Example sentences of "[noun sg] is the time when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spring is the time when the government primes the pump to help farmers prepare their fields and the far north to recover from winter . |
| 2 | Spring is the time when everything starts growing again after the winter . |
| 3 | We find winter is the time when most people come and have a chat to us ; we 've got a regular following of visitors and you get to know them quite well . |
| 4 | It has in addition a resplendent meaning in that life before retirement is only childhood and the period of retirement is the time when we reach maturity and realise the full significance of life . |
| 5 | For our purposes the essential distinction is the time when the documents were written and so we will use the terms ‘ contemporary ’ and ‘ retrospective ’ to describe those documents . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , adolescence is the time when ego-identity development inevitably dominates the personal development of the individual for a while . |
| 7 | However , in relation to exclusions in standard terms , including exclusion of liability for negligence , the time of assessment is the time when the contract was made . |
| 8 | For example , post-puberty is the time when peer group friendships may take over from parents as the major influence . |