Example sentences of "[verb] why it is that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One wonders why it is that Lewis could see the reality of this divine drama dancing throughout the pages of the scriptures even though many notable theologians could not . |
| 2 | Do you know why it is that Jean-Paul 's Algerian estates are so prosperous ? |
| 3 | So I would dearly like to know why it is that you find yourself so enthusiastic … ’ |
| 4 | They 'll want to know why it is that Britain 's second busiest airport has once again come perilously close to disaster . |
| 5 | Reverting to my opening discussion of the evolution of the ego and superego , we can readily see the importance of these stages and we can understand why it is that the sexual drive should lend itself to such apparently irrelevant associations as the oral and anal zones . |
| 6 | Given that planning can not dictate that people live near to where they work , I 'm not sure I 've yet grasped why it is that the need to Greater York need to be met near to York , the these needs to rise from a complex pattern of people moving in and people moving out , individual decisions as to where people live in relation to where they work , what 's the magic of having the new settlement near to York ? |
| 7 | Can I put to you , Mrs , my problems as an inspector on this , and perhaps then you 'll understand you know why it is that I am trying to get this er all written material before the end of the enquiry . |
| 8 | Repetition of the same or similar ground can be stopped by a gentle reminder , followed by asking why it is that a particular story or incident is so important . |
| 9 | It is also a fact which should be given careful consideration in the attempt to determine why it is that girls rather than boys tend to become anorexic . |
| 10 | This may help us to understand why it is that the family was never more expertly advised , psychoanalysed and researched , yet never has it fallen apart more dramatically than in the last generation . |
| 11 | This is a neat and internally consistent explanation and fully explains why it is that the military and industry have to get together . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The former chairman of the Independent Appeals Tribunal said to me recently ‘ I wonder why it is that no benefit starts from the premises ‘ What can we do to help ? ’ but always seems to be ‘ How can we stop the bastards getting away with it ? ' ’ — coarse , but true ! |
| 14 | As I lie uneasily in the cab , I wonder why it is that I feel propelled to barge in here . |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder why it is that you object to being laughed at by me , when you invite laughter in your stage show ? ’ |
| 16 | In this way , researchers can never explain why it is that wants or preferences manifested by individuals in social and political action are originally formed . |
| 17 | Since these writers retain a belief that the capitalist economic system throws up a responsive liberal-democratic and pluralistic political system , these theorists must always first explain why it is that the military-industrial complex has come about . |
| 18 | Pervasive though this negative tradition is , it does n't quite answer why it is that in a post-Christian society there should continue to be so much indifference to the claims of animals . |
| 19 | It is difficult to distinguish cause and effect ; and even if we could be sure that the low level of orienting in the pre-exposed subjects was responsible for their retarded conditioning , it would still be necessary to explain why it is that the OR should return when reinforced training begins . |
| 20 | Bumble-bees do not have advanced knowledge of aeronautical science , yet some extremely complicated maths is required to explain why it is that a bumble-bee can fly . |
| 21 | In addition , they help to explain why it is that the average length of custody imposed by the higher courts is a historically proven index of prison population generally , once allowance has been made for changes in the level of recorded crime ( Home Office , 1956 ; but cf. |
| 22 | Finally , and perhaps most importantly , this account fails to explain why it is that the forms of state intervention have shown tremendous variability in capitalist economies and why it is that not every country had the same welfare and interventionist economic policies . |
| 23 | The investigators also seek to explain why it is that whatever the complexion and resolve of the government of the date , public spending has apparently irresistible momentum . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This objection helps to reveal why it is that we regard a hierarchical classification as natural . |
| 26 | Nor does this account explain why it is that the state must act to serve the interests of the monopolies . |
| 27 | Thus structuralists , as Lukes argued , are able to take on board the insights of elite and pluralist theories and explain why it is that despite a pluralist system the capitalist ruling class is still able to dominate society even without the use of direct repression . |