Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simmel asserts that many of the attitudes which surround , and were created through the impact of , money as abstraction are most evident when it has not completely achieved its role in transforming its own social context , and where there are still structures which resist this transformation and hark back to a non-monetarized era . |
| 2 | The perils of introducing a new foodstuff are far greater : we are highly conservative when it comes to food . |
| 3 | Things are somewhat different when it comes to the sales decision : here it seems that many worked out at quite an early stage that the sales strategy ought to take a reservation form ( with perhaps an intermediate section to take account of risk and risk aversion ) . |
| 4 | The problem with archers is that they are extremely vulnerable when it comes to close combat . |
| 5 | I think the regrettable thing about the parking in in the town is the way that some of the disabled slots at the surgery are taken by the cars of people who are perfectly able to walk from the car park , and I think the great problem we 're going to have is we 're going to rely on the public spiritedness of our fellow townspeople and there does seem to be a fair group of people who are extremely selfish when it comes to come to parking . |
| 6 | Many people are extremely generous when it comes to giving money to conservation . |
| 7 | ‘ British orchestras are so conservative when it comes to programming concertos , ’ laments Cho-Liang Lin . |
| 8 | It was imperative , as he knew , not to get embroiled in politics , and he had been utterly furious when it appeared that architect Rod Hackney had done it for him . |
| 9 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 10 | Flicking the switch on the TV is one thing , but such reactions are more serious when it comes to real life situations . |
| 11 | Composers are notoriously fickle when it comes to performing their own music , but with a few exceptions ( the first part of the Diptyque being the most obvious , where the innumerable pauses , rallentandos and general changes of speed , not to mention more than a few smudges and slips , have no basis in the printed score ) Messiaen not only fulfils his own written requirements , but does so with utter conviction and persuasiveness . |
| 12 | You become excited when you discover an entry from a brand leader but descend into despondency when you find that large , marketing-led organisations can be incredibly sloppy when it comes to presenting written reports . |
| 13 | How could a man so intelligent in every other way be so obtuse when it came to ordinary everyday living ? |
| 14 | Constance could not decide whether or not his diffidence sprang from fear or indifference , and she found it puzzling that someone as confident as Nicky in every other area of his life should be so timid when it came to love . |
| 15 | At the other extreme , ‘ I dislike it ’ turns out to be highly questionable when it implies diminished awareness : |
| 16 | I think that a chief , or perhaps a leading group would after a while be decided on and priorities set in a way more mature than the boys , but girls would be less imaginative when it came to building shelters and lighting fires , and also less physically able to lift heavy objects and build things . |
| 17 | Big Ben was lucky to get away with a mistake at the second fence in his warm-up round , but is likely to be more careful when it matters . |
| 18 | So I 'm not therefore an expert on the issues that are raised by the private care question and I hope you 'll be appropriately kind when it comes to the questioning . |
| 19 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |
| 20 | Alright , we might be excessively attentive when it comes to the fit and feel of things . |
| 21 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm very good when it comes to my teeth . |
| 23 | They are equally brief when it comes to the details of Richard 's accession , Mancini in particular treating Gloucester 's actual assumption of the throne as something of a tailpiece to the real story . |
| 24 | They are equally brief when it comes to the details of Richard 's accession , Mancini in particular treating Gloucester 's actual assumption of the throne as something of a tailpiece to the real story . |
| 25 | You were below ground when it happened . |
| 26 | who were so shifty when it happened , |
| 27 | They were less well-informed when it came to knowing the sort of people who were likely to volunteer as foster parents . |
| 28 | Since the headmen were neither recruited , trained nor even supervised in a consistent manner , it is not surprising that they were generally inactive when it came to dealing with crime . |
| 29 | A spokeswoman said : ‘ We were quite surprised when it came back as a 15 after all the controversy . |
| 30 | I remember myself , one time we had we had two grand fields and it were They were almost ripe when it came an awful time of rain , and they were just a sort of flattened . |