Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [noun sg] when it " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time it was more erm easy to get Kuwait nationality , so we have Egyptians , we have Palestinians , we have Indians , we have Pakistanis , Iranians who got Kuwaiti nationality when it all started . |
| 2 | However , this failed to secure unequivocal backing when it was presented to a joint session of the Presidential and Federation Councils on Aug. 30-31 . |
| 3 | The church has enormous power when it comes to education . |
| 4 | In schools , in particular , the emotional response of students may well outweigh rational argument when it comes to selecting subjects to study . |
| 5 | The probability — it can be no more , given the absence of hard evidence — is that Zuwaya used superior government when it suited them , exercised it over others when they could , and did their utmost to escape it when it threatened their property and privilege . |
| 6 | I do not believe that , in those circumstances , management can recognise new opportunity when it occurs — and , my goodness , there is new opportunity around . |
| 7 | In 1972 it failed to reach reserve price when it came under the hammer at auction . |
| 8 | The government had attempted to regain public support when it honoured the martyrs of the 1956 Hungarian uprising against Communist rule , also in October . |
| 9 | In the same light , Marx opposed national independence when it came through non- or anti-revolutionary means . |
| 10 | Georgia Griffiths ' drugs charges attracted national attention when it was revealed she was the daughter of a court recorder … and the crown court case had to be moved to Birmingham because the Oxford judge knew her father . |
| 11 | This was one of the finest and largest churches here but , having survived much of the bombardment of the First World War , it was seriously damaged in the fire of 1917 when its wooden roof was totally destroyed and caused great ruination when it collapsed into the church . |
| 12 | More generally , the Marre Committee was convinced by the evidence which it received that ignorance was a major cause of people not seeking legal advice when it was appropriate . |
| 13 | The threats to our coastline are mounting , and it is increasingly important they Neptune has the funds available to purchase vulnerable coastline when it comes on the market . |
| 14 | The attendant promotion of civic identity secured the alliance around a complex discourse articulating notions of localism , utilitarianism , paternalism and individualism into a unified whole that came subsequently to lead working-class opinion when it mounted its most concerted opposition . |
| 15 | Since the customer was therefore stopped from asserting his ownership , the finance company obtained good title when it bought the van from the dealer . |
| 16 | Being only marginally better looking than The Farm does n't excuse instant capitulation when it comes to performing , and tonight , apart from Andy 's caged pussycat prowling , mostly lost in dry ice , they might as well have pulled the curtains . |
| 17 | All children should be supported in valuing their own dialects and in using them where they are appropriate to context and purpose , but they should also be able to use Standard English when it is necessary and helpful to do so in speaking as well as writing . |
| 18 | But earlier this month , the PAC appeared to have abandoned armed struggle when it agreed to attend next month 's renewed multi-party constitutional talks . |
| 19 | The classic story is that of the blues singer Ma Rainey , contracted to a company which did not have electrical recording when it became publicized in 1926 . |
| 20 | The texture of the skin is quite different from the skin elsewhere on our body ; it appears puckered , dimpled and can resemble orange peel when it is pinched . |
| 21 | • Some patients should have bright light when it would be predicted to worsen their symptoms by adjusting the body clock in the wrong direction . |
| 22 | This does not prevent him from honouring English writing when it is honourable ; for instance Binyon 's Dante , Rouse 's Homer , the early books of Adrian Stokes , and the poems of Basil Bunting . |
| 23 | And a firm run by Ralph Willie Raynes , which used to supply most of our goods , would allow extended credit when it became necessary . |
| 24 | The deputy judge found for the plaintiffs and held that the 1986 document had not been validly executed and that the deceased had lacked testamentary capacity when it was made . |
| 25 | Most prominent among the ‘ South Bank ’ theologians was John Robinson , the Bishop of Southwark , whose book , Honest to God , divided theological opinion when it was published in the early 1960s . |
| 26 | It always generates tremendous interest when it goes on the market because it 's a grade one house.It is a fascinating and very beautiful house |
| 27 | In clinical practice a new procedure becomes accepted treatment when it is offered by a critical mass of physicians or centres . |
| 28 | Whatever kind of mix you use to facilitate rapid dispersing when it sinks , thrown bait will not spread anywhere near as efficiently as a loose feed which can be spread accurately from a boat . |
| 29 | As Alan Sinfield has put it , he ‘ validates deviant sexuality when it is part of a general bohemianism ’ but nothing more concretely radical is put forward . |
| 30 | The Forrester model gained world-wide publicity when it was described in the book Limits to Growth by D. H. Meadows and his co-authors ( 1972 ) . |