Example sentences of "[pron] when it is [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't take steps to repair wear and tear , or to right itself when it is knocked over , the way a living body does . |
| 2 | If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out . |
| 3 | The second meaning attached to the word ‘ love ’ is the one conferred on it when it is applied to the manifestation of the primitive uncontrolled mating urge as it applies to human beings , and also sometimes to animals . |
| 4 | The terms and conditions also address such grey areas such as what happens if the buyer has possession of a work , but has not completely paid for it when it is stolen ( the liability is the buyer 's ) , and the duty of such a buyer who has partially paid for a work , to store the work separately from his own goods , not to export it , to retain the seller 's identifying marks , and to allow the seller or his agent access to the work . |
| 5 | They should be helped to recognise that racism is a reality in society and that , although they can not protect the child from it , they can prepare him or her to deal with it when it is encountered . |
| 6 | I always welcome hearing it when it is delivered so lucidly from the mouth of the hon. Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) . |
| 7 | I am not rejecting the idea of Jesus being my representative — all I am doing at the moment is to point out some difficulties with it when it is considered as the central idea in the atonement theory . |
| 8 | Instead he insisted that the truth of God is to be found in it when it is approached in the proper way — by one who is searching in awareness of his own need . |