Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One suspects that the ‘ process ’ argument is sometimes deployed as a reserve justification when a mismatch between subject output and employment intake arises . |
| 2 | As it was , we were often on a sticky wicket when the rummage crew had to deal with the crane drivers for a smuggling offence . |
| 3 | He knew what the boys were fighting for , and was sure that the public would give a right judgement when the proper time came . |
| 4 | Carter also suffered a devastating setback when the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union made necessary the withdrawal of SALT II from the Senate , a treaty that had been the centrepiece of his defence policy . |
| 5 | Club commitments will rule Kernaghan out of a possible call-up when an American team visit Dublin at the end of April . |
| 6 | The path , here still a thousand feet below the top , becomes very rough as the gradient increases , the final scramble through a breach in the summit cliffs over the debris of erosion being sufficiently arduous to justify a prolonged rest when the flat top is at last reached . |
| 7 | ‘ There will be a terrific fuss when the strawberry-and-cream brigade are deprived of watching the world 's top tennis tournament , ’ he added sourly . |
| 8 | In the first response the stepping rate is about 0.6 times the natural frequency and therefore the rotor is behind the equilibrium position and has a low velocity when the next excitation change occurs . |
| 9 | This is exciting , fast work , particularly if done under a strong sun when the paint dries very quickly . |
| 10 | Manescu was met by a uniformed guard when the doors opened . |
| 11 | The rag woman was turning her hand-cart into a narrow alley when the child was almost flung against it , the young woman crying , ‘ Go home ! |
| 12 | The firemen who came to put out the fire had a narrow escape when the roof fell in as they were working inside the building . |
| 13 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 14 | However , it was something of a tall order when the store requested that the short presentation should include drama , music and dance and be based on Emily Bronte 's novel ‘ Wuthering Heights ’ . |
| 15 | Hence , we may reasonably expect a resultative flavour when an adverbal adjective is combined with a change-of-state verb . |
| 16 | Like all transmitters , glutamate is released from a presynaptic terminal when the nerve axon running to that terminal fires . |
| 17 | A subordinate might therefore make a well-informed decision to win a short-term advantage when a different decision would have been preferable in the longer-term view . |
| 18 | By the following morning 's exercises — discussion of how to set about winning a Labour seat when the other candidate wo n't share a public platform with you , a mock television interview and a debate , several of the candidates who appeared strongest — including a chairman of the party 's Bow Group — seem to have given up the fight . |
| 19 | It is a sorry thing when an eagle can not even ward off two miserable hooded crows . |
| 20 | The 32-year-old , from Yarm , Cleveland was driving a Mini Clubman when the accident happened on Low Lane , near Stainton , Middlesbrough , at 7.50am yesterday . |
| 21 | Unfortunately Infinitary rule 1 as it stands is not strong enough to give us a complete system when the set of basic values is infinite . |
| 22 | It was not a complete surprise when a minute later Travis , with Naylor leading the way , walked into her kitchen . |
| 23 | Mother Love Bone manage to talk quite movingly about the wasted death of Andrew Woods , Queensrÿche and Soundgarden make ten-second cameos about the Seattle scene , and Robert Plant and Aerosmith 's Joe Perry prove that you do n't have to act like a complete fuckwit when a camera 's around . |
| 24 | Mother Love Bone manage to talk quite movingly about the wasted death of Andrew Woods , Queensrÿche and Soundgarden make ten-second cameos about the Seattle scene , and Robert Plant and Aerosmith 's Joe Perry prove that you do n't have to act like a complete fuckwit when a camera 's around . |
| 25 | The remedy may come as a liquid potency when the dose is one drop , as granules when the dose is 10 or 20 grains ( like sugar grains or the ‘ hundreds and thousands ’ used to decorate cakes ) or , most commonly as tablets when the dose is one tablet . |
| 26 | It is always worth gently riffling the pages of a gilt-edged book when the bookseller is not looking ; though the devious fellow has probably done it already . |
| 27 | Such a strange thought when a moment ago she had fantasised so cheerfully of touching him ! |
| 28 | Even though life has been tense in recent months , it 's still a strange feeling when the city you live in is transformed into a battlefield . |
| 29 | Earlier in the month Aquino had suffered a political setback when the Supreme Court on June 5 quashed charges of " rebellion complexed with murder " against Senator Juan Ponce Enrile and 22 other alleged participants in the December 1989 coup attempt . |
| 30 | He was making an early morning cuppa in a back room when a milk float crashed through the shop 's brick wall and 12ft by 8ft window . |