided with the selfish intentions of individuals . |
| 8 | Therefore , spreads are of little importance for index futures , and this may explain why there have been only three empirical studies of the pricing of spreads in index futures . |
| 9 | Now I should explain why I believe that Cornwall is a special case and why so many local people argued in these terms . |
| 10 | ‘ First of all , I should explain why you heard no more from me after you came to see Iritnefert 's body . |
| 11 | You should think why you 're choosing a particular role . |
| 12 | ‘ They must know why their husbands and fathers were away so long — and why they had to face such dangers . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You must know why I have come , Neil , ’ she said , and she held out her arms to him . |
| 14 | As soon as she was seated , she said in a voice that was hard and tense , ‘ You must know why I 've come . ’ |
| 15 | They 'd tell Father Watson and the nuns , but what did that matter , they must know why she was absent from school anyway . |
| 16 | Some women do resist the pressure to loathe fat , and we should consider why they refuse to collude with widely accepted definitions of sexual attractiveness . |
| 17 | But we should know why we are doing so and be clear about the reasons why . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew you were n't going to believe me , but it seemed only fair that you should know why I agreed to marry you . ’ |
| 19 | You should discuss why you have come to your particular conclusions about its form of organisation . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ You must see why I ca n't be awfully impressed . ’ |
| 22 | He must wonder why you 're not , come to that . |
| 23 | And first I must say why I need to make this digression . |
| 24 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
| 25 | The Uprising destroyed this normality , and one must ask why it occurred , and why it occurred when it did , twenty years after the territories fell under Israeli rule . |
| 26 | Given the radical nature of his views , one must ask why he remains a priest . |
| 27 | Well , I reckon that 's a bit of a cheek , really , if you prefer to affirm and swear on the bible , I do n't see why they should challenge why you want to do one or the other . |
| 28 | And I 'll tell you what the problem is about the Trusts , and I 'll explain why they are opting out of the National Health Service . |
| 29 | Er I 'll explain why it happened an and then perhaps you 'll hopefully find that you can forgive me , and er then I 'll go on and say one or two of the things that I was gon na say this morning but er did n't . |
| 30 | I do n't believe it for one minute , personally , but this is the , this is the theory , and I 'll explain why I do n't believe it , later . |