Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | In October–November 1962 the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war when the United States suddenly discovered that the USSR was trying to position medium-range missiles in Cuba . |
| 2 | Drama had been immeasurably improved by escaping the demands of live transmission when actors had to rush from one scene to the next . |
| 3 | Low gravity beers are called ‘ light ’ — even when they are black or walnut brown in colour — medium gravity beers are called ‘ heavy ’ and strong beers are known as ‘ export ’ , recalling the heyday of Scottish brewing when companies such as Younger sold their beers extensively to North America , India and Australasia . |
| 4 | It is accepted that the deputy judge correctly directed himself on the issue of testamentary capacity when , after citing passages from the judgment of Cockburn C.J. in Banks v. Goodfellow ( 1870 ) L.R. 5 Q.B . |
| 5 | On April 1-2 he saw for himself the effects of internecine war when he toured the Natal townships ; on April 5 , after his meeting with de Klerk , it was announced that talks would take place in the near future about the remaining obstacles to full negotiations . |
| 6 | New German money flocked to buy jewels , silver and objets de vertu touched with the lustre of German history when the treasures superfluous to requirements of the Fürsts von Thurn und Taxis came under the hammer in Geneva on 17 November . |
| 7 | Classes did not exist during the era of primitive communism when societies were based on a socialist mode of production . |
| 8 | Secondly , because it marks the moment in French history when , following the " February days " , ideological positions crystallized around the themes of a fascist seizure of state versus a unified leftwing defence of democracy . |
| 9 | In contrast , the extrusion of a small volume of lava from a secondary cone on the slopes of Tristan da Cunha became the focus of global interest when , during October 1961 , the island 's lobster processing plant was smothered and the 300 people of the island 's only settlement were evacuated to the UK . |
| 10 | He wants to breath new fire into the cause of aggressive free market Conservatism at the point in political history when it is being discredited and there is a muddled attempt to return to consensual government . |
| 11 | It is the time of year and the period of political history when many of the great campaigning organisations in penal reform have their anniversaries . |
| 12 | In the last minute , Bernie Gallacher , the Villa full-back , denied Wolves the chance of extra time when he headed Shane Westley 's header from under the bar . |
| 13 | They were the stuff of after-dinner conversation when , mellowed by brandy and candlelight , people confessed to fascinations they would n't have broached an hour earlier . |
| 14 | Olsen has therefore concentrated on four periods when the paintings connect most directly with historic events : from 1797 to 1814 when Napoleon 's Empire imposed a kind of unity on the country ; from the restoration of the monarchy until mid century when historic Romanticism came into conflict with Realism and gradually waned as a moving force in Italian art ; the triumph of Realism in parallel with the rapid progress towards unification from 1849 to 1870 ; and the final period from 1870 until the end of the century when Realism evolved under wider European influences into Symbolism and Divisionism . |
| 15 | Despite formidable predictions for the growth of low-alcohol ale when brewers imagined that the ‘ less is more ’ formula would apply to anything , no brand has yet provided momentum enough to sustain firm growth . |
| 16 | The depression in freezing point when a solute is added to a solvent is related to the molality m of the solute . |
| 17 | With its doublet parable of the dragnet , it tells of the time of final judgment when , at the end of time , the |