Example sentences of "when [noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is Gandhi 's contention , however , that when satyāgraha is wrongly used only the satyāgrahis suffer since no coercion or violence to others is involved .
2 We can not directly relate bidirectional reflectance and biomass except when biomass changes independently of LAI , e.g. leaf thickening at times of high LAI , or , more commonly , when biomass is linearly related to LAI .
3 At a time in their lives when self-image is intricately interwoven with feelings about sexuality and identity , young women talk about how they feel when they look in the mirror , and what they feel from the inside , looking out .
4 Ali is hooked up to an electrocardiograph and a blood-pressure monitor ; there is always some risk when blood is not making its customary passage .
5 I think we 'd all like to see a highlights programme the same night as the match , when emotion is still running high .
6 Gaskell made a distinction between intercourse before marriage in agricultural areas , when marriage is tacitly understood as coming later , and the promiscuity of the town , which he condemned , but in fact there was probably little difference , as we shall see .
7 As Sigmund ( 1980 ) demonstrates for Latin America , when compensation is finally paid , it often overstates the value of the assets .
8 When bookwork is laboriously copied , the opportunity is missed of clearing up difficult parts , and of allowing the student to understand .
9 When contraception is not used , long pregnancy intervals may be due to breastfeeding and abstinence .
10 The problems discussed above arise even when inflation is fully anticipated by all economic agents .
11 When respect is not given to our tears we are denied the relief they can bring .
12 Video 's role now can be to provide the variety , interest and stimulation which are very important at this stage when motivation is often beginning to wane .
13 Call it euthanasia : for when love is not reciprocated , it festers .
14 When compliance is not taken for granted , to is used in order to " futurize " the infinitive event 's actualization , i.e. to evoke it as something which the person receiving the request may or may not decide to do .
15 It is thus the age of truth , the age when life is clearly seen for what it is and man knows his role in the totality of things .
16 However , when delivery is about to take place there is little time for further information to arrive , and so the information that does appear is relatively important .
17 When information is not shared appropriately , mistakes can be repeated and valuable time and other resources can be wasted .
18 Though this is called a joint , the sacroiliac is n't really capable of much movement , and when pressure is repeatedly applied the joint surfaces become inflamed .
19 In an exceptionally dry year ( when straw is already dried out at mowing time ) the corn may be carted without stooking , but normally it should be left in the field for a week or more for the straw to dry and the grain to harden .
20 Accessibility may improve when the tumour grows towards the oesophageal lumen , but matters become more complicated when growth is primarily directed in the opposite direction , towards the surface .
21 As an observer of that scene , I think that , when history is accurately written , there will be great tribute to the manner in which help , encouragement and advice of considerable quality were given and to the mobilising of the western world to accept that change was taking place .
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