Example sentences of "[noun] when it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children are allowed to sit up and watch the programme when it finally goes out ( Howard has bought a small portable television set for the occasion ) . |
| 2 | So often , when a company introduces a new model , there follows a wave of disappointment when it invariably fails to break any new ground . |
| 3 | The Company is committed to continuing to supply around half Scotland 's electricity needs , which means a new power station to take over from Hunterston B when it finally shuts down . |
| 4 | The artists with whom his gallery was closely involved are Andy Goldsworthy , Hamish Fulton , Roger Ackling and Ian Hamilton Finlay , whose Wild Hawthorne Press material he presented at the Fruitmarket when it briefly reopened for last year 's Edinburgh Festival . |
| 5 | The sources , who have seen Viking in action , say that the thing works , and may even perform ahead of expectations when it eventually sees the light of day . |
| 6 | There is no risk , thank God , of Andrew Lloyd Webber wanting to enter the Commons , a place of meagre payment , but the Guardian created a fearful frisson when it wickedly asked Bernard Manning to fill the first of its ‘ How I am Voting ’ slots , and drew a mouthful of club-night nastiness . |
| 7 | The Lithuanian Supreme Soviet , which as a result of elections on Feb. 24 had passed firmly into the control of deputies affiliated to the nationalist Sajudis movement , on March 11 plunged the Soviet Union into a constitutional crisis when it unilaterally declared Lithuania independent . |
| 8 | She steeled herself against him , ready for that devastating move when it eventually came . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ We have struggled all season to find the right guy but Lloyd Davies came up trumps when it really mattered . ’ |
| 10 | What emerged , aside from the technology , which has been widely previewed ( summary inside ) , was a seminal move by USL president Roel Pieper to unify the industry around a desktop Unix to challenge Microsoft Corp NT — threatening to sweep the boards when it finally arrives . |
| 11 | It is common practice to put a battery on charge when it still has some life in it . |
| 12 | ‘ Then if there 's time she wants a ‘ Guess the Weight ’ cake making as well — I 've got to make it look as if it weighs five pounds when it really weighs ten . ’ |
| 13 | But Limpar said : ‘ They have a very strong squad but nobody can beat England at Wembley when it really matters . |
| 14 | Franco 's concern not to risk backing the wrong side in a European war was also reflected in Spain 's official position with regard to the conflict when it finally erupted in the autumn of 1939 . |
| 15 | This effort to keep a clear conception of its own nature before it is the mental side of the human psyche when it genuinely acts in the world and is not merely subject to external or internal forces . |
| 16 | This led to confusion over concentration with the term minimum inhibitory concentration ( MIC ) being used as and mistaken for dosage rate when it merely related to the bacteriostatic performance against certain bacteria under artificial conditions and at specific concentrations . |
| 17 | The roar of applause when it later rids itself of them may boost its popularity at a critical moment . |
| 18 | Mattessons When it really matters . |
| 19 | It is more important in simpler forms of learning such as skill learning when it usually means repetition . |
| 20 | There was never a time in Sir Hector Laing 's life when it ever occurred to him to work for any other company than the family business , originally called McVitie $ Price and now known as United Biscuits . |
| 21 | So much so , that I missed my stop when it finally came round and I ended up stranded in a place called Parliament Hill Fields , where you ca n't get a bus or a tube anywhere except back to the BBC . |
| 22 | However , the adventurers ' problem is not how to get it to do their bidding , but simply how to evade its fury when it finally escapes centuries of unwilling bondage . |
| 23 | Next it was against the Swedes when it really counted in the European championship . |
| 24 | The plane was flying the Travolta family from Florida to Maine when it suddenly lost all its electrical instruments . |
| 25 | It looked no larger than a pin when it finally hit the surface without a sound , and disappeared . |
| 26 | I assumed a sphinx-like smile , as though my present situation were part of a long-term career strategy which would yield staggering results when it finally matured . |
| 27 | The good old television recording once again came in useful as a reminder of the true reality when it clearly showed a presentable handover of the garment . |
| 28 | The sun was settling into the tree-tops up the line when it finally curved into view . |
| 29 | If confusion and resentment are to be avoided the change-over must be simple to understand and must have been heralded so far in advance that it is almost an anti-climax when it finally comes . |
| 30 | ICL 's Corporate Systems Division in Manchester is expected to reveal further details of the parallel system when it formally announces a commercial agreement for the Chorus technology — already used in the EDS project — next week or soon after . |