Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] when it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we had all assembled for the first plenary session to approve the agenda , I was all ready with my dissenting speech when it was announced by the Secretary General that the additional items would be included in the agenda if the other matters already there were completed in time to consider additional ones . |
| 2 | The weight of the lorry , see the lorry weighs something itself so its total weight when it 's got its load on is eight hundred plus a hundred times the number of engines on it . |
| 3 | Although people sometimes think of unemployment as having lots of leisure , in fact leisure only has its real meaning when it 's set against work . |
| 4 | ‘ The freedom to travel independently is taken for granted by most of us and only assumes its real importance when it is limited or even removed , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 5 | The agreement will ensure that the Adelaide will fully retain its Protestant ethos when it is merged with two other Dublin hospitals , the Meath and the National Children 's Hospital , in a new hospital in the rapidly-expanding suburb of Tallaght . |
| 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 | She could not believe her good fortune when it happened . |
| 8 | John was very gradually edging along the floor towards me , and at last he was near enough to put his head down on my knee , like a penitent dog creeping to its angry master when it thinks he 's had time to forget its offence . |
| 9 | Primary involvement , defined as lymphoma developing in the oesophageal wall itself , is rare , especially in its isolated form when it is the only focus of the disease . |
| 10 | The insect sinks until the increase of surface energy just balances the decrease in its potential energy when it sinks no further and is , presumably , happy . |
| 11 | It may seem that an account of politics in a revolutionary state has strayed far from its main theme when it discusses the education of seven adolescent girls in a remote oasis . |
| 12 | Betjeman 's poem ‘ Original Sin on me Sussex Coast ’ makes a point unwillingly learnt from his old tutor when it depicts the sheer wickedness of children bullying one another , unseen by the sentimental eyes of the mother whose mind has been washed by modern advertising techniques and the vacuous optimism of the age : |
| 13 | Marinello never had Best 's capacity for drink nor did he share his good fortune when it came to choosing clubs . |
| 14 | ‘ What will happen to his small world when it all stops ? ’ she asks . |