Example sentences of "[vb base] the [noun] when it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the simplest , and most efficient , way of taxing company profits may be to get rid of corporate taxes altogether and simply tax the money when it gets to the owners . |
| 2 | They 're already selling well , and there 's no doubt they raise the benchmark when it comes to the refinement of diesel engines . |
| 3 | There is still an unspoken assumption that it will be the women who make the sacrifices when it comes to childcare and it is perhaps the thickest glass ceiling of all for many women . |
| 4 | A third suggestion is that the black and white stripes dazzle the lion when it gets very close to its prey and make it difficult for the killer to concentrate on its fast-moving victim . |
| 5 | I should be quite content , I thought , to live here for ever , smelling the cooking and the lavatory and the dust , looking forward to my two slices of bread at lunch or tea and my Red Cross stew at supper , thinking about all the books I am going to read and how nice it is going to be when I can speak German and Russian fluently ; I only want to be allowed to live , and enjoy the sun when it shines , and wait for it when it goes behind a cloud . |
| 6 | Yellow pages it might once have been , but no-one would let their fingers do the walking when it comes to mucking out , that 's still done at arms length . |
| 7 | But to what extent will these common-law principles protect the media when it publishes allegations of misconduct to the world ? |
| 8 | It must be a matter of personal judgement , as well as political debate , as to whether the gains outweigh the losses when it comes to sustaining such a manichean , ‘ black and white ’ view of the world . |