Example sentences of "[noun] in [noun] when [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People sell at auction in booms when there is a strong pool of able buyers — but even more so during recession when there is a steady supply of sellers desperate for immediate cash or receivers and mortgagees trying to cut their losses . |
| 2 | I look grimy , bad-tempered , just the sort of guy you 'd expect to find hiding in a woodpile in Deptford when there 's trouble about . |
| 3 | That there are now 40-odd rugby development officers in Australia when there were two or three to capitalise on the 1984 Grand Slam tour is tremendous ’ . |
| 4 | They point out that under the first-past-the-post system a small swing in votes tends to produce a major change in parliamentary strength so " exaggerating " a party 's lead in parliament in a way that leads to sharp swings in policy when there are only small shifts in voting and still more limited changes in public opinion . |
| 5 | If you knew about show-jumping , you had heard of Nutty McTavish , even seen her on television in replay when there was a lull in the senior event and the commentator decided to fill in with earlier happenings . |
| 6 | I seem to recall that there was a referendum once before on devolution in Wales when there appeared to be a majority in favour . |
| 7 | She was just about to rattle the huge gates in fury when there was a clunk and the gates whirred open . |
| 8 | The Rev. Richard Westrope left Belgrave Chapel in Leeds when there were complaints about the ‘ social gospel ’ topics he had chosen for his Sunday evening social addresses : of course these problems were not unique to Nonconformist ministers . |