Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun] when the " in BNC.

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1 The establishment of this network proved to be a critical factor in African nationalism during this brief period in Kenyan history when the press played a role similar to that of the nationalist press in British West Africa .
2 But one fine day in early summer when the sky was blue and there was not a cloud in the sky , Maxine found herself cancelling an arrangement to meet a friend in town .
3 The Roberts ' garden reaches a peak of colour in early May when the yellow flowers of the laburnum contrast with the violet-blue flowers of the Clematis alpina , tumbling through its branches .
4 That many were arrested in San Francisco in two hours when the violence threatened to spread there .
5 With the apparatus , researchers should be able to analyse an item in 15 minutes when the current technique takes days .
6 At least 159 people died in the worst ferry disaster in Scandinavian history when the 10,500-ton Danish-operated Scandinavian Star caught fire in the North Sea on the night of April 7 .
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