Example sentences of "and [adj] [is] why " in BNC.
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| 1 | That ‘ inwardness ’ so prized by some English readers , and characteristically found by them ( implausibly ) in Lawrence , is an attention directed so far ‘ inward , that it can never come to the surface for long enough to notice how the sunlight breaks upon the edges and volumes of a piece of sculpture ; and that is why indeed such readers can not use the word ‘ aesthetic ’ except ‘ in a limiting sense ’ . |
| 2 | You can not influence people without talking to them , and that is why I saw President ( FW ) de Klerk and Mr ( Barend ) du Plessis . |
| 3 | Is he really blind to the fact that we have already done precisely that , and that is why an unprecedented consensus now exists on every aspect of the policy ? |
| 4 | We all have hopes for the future and that is why supporting CND is so important . |
| 5 | Dr Michael Clarke , the society 's south-east England regional conservation officer , said yesterday : ‘ The Medway estuary is recognised internationally as a conservation area , particularly for birdlife , and that is why we have taken this step of seeking judicial review . ’ |
| 6 | And that is why the SDP was declared to be a spent force the instant David Owen said that it would not be contesting every seat at the next election . |
| 7 | But it was a book about hierarchy , and that is why it became of interest to Carolingian bishops , as there is evidence that within a decade it did . |
| 8 | ‘ Now , the white people who own the plantations are much too lazy to do the work themselves and that is why they buy black slaves from Africa to do it for them . |
| 9 | His brain-power is at best no more than average , and that is why his speeches , so rich in adjectives , are so poor in sinewy argument . |
| 10 | Brace , from Bridgend , is open about his commitment to the race , calling it ‘ glitter of gold ’ — money rather than medals — and that is why so many of the other runners want to do well . |
| 11 | And that is why a brief prayer to St Zeno never goes amiss , when you go fishing with a hook . |
| 12 | ‘ He put his arms up to protect his face and that is why they took it all . |
| 13 | What comes through the screen is the sheer sense of enjoyment of the game and that is why more than 10 million people have watched the programme on Tuesday nights over the past 26 weeks . |
| 14 | That is what modern scientific teaching has lost , and that is why it is poorer . |
| 15 | And that is why we are here . |
| 16 | Given the implications for all professionals of product liability , quality matters more than ever before — and that is why standards for the industry are important . |
| 17 | ‘ It was youthful adrenalin , which we still have in a way and that is why we are probably in a group , ’ says Gedge . |
| 18 | Some bands stay up most of the night and that is why they are never around during the day . |
| 19 | Discrimination is legitimised by negative attitudes and assumptions , and that is why these need to be examined and confronted . |
| 20 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 21 | It is important that fieldwork should be properly supervised and that is why all professional research agencies get their field supervisors to make check calls on people who have been included in a sample and why fieldworkers should always have someone to turn to if they have any doubts or are in any difficulties . |
| 22 | The skilled negotiator , by contrast , reverses the order and gives an explanation first ( ie the reason for being in disagreement ) and finishes by saying something like ‘ and that is why I disagree ’ . |
| 23 | In the past most of us have been unaware of these signs and that is why our body ceases to function normally . |
| 24 | And that is why I 'll see Greg Martin if it 's the last thing I do . ’ |
| 25 | Could it be that the friend is actually someone whom you recognize from a previous life , and that is why you immediately feel that you have a mutual link ? |
| 26 | Clientcentred care is care that is delivered to meet the particular needs of the client , and that is why identifying the client really is is so important . |
| 27 | And that is why the legal department of the Daily Mirror will have to buy a new copy of Archbold . |
| 28 | New Zealand have always been good in this department and that is why we are going there ’ , explained coach Lin . |
| 29 | It is that race of ‘ wise serpents ’ whose totem was the Hooded Cobra found inscribed on the soapstone seals of the Indus Valley who are the Nagas of Indian philosophy , and that is why the Cobra , known as Nag or Naga , has been raised throughout the country to the rank of a Divine Being . |
| 30 | The God Siva , who represents in his higher aspect universal intelligence and in his lower aspect metamorphosis , renewal and re-generation , governs these principles relating to the creative and dissolutionary processes in nature , and that is why the God 's image is always depicted with the Cobra adorning his person . |