Example sentences of "be [verb] when [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A postal survey of a national sample of 250 managers of large hotels found that of the alternative strategies which are favoured when faced with new competitors a change in prices is regarded as relatively unimportant whereas non-price strategies , such as sales promotion and refurbishment of premises , are . |
| 2 | This libretto is based on the revised version published in 1961 but there were many phrases which had been altered when set to music , and the final text has been preferred here . |
| 3 | There is bo fixed loan period and items are recalled when requested by another member of staff and at twice–yearly intervals for stock–taking purposes . |
| 4 | The texts accompanying the illustrations are concise , but are intended when read in sequence to give a simple coherent account of each disease . |
| 5 | The texts accompanying the illustrations are concise , but are intended when read in sequence to give a simple coherent account of each disease . |
| 6 | The offeror will need to show that he has been unable to trace the shareholders after reasonable enquiry , that the shares for which acceptances have been received when added to those held by untraceable shareholders amount to not less than the 90 per cent threshold , and that the consideration offered is fair and reasonable . |
| 7 | Whitehall is unmoved by all this ; human rights violations are forgotten when perpetrated by a pro-Western government with ready cash . |
| 8 | Whitehall is unmoved by such considerations ; human rights violations are forgotten when perpetrated by a pro-Western government with ready cash . |
| 9 | The distribution of amber beads in southern England has been considered when weighted in terms of their density per person per area ( Arnold 1980 ) emphasising that Kent was a major consumer despite not having the greatest density in raw terms . |
| 10 | The meaning of ‘ insolvent ’ has already been considered when dealing with the seller 's lien . |
| 11 | In order to limit the degree of confusion that these factors may cause , the names of the traditional weaving areas ( Persia , Anatolia , the Caucasus , Afghanistan , Turkestan etc. ) have been used when discussing the weaving , history or design influences of their rugs , and the names of the modern states have been used when referring to purely commercial factors , such as import tariffs , government actions and subsidies . |
| 12 | The Consumer Credit Act 1974 can prove particularly useful when buying goods by mail order , because , with all due respect to the advertiser , you do n't always know much about where your hard earned wages are going when ordering from a paper or magazine . |
| 13 | of all vehicles taken and driven away unlawfully are damaged when returned to their owner . |
| 14 | In fact , if the aposematic prey is rare , it is more heavily predated , and the proportion falls : if the aposematic prey is relatively frequent to begin with , it is favoured , and becomes more common The black and yellow caterpillars of the cinnabar moth are camouflaged when seen from a distance as they feed on their favoured ragwort . |
| 15 | This would have been distracting when used in training . |
| 16 | The further problems are associated with difficulties that are encountered when trying to be precise about just how probable a law or theory is in the light of specified evidence . |
| 17 | The test is basically an objective one , although subjective factors are introduced when looking at child defendants and persons under a disability . |
| 18 | 2.45 Lord Guest thought that the dependency of £4,000 awarded by Lyell J was on the high side , but could be justified when allowing for possible future increases in earnings and for the effects of inflation . |
| 19 | One British Tank Brigade commander commented : ‘ Many times it was impossible to hear or be heard when speaking to Corps Headquarters at a distance of five or six miles . ’ |
| 20 | Their achievements may be limited when compared with those of others , but they are no less real and fulfilling for the people concerned . |
| 21 | There are a number of factors that are to be considered when looking at motivation and morale within public sector organisations and these operate at many different levels . |
| 22 | A number of pitfalls have to be considered when looking at diversification not least lack of experience in a new venture , the capital cost and working capital requirements , the cautious attitude of banks , and the marketing side . |
| 23 | The relative merits of both approaches have to be considered when opting for a solution to a particular diagnostic problem . |
| 24 | A fundamental question to be considered when embarking on any form of business is whether to buy or rent the business premises . |
| 25 | This type of debate can only be resolved when looking at the functions in some detail . |
| 26 | By the time he returned home , he had already passed beyond the position of Lyell and Forbes and had begun to investigate the possibility that species might actually be modified when exposed to a new environment . |
| 27 | Note that the in nudist would tend to be omitted when followed by a stop consonant such as — hence permitting the above ambiguity . |
| 28 | The amount charged varies from one authority to another , and independent enquiries should generally be made when dealing with authorities outside one 's own area . |
| 29 | Second the fact that God 's personal self-disclosure in the Bible was given in terms of the hearers ' own culture inevitably means that misunderstanding may arise and points be missed when read by people of another culture who are unfamiliar with the cultural milieu of the Bible . |
| 30 | This is not to use the term ‘ romantic ’ in the pejorative sense in which it must be used when speaking of the film made of The Happy Return , in which Lady Barbara , envisaged as a coy , magazine-cover blonde ( and without the hereditary Wellesley nose ) fluttered her eyelashes at Gregory Peck as an equally improbable Hornblower . |