Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] when it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you any idea what sort of people could have taken this and when it could have happened ? |
| 2 | ‘ We have contingency plans for a major incident like this but when it happens it is very difficult to cope . |
| 3 | Dogs , like men , can look very different but when it comes to sex they all know that they are members of one species and they are not culturally inhibited from taking appropriate action . |
| 4 | Learning the meaning of symbols is part of the anthropologist 's practical semantics : discovering the meaning of words , noticing when their use is appropriate and when it is not . |
| 5 | ‘ The onus is on the care worker to determine the degree of restraint appropriate and when it should be used , ’ says the document . |
| 6 | It 'll be used to predict when doing nothing is appropriate and when it could be disasterous . |
| 7 | It further reported that membership was over 100 and when it reached 150 , subscriptions would be increased . |
| 8 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 9 | Well I sometimes do when , er , if , I have a tendency when it 's , when it 's right to praise instantly when it 's right and when it 's wrong . |
| 10 | He overlooks the role of reading when direct experience is not possible and when it is not desirable . |
| 11 | We understand that and when it comes to tailoring a perfect holiday , our flexibility , specialist knowledge and personal contacts give you more choice than with any other holiday operator . |
| 12 | A sick horse will not be interested in trying a new good quality food while it is ill and when it may really need it . |
| 13 | Discovery was inevitable and when it came at last there were reasons to rejoice , but not at the reunion with Christopher . |
| 14 | Staff at Middlesbrough General Hospital at first tried to induce labour on January 31 but when it became clear Mrs Busuttil , now of West Drayton , London , was not in labour they discontinued their efforts . |
| 15 | And when you look at L P G , while it 's in its canister , okay , it 's a liquid but when it meets normal atmospheric temperature and pressure it converts to a gas . |
| 16 | Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting . |
| 17 | Well some of it erm with some of it is , I mean it 's like the taxation side and , and things like that I can understand quite easily because I 'm used to dealing in that but when it comes |
| 18 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 19 | The services offered are often generic and when it comes to competing for work from the SSD , ‘ being a Jack of all trades does n't fit easily into the contracting culture ’ . |
| 20 | After an hour of this , the pike left it alone and when it had done so for the fifth time , El-ahrairah swam across himself and went home . |
| 21 | The inner wall of each chamber is stiff and when it is moved in or out , it makes a click , as the lid of a tin may do . |
| 22 | Labour opposes tax cuts when the economy is growing and when it is not . |
| 23 | The he-man was spoilt for sports car choice in the mid '60s but when it came to the crunch he would probably have gone for either the Austin Healey or the AC Cobra . |
| 24 | The fear got worse and when it reached the stage where five brandies were required to get me on stage , I had to stop and take stock of myself I had no desire to inflict an alcoholic parent on MY children . |
| 25 | Pupils were asked , in separate questions , when it is sunniest and when it is hottest . |
| 26 | The document left many questions unanswered and when it was not endorsed by any major party figure it slid into oblivion . |
| 27 | It was first employed on the occasion of the Great Reform Bill in 1832 and when it was wheeled out again , in 1909 , Edward VII required an electoral mandate for its use . |
| 28 | The British experience was perceived by Michael Foot when in Opposition in the following way : ‘ I think one of the most serious threats to the power of the House of Commons is the notion which is growing up that you can have a meeting in Downing Street of the Executive and the CBI and the TUC who make an agreement that is binding and when it comes to the House of Commons the House of Commons has not the power … to tear that bargain apart ’ ( quoted in Grant 1977 , p. 169 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ poeticity ’ , he says , is like oil in cooking ; you can not have it on its own but when it is used with other food it is more than a mere addition . |
| 30 | It was evacuated by Pol Pot 's Khmer Rouge in 1974 and when it was safe to return , in 1979 , people settled anywhere they could . |