Example sentences of "[noun pl] when it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Snotling base fights at full effect until it has taken 3 wounds when it is removed . |
| 2 | The only bird that regularly directs missiles at other species is the Australian brush turkey , which kicks sand and stones at lizards when it is competing with them for food . |
| 3 | When creating a stencil design , it is essential to remember to leave a space between each leaf or flower shape , otherwise the stencil card will drop to pieces when it is cut out . |
| 4 | Most people who need community care prefer to live in their own homes with practical help for themselves and their carers when it is needed . |
| 5 | But the spirit is immortal and will recover its powers when it is freed from the physical brain . |
| 6 | What are we entitled to conclude about the functions of an area we have removed from knowledge of how behaviour changes when it is eliminated ? |
| 7 | The disclosures come at a time when there are three known bids by senior civil servants to buy out part of the Crown Suppliers when it is privatised next year . |
| 8 | It concluded ‘ that there would be little trouble in finding someone to take up the unassigned bonds when it is known that bonds in Sunningdale and other golf links have increased nearly 50% since their issue ’ . |
| 9 | Finally , the variety of ways in which linguistic terms have been applied to literary narrative suggests that even in the most linguistically conscious theories of literature , the role of linguistics remains subservient : it can never supply literary analysis with prescriptive procedures when it is operating at this level of the literary text . |
| 10 | The general implications of this would be that fixed information is very seldom attended to in the judgment phase ( and possibly in normal driving ) and on those occasions in recognition tests when it is attended to , rather than aiding recognition sensitivity , its unfamiliarity simply biases subjects towards calling all stimuli distractors . |
| 11 | It is normally bonded to nylon fabrics when it is used for sleeping bags . |
| 12 | Quiet holding notes and fairly stationary filling-in parts constitute the main part of the duty of the horns , as any score will show , but we shall see later on that they are also very useful in doubling other instruments when it is desired to give ‘ body ’ and prominence to a broad melodic line in the tenor register . |
| 13 | So the horse may feel the need to excel and beat the others when it is galloping with them , to show the others that it is the dominant horse . |
| 14 | The copy of the eighteenth-century walnut table in the centre measures 5¼ inches when it is closed , and with twentieth-century construction extends to twenty inches . |
| 15 | Unfortunately the human head is structurally rather like a tank of liquid and the consequences when it is struck by a bullet are well-known . |
| 16 | However , the party 's representation flounders when it is freed from the rigours of the quota system . |
| 17 | The morpheme which is glossed as " father " may have extended meanings when it is used in other contexts , but its real meaning is " father " in its ordinary English sense of " male parent " . |
| 18 | The written down value has no relation to the market value of an asset and thus there can be a profit or loss in the accounts when it is sold . |
| 19 | The written down value has no relation to the market value of an asset and thus there can be a profit or loss in the accounts when it is sold . |
| 20 | A third Greek word ( meteorizomai ) means ‘ to raise ’ or ‘ to suspend ’ when it is used literally ( as it is in the root of our modern word meteor ) or to raise a person 's hopes when it is used figuratively . |
| 21 | There are also occasions when it is fitting for everything in a service to be either purist and ‘ traditional ’ or ‘ modern ’ . |
| 22 | I notice the difference on those occasions when it is raining and I wear a hat . |
| 23 | It uses them to turn over stones when it is looking for food . |
| 24 | The company is expected to offer shares to its employees when it is allowed to do so , and a Stock Market flotation could follow in ‘ two , three or four years ' time ’ according to Mr Smith . |