Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] when [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am shy when faced with people I do not know |
| 2 | That sounds splendid I 'm sure when translated into management jargon , but let , but let me repeat it . |
| 3 | Actually , I was surprised when looking through some book a couple of years ago to find that players like Gray played relatively few game per season , often being injured . |
| 4 | This made things easier and established a genuine common base for the selection , for the commercial values of second-hand books are often the result of factors which are irrelevant when viewed in a scholarly perspective : that is , one which is concerned solely with the content of the book . |
| 5 | Within this category of sausages are several harder and spicier varieties which are excellent when added to cassoulet-type dishes or bean stews . |
| 6 | Few thoughtful people do not now fear nuclear catastrophe within a period which is infinitesimal when set against the history of mankind . |
| 7 | The flowers can be semi-double , double and quartered , but have a limited colour range from the white of the base species through blush to pink — which is attractive when seen against the grey-green foliage . |
| 8 | This conclusion assumes that phytoplankton productivity can be usefully indexed by biomass levels , which is inappropriate when applied to the North Pacific . |
| 9 | Noise levels have been reduced by a claimed 20% which was noticeable when drilling in masonry . |
| 10 | It was an unsubtle and false logic , but one which was effective when presented without alternatives to a populace which had endured great hardship for a prolonged period . |
| 11 | By the 1980s many asylums had contracted to a size which was dwarf-life when compared with the vast acreages and Palladian pretensions of their heyday . |
| 12 | Perhaps you are fine when dealing with someone on a one-to-one basis but dread the thought of going to a party . |
| 13 | Thus whereas the bare infinitive allows for the incidence of its event to a support situated within the confines of event time , the mechanism of incidence provided for by the verb form itself is inoperative when called upon express an incidence to a support situated prior to the time contained in the event . |
| 14 | Liability policy wordings , however , they are relevant when talking about Crane/Contractors Plant and therefore , whilst they could be deleted an additional premium must be charged . |
| 15 | Enthusiasts are usually city-bred people who have seldom , if ever , ventured abroad ; they are edgy when confronted with flesh-and-blood Egyptians , particularly Egyptians with doctorates . |
| 16 | Carbon dioxide emissions per head of population may be low in the developing countries , but they are high when measured against units of GDP . |
| 17 | This was reflected in an interesting phenomenon noticed by Mellanby : many school medical officers in safe urban reception areas were insistent that head lice had been virtually unknown in their area until the dirty , verminous and ill-mannered inner city evacuees arrived ; they were shocked when confronted with past hospital records for their town showing that this was not so . |
| 18 | The Crown submitted that , even if the defendant 's approach be accepted , the defence could not exclude admissible evidence , even if proper notice of it had not been given , and further argued that Zaidie 's evidence ( confirmed by the defendant ) that an accident was not suggested in the telephone call to him was conclusive when taken with the incontrovertible circumstances of the shooting , thereby suggesting that the ‘ irregularities ’ were not material in the sense that the defence could have profited if they had not occurred . |
| 19 | It 's important when communicating with people of other races or cultures to use simple language and make sure they can understand you . |
| 20 | It is essential when planning for negotiations to define in broad terms the stances that will be adopted . |
| 21 | If not , then it is not defective just because it is dangerous when used in that way . |
| 22 | For example , a child with language which is less advanced than the language of other children of that age would be regarded as having delayed language ; in contrast , children whose language stands out because it is deficient when compared with the way in which they perform on other social and intellectual tasks may be regarded as having a language deficit . |
| 23 | But you will also remember that each of these cells is capable of holding the whole text of the New Testament and , moreover , it is gigantic when measured by the number of sophisticated machines that it contains . |
| 24 | ( It is important when dealing with caterpillars to realise that many species rely for their survival entirely on one plant growing in the right place at exactly the right time . ) |
| 25 | It is clear when talking to people like Papert , Monpetit ( who heads LOGO Computer Systems in Montreal ) , or Dr Harry Goldberger , director of the medical programme , that they are not simply colleagues . |
| 26 | With this in mind , it was important when moving into the schools market to consider who did the book buying in a school , and where they got their ideas from . |
| 27 | It could be used in sieges ; it was valuable when used in the open by a lightly armed foot solder ; likewise , a mounted archer , who did not need a first-class horse to ride , could prove to be a very mobile and effective combatant . |
| 28 | But he was poor when compared with the parents of many of the children who attended his school , even when compared with some of the other teachers . |
| 29 | Balcon , for one , was not aware of any frustration on the part of his filmmakers , unless he was dishonest when remarking in his autobiography , ‘ It is puzzling to me in retrospect that none of my films … in any way reflected the despair of the times in which we were living . ’ |
| 30 | He was angry when questioned about the contrast between war hero and crooked businessman . |