Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] when [pron] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | So one has acquired scientific knowledge when one has a series of syllogisms which , on the basis of ‘ formal ’ definitions and other first principles , demonstrates that certain properties of a species must belong to it . |
| 2 | John Thaw himself hates beer , so it 's a real performance when he has to take a pint . |
| 3 | What seemed to be a simple matter when merely held as a mental question , verbally unframed and with no thought given to response , appears as a simply impossible problem when it has actually to be put down on paper . |
| 4 | HP ( hire purchase ) The term used by shoppers and many shops to describe both true hire purchase ( where the shopper is in effect hiring the goods , with an option to buy at virtually no extra cost when he has paid all the instalments , and the lender has some rights to repossess the goods as securing against default ) , and the more common credit sale . |
| 5 | The farming lobby has also pursued a policy of agricultural exceptionalism when it has come to the institution of a wide range of welfare and safety measures . |
| 6 | society will win the ability to freely determine its national existence when it has the ability to determine its political being and the conditions of its creation . |
| 7 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |
| 8 | Launching into the logical approach when someone has not had time or does not have the information to assess your credibility is unwise . |
| 9 | It is useful for would-be choreographers to study the historical development of classical style so that they may stage a ballet in a traditional way when it has a story firmly linked to a particular time and place . |
| 10 | Rather is it that by not forgetting one 's origins , in maintaining one 's own identity and in adopting unhesitatingly before all Europe the position of parvenu — a glorious title when one has arrived there thanks to the votes of a great people . |
| 11 | the train is a living thing when it has fire , water and coal |
| 12 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 13 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 14 | What use do you make of written work when it has been marked ? |
| 15 | She can only equip herself to face the world from a secure position when she has developed an internal strength which will come from the accumulation of power by centres of growth which lie far outside the existing bureaucracies of government , party and presidential palace . |