Example sentences of "be [adj] when [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child is often unacquainted with the precise and specialised social functions which are conventionally ascribed to either speech or writing and thus may be confused when asked to acquire ‘ skills ’ whose functions he or she can not see or act upon . |
| 2 | These findings show the importance of phospholipid species in biliary pathophysiology and may be useful when trying to manipulate cholesterol carriers and solubility in bile . |
| 3 | Chat shows : These programmes can be useful when trying to build up a personality . |
| 4 | Similar buildings seem to predominate at Cambridge and Dragonby , and , interestingly , at accepted ‘ village ’ sites like Catsgore , a fact which must be important when trying to define the function and status of individual sites close to the town-village threshold . |
| 5 | Additionally , as already mentioned , patting a horse on its neck can be beneficial when trying to shoe a difficult horse ; and we pat it in time to the farrier 's hammer . |