Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [adj] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had the G A T talks held up for a lengthy period simply because the French wanted even more cash for agriculture and of course they got it and it 's rather silly when we 're spending two hundred and fifty million pounds a week on dumping and destroying food . |
| 2 | But it 's unerringly steady when you 're pressing on , and lurches slightly less ponderously into a tight bend than does its more sophisticated ( and independently sprung ) 960 24v sister . |
| 3 | It 's particularly effective when used for back panels . |
| 4 | And it 's particularly daft when the firm itself has gone bust . |
| 5 | It 's particularly nice when you can get people together who 've always wanted to meet . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's particularly fun when all the actors come in dressed up in costume — it 's like being in some surreal painting . ’ |
| 7 | and then it 's right warm when I come in . |
| 8 | ‘ In general , I think it 's slightly unfair when you 've got someone who 's considered a virtuoso player such as Mark King — he 's obviously very talented , but his basses are so incredibly easy to play that it seems a bit of a cheat to me . |
| 9 | It 's really nice when they bring the lawnmowers in the lounge ! |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes it 's really tough when you 're on the street with only a quid and you 're both starving . |
| 11 | I like that , I , I think it 's really sweet when she 's taking those tablets and he 's sitting there |
| 12 | While the fax machine is easy to use , it 's less attractive when it comes to mass faxing , as someone has to feed each document in and dial the destination . |
| 13 | We have the club slides in our house so that you know really whoever takes over organizing the meeting should really have those and they 're all sorted out in order so it 's just a case of diving in the bag and looking for whatever you want , ever the I always try to bring some fish to look at , to the the scr to the screen erm some of the fish that were on show on the table for that particular sh er in erm table show because I think it shows interest and to learn more about the fish and it 's always nice when somebody else knows a lot more about the particular species than you do , and i is able to tell you quirks and fancies that they have . |
| 14 | It 's always sad when a figure of fun , an easy target for a laugh , disappears into oblivion . |
| 15 | It 's always horrid when it 's someone else 's birthday . ’ |
| 16 | Dalgliesh said : ‘ It 's always interesting when men you thought you knew behave out of character . ’ |
| 17 | It 's always tempting when visiting an aquatic outlet to buy on impulse . |
| 18 | At first I was very surprised by the average standard of play ; it 's fantastically high when you consider cuts regularly falling at 2 or 3-under-par . ’ |
| 19 | Because of its thin design and attractive white finish it 's virtually invisible when the radiator is in place . |
| 20 | It 's quite nice when it 's out |
| 21 | And we have a competition it 's spot the singer it 's quite simple when you know the singer it is anyway . |
| 22 | Well , the Belvin test is , it 's quite straightforward when you come to do it . |
| 23 | It 's quite common when changing old basin taps to end up with a cracked basin . |
| 24 | It 's quite remarkable when you come to think about it . |
| 25 | It 's quite funny when you see people cycling past them . |
| 26 | It 's quite interesting when they get people to do this test erm , if they fit into certain categories , depending upon their job as well , it 's almost , it is strange , that you do get erm , say solicitors to do it . |
| 27 | Er in my opinion at this particular time we must bear in mind the financial constraints that we work under and er would the board agree with me that erm survival comes first yes but it 's obvious that the programme that we 've er had put forward is a good compromise between preferred in the arts , maintaining the theatre as a viable proposition and er entertaining the people of this particular part of the world because as I understand it this theatre was not just the artist also an entertainment centre and it 's in this area that er it 's quite obvious when you look into the figures on this area the popular area that the majority income comes so you 'll have to make a compromise and I will congratulate the board on what I think is pretty reasonable compromise so it 's quite obvious in the programme . |
| 28 | You do n't actually have to know there 's a caravan , it 's quite obvious when you 've had one move it away . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's not anything like as easy as one imagines at the beginning , ’ she said , ‘ and when you 've actually qualified it 's quite frightening when you 're confronted by an animal with some mysterious disease and an anxious client standing by . |
| 30 | It 's bad when people talk about you — but it 's much worse when they do n't talk about you . ’ |