Example sentences of "of [noun sg] when it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I said well you 'll have an interest to keep it clean I mean I 'm sure you just do it out of necessity when it 's not your furniture . |
| 2 | There are going to be one or two occasions of course when it is likely |
| 3 | Even academics , who are supposed to embody the quintessence of detached assessment , somehow respond with a lack of enthusiasm when it is suggested that their own methods of teaching , research , or organization might benefit from review . |
| 4 | A balloon lease is a popular method of purchase when it is intended to sell the aircraft after , say , three years . |
| 5 | Hirtle 1975 : 37 for examples with realize , agree and understand ) , its meaning places it in the unique position of becoming the equivalent of a verb of perception when it is used in the operative sense . |
| 6 | Having constructed a working model , as it were , he left his conscious mind to one side and relied upon his ear — what he described as the interdependence of rhythm and diction , or the recognition of meaning when it is embodied in cadence . |
| 7 | George Orwell was particularly fond of striking these contrasts between the ordered stability of the past against the awfulness of the present , and he was also thoroughly wound up in the myths of English civility : ‘ The gentleness of the English civilisation is perhaps its most marked characteristic ’ , he wrote in an essay of 1940 , ‘ Everyone takes it for granted that the law , such as it is , will be respected , and feels a sense of outrage when it is not . ’ |
| 8 | Completeness , however , is not the only characteristic of assignment when it is combined with qualification . |
| 9 | There is a challenge in doing something that is difficult and a sense of achievement when it is finished , especially when the audience applauds . |
| 10 | We give it a drink of water when it 's thirsty and then the tiny flower begins to grow . ’ |
| 11 | In some heating systems the water circulates naturally , ; hot water rising from the boiler and returning to it by force of gravity when it is cooler . |
| 12 | Fold-up furniture can either be stacked neatly in one place , hung from a large hook on a wall or stashed away out of sight when it is n't in use . |
| 13 | ‘ Everything flat and grey , no real joy over anything , nothing to look forward to , just somehow getting through each day as it comes and giving a sigh of relief when it 's finally over . |
| 14 | None the less , the striking point here is that they have this central feature in common : not just that they both see the life of reason as important , but also that there is a distinctiveness about the quality , character and significance of reason when it is taken up seriously , which marks it out from conventional human experience . |
| 15 | This is the power of film when it is properly used . |
| 16 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 17 | A calorie is a unit of energy and each food provides a certain amount of energy when it is " burnt " or metabolized by the body . |