Example sentences of "is [verb] when it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The centre of the circle is stabilised when it is occupied by a fourth dot . |
| 2 | If a frog is climbing when it is attacked , it may drop to the ground and lie there motionless for several minutes before risking an escape . |
| 3 | Not only has Trifolium repens a guerrilla growth form but its guerrilla character is exaggerated when it is growing with grasses ; its branching then tends to be reduced and growth is concentrated in linear extension . |
| 4 | IBM Corp last week duly introduced the rack-mounted RS/6000 Powerserver 970 and the 970E model , which is what the thing is called when it is upgraded from a 930 , 950 or 950E , killing off the 930 in the process . |
| 5 | Thixotropic means the viscosity of the gel is reduced when it is worked with a palette knife . |
| 6 | A case is defined when it is reported as one alleged offender involved in one event or series of events ; also it is regarded as one case where members of the same group are involved in one event or series of events . |
| 7 | In contrast , the output of the two microphones is combined when it is fed through the audio mixer . |
| 8 | This is what is meant when it is reported that a result , according to a particular test , is significant at , say , the 0.001 level . |
| 9 | This suggests that the claim that all information about the surface form of an utterance is lost when it is purged from working memory needs to be modified to distinguish between surface structure which reflects underlying pragmatic distinctions , and surface structure which does not . |
| 10 | In databases that offer the CALC option — as each record is loaded when it is added to the database , whether it is a home or synonym . |