Example sentences of "[conj] when it [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when it is n't , one maxim that 's often used as a lie detector is the maxim that actions speak louder than words . |
| 2 | GUIL : And when it is n't he ca n't . |
| 3 | He overlooks the role of reading when direct experience is not possible and when it is not desirable . |
| 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 | And if , whether from an examination of the assumptions on which the doctrine depends , or from an inspection of the results both when it is acted upon and when it is not , they conclude that it is mistaken anyway , they will also dismiss the Marxist criticism . |
| 6 | Labour opposes tax cuts when the economy is growing and when it is not . |
| 7 | which takes 522 pages to outline for the novice how to modify behaviour and when it 's not likely to work perfectly . |
| 8 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 9 | And when it was n't working on the farm a transport on the back and a bag of straw to sit on and it became the family 's personal transport . |
| 10 | And when it was not shouting him down as he tried to suggest that the powers of the courts were adequate , the conference heard Mr R. A. Butler pledge himself to a new building programme of short-sharp-shock Detention Centres . |
| 11 | He was mostly happy without an excessive amount of work , and when it was not there he did not invent it . |
| 12 | Of course the horse named Bess , which I was given had a mind of its own , since it would always be eating and when it was not it only plodded along . |
| 13 | The document left many questions unanswered and when it was not endorsed by any major party figure it slid into oblivion . |
| 14 | But when it 's not your birthday and you go to somebody 's |
| 15 | On the earlier electronics , you ca n't use the double-length switch on the 580 and modular electronics , the knitting sequence is the same as when it is not in use . |