Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 Perhaps you are fine when dealing with someone on a one-to-one basis but dread the thought of going to a party .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Carbon dioxide emissions per head of population may be low in the developing countries , but they are high when measured against units of GDP .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 It 's important when communicating with people of other races or cultures to use simple language and make sure they can understand you .
11 It is essential when planning for negotiations to define in broad terms the stances that will be adopted .
12 If not , then it is not defective just because it is dangerous when used in that way .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 ( 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 . )
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 . ’
21 He was angry when questioned about the contrast between war hero and crooked businessman .
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