Example sentences of "when [noun] [be] [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When birds are reared on a free-range system , and ascariasis is a problem , the young birds should , if possible , be segregated and reared on ground previously unused by poultry . |
| 2 | It used to be thought that , when Offa was styled on occasion in the charters of the period rex Anglorum , this signified that he aspired to lordship over all the Anglo-Saxons or at least to make himself the only king south of the Humber . |
| 3 | A customer asked Sarah if her brother had been near Guernica in Spain when bombs were dropped on it from aeroplanes . |
| 4 | When subjects are interrupted on going to sleep and asked to report any mental activity whatsoever they usually have something to say about what was going on in their minds . |
| 5 | When oxygen is chemisorbed on W{211} , an oxygen recoil peak is observed at the position predicted by equation ( b ) . |
| 6 | ‘ People ask me if it 's embarrassing to be missing from the Rangers side when England is focused on our big European nights . |
| 7 | Use a mortar mix of 1 part masonry cement to 4½ parts soft sand , and keep the mix on the dryish side so it does n't slump when blocks are laid on it |
| 8 | Wood consists of tubes with quite thin walls and when wood is cut on the side grain the tubes are very seldom accurately parallel to the surface . |
| 9 | When exercise is concentrated on specific areas it will help to tone up the muscles faster and so tighten the skin , giving the impression of increased weight loss in the desired areas . |
| 10 | The polymer then behaves like a stiff spring storing all the available energy in stretching as potential energy , when work is performed on it . |
| 11 | He was still on leave in England when war was declared on 4 August 1914 . |
| 12 | Contamination of the environment is most likely when dogs are exercised on grass or earth runs which retain moisture and also protect larvae from sunlight . |
| 13 | The most common problem encountered , however , is subsidence , either in areas of mineral extraction or , more often , when buildings are constructed on made-up ground . |
| 14 | When boats were travelling on improved sections they would go in pairs . |
| 15 | National Savings were particularly competitive in the 1980's when emphasis was placed on raising government funds from this source , largely because it relieved the need somewhat to borrow from the banking system which created credit and therefore inflationary conditions , and because of the fear that government borrowing in the long-term capital markets would tend to ‘ crowd-out ’ industrial and commercial companies from that market , and impede their ability to raise funds for capital investment and long-term growth . |
| 16 | money given in part payment or as security , as when goods are bought on hire-purchase . |
| 17 | On one embarrassing day policies were unveiled at a press conference and when questions were invited on them there was silence . |
| 18 | The M1 sole gives a sure footing even when water is lying on deck . |
| 19 | The fairytale finally ends when Harry is born on September 15 . |
| 20 | During the meeting of the Special Commission which prepared the preliminary draft of the Convention there was considerable , but inconclusive , discussion of the position which should obtain when service was required on someone strongly suspected of being in a particular country but whose address within the country was unknown . |
| 21 | Indeed Samuel et al reported that when HBIG was administered on a regular basis in the first two years after liver transplantation to 100 patients who had been serum HBsAg positive , HBsAg reappeared in 22.7% only . |
| 22 | Or perhaps authority may come from some prestigious so the domain of the practitioner , as when techniques are recommended on the grounds that they have the warrant of proven theory . |
| 23 | Which made it the more regrettable that , in an age when abortion is pressed on one as if it were a free sample , she should have contrived to have four children in six years — unwanted , dubiously parented , ill cared for . |
| 24 | Even when people are stamping on his head he still carries that inane smile . |
| 25 | It 's funny how ideas shrink away when people are put on the spot . |
| 26 | We shall be coming back in this chapter and the next to the problems that occur when choice is based on too much of ‘ I love me ’ and ‘ I love the me in you ’ , but first we need to look at the basic capacity to realize some love for another , with its mix of self-regard and altruism . |
| 27 | It is a principle that the PA has pursued consistently in time of crisis : successfully for books when sanctions were imposed on Rhodesia and South Africa , less so during the war with Argentina . |
| 28 | Against him are ranged Panama 's middle classes and officers with a grudge : when promotion is based on loyalty rather than ability , there will always be those who advocate a coup . |
| 29 | Such criticisms forced President Jaime Paz Zamora to cancel the sale of two state-owned hotels in La Paz , the capital , when irregularities were discovered on the opening of sealed tenders . |
| 30 | It was held that the brothers " were the architects of an arrangement within the definition of s437 " ( now TA 1988 , s663 ) ( Vinelott J at p685 ) thus , when dividends were paid on the shares to the children that was income arising from a transaction which had the necessary element of bounty and the income was taxed upon the settlor ( as the children were minors ) . |