Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun] when they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many older Shetlanders lay great stress on a boom and bust theory of history : according to this theory Shetland and Dunrossness have experienced booms in the past , but they have always had to revert to traditional lifestyles and industries when they pass . |
| 2 | Smokers screw up their eyes and lips when they puff a cigarette and this can surely lead to more wrinkles . |
| 3 | He guesstimates that the existence of different European currencies cost about 1.5 per cent of Europe 's total income each year , merely in terms of the losses incurred by traders and investors when they change currencies . |
| 4 | AFRESH row over Channel Tunnel safety is likely to follow yesterday 's confirmation that passengers will not have to leave their cars and coaches when they travel through the tunnel . |
| 5 | NEW pupils at a dog obedience class were all shapes and sizes when they arrived for their first lesson yesterday . |
| 6 | During the course of their upbringing , boys are disciplined by parents or child-minders when they play with their penis . |
| 7 | As control of pests and diseases consists basically of subjecting them to conditions or substances that are harmful to them , we have to recognize that , as they have all evolved defences of one kind or another — and very successfully too , which is why they are still on this Earth and contending with us for our roses — somewhere in their life cycles are periods and stages when they are more exposed and vulnerable . |
| 8 | A freezer should be there for you to maximise on your budget by storing economically prepared foods such as soups and stews , and for storing either your own garden produce or purchases of vegetables and fruits when they are at their cheapest . |
| 9 | What he also could n't be expected to know ( and thank goodness he did n't ) , was how much more morally devastating were the V1 and V2 buzz bombs and rockets when they started falling on London soon after D-Day . |
| 10 | If this is the case , an incentive to improved health might be for the counsellor to talk to them about ways and means of increasing their social contacts and involvement when they get better . |
| 11 | Macmillan likened the privatization programme to the reaction of individuals or estates when they run into difficulties . |
| 12 | If I am lucky , and the weather is compatible with fish-spotting , I should see signs of the carp when they push through weedbeds and hump through the surface , or mudclouds and bubbles when they root in the bottom . |
| 13 | The computer fiasco quoted at the start of this chapter underlines the importance of distrusting figures or data when they become over detailed . |
| 14 | We often simply do not know in what ways people in the past were drawing on ideas about obligations , rights or duties when they provided assistance for their kin ( Medick and Sabean , 1984 , pp. 20–1 ) . |
| 15 | The situation might be improved if young girls were allowed to develop sexual feelings and activities when they reached puberty . |
| 16 | The Law Commission was against one , on the grounds that a rigid definition could be more easily evaded , and that , in individual cases , the courts and legal advisers would recognise standard terms and conditions when they saw them . |
| 17 | And I made them jigs and whatnot. when they come to do it at Dolgarrog when they come to want them doing I said to the to the the chief engineer I said , he told me about they were going get these commutators done here machine . |
| 18 | We are attempting to investigate the influences that act on girls and women when they are making the crucial ‘ O ’ Level , ‘ A ’ Level and college and career choices , and which channel them away from research jobs in hard science . |
| 19 | Instead of buying us a present , from erm , my mum bought me a few bits and pieces when they went to France . |
| 20 | This £15,000 investment makes small carpet samples about eighteen inches square for use by Architects and Specifiers when they ‘ approve ’ a design specially created for their clients . |
| 21 | As well as celebrating , some measure of depression is an appropriate response for both men and women when they become parents . |
| 22 | People have been shown ( 1 ) to prefer proximity to kin ( presumably , the better to help them ) , ( 2 ) to actually help their kin ( presumably in ways likely to enhance their reproductive success ) , and ( 3 ) to produce more children and grandchildren when they live close to and/or are helped by kin . |
| 23 | That was just exuberance on the part of the children and teachers when they chopped off all her hair and Super Glued it to her chin . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ she 'd say to the daffodils and tulips when they had stopped flowering , ‘ I 'll see you again next year . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ When my kids have colds I put a homeopathic remedy called Olbas Oil on their chests and pillows when they go to bed . |
| 26 | Of course it was convenient for factory-owners to build an element of flexibility into their businesses by using women as outworkers when they needed to . |
| 27 | Flowers can transform the appearance of drinks , desserts and salads when they are sprinkled with petals , or garnished with whole flowers . |
| 28 | Greek images were also used by physiognomists and ethnologists when they began to create racist classification systems which placed the Greek profile as the highest development of humanity , above Jewish people with African peoples lower down the scale , represented so as to approximate their profiles with those of primates and apes at the bottom . |