Example sentences of "their [noun pl] when [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , even a small proportion of people declining to give consent might have undermined the study — if those declining included most of those who knew that they allowed race to influence their judgments when shortlisting candidates for jobs . |
| 2 | Even those governments that were in the vanguard of the urging for greater union were guilty at times of dragging their heels when OEEC proposals and policies seemed likely to have an adverse effect upon the national economy . |
| 3 | Saints , who have a rare capacity for exasperating their supporters when hopes are highest , saved their worst performance of the season for this crucial game . |
| 4 | The Dutch were discussing plans to evacuate their nationals when Bernard Callinan had a dinner one night at their headquarters . |
| 5 | H. Some factory owners decide to move the positions of their factories when conditions change . |
| 6 | However , many people sold their things when leaving in order to pay their house rent as well as their baker 's , butcher 's and grocer 's bills . |
| 7 | Sea pens were given their names when people wrote with quills and very apt it must have seemed , for not only are they shaped like feathers but their skeleton is flexible and horny . |
| 8 | At its worst , beach huts at Southwold and Felixstowe were swept away from their fixings when sea defences were breached . |
| 9 | Unlike with Bank rate , however , the clearing banks were not obliged to change their rates when MLR changed . |
| 10 | It provides a classic example of the way that engrossers in the corn-growing regions enlarged their farms when small-holders could no longer cope and were forced to sell . |
| 11 | If I had been one of their advisers when TV came along I would have said : ‘ Do n't meddle with it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And wrung their hands when patients died of simple infections because penicillin had n't been discovered , ’ teased Dominic . |
| 13 | A consequence of this destabilizing cycle is that most home buyers take on their mortgages when credit is freely available and when lending institutions , facing still competition , are offering the best interest rates . |
| 14 | But with Wigan using up all their substitutes when Skerrett came off , Hull stepped up the tempo in the second half . |
| 15 | They knew as did their children when things were going well and when they were not . |
| 16 | These subjects tended to squeeze their bulbs when alpha rhythm had reduced — consistent with the idea that these experiences occur when cortical arousal drops . |
| 17 | THE FOREMARK HALL Locomotive Associates suffered a major blow in the restoration of their locomotives when thieves broke into their temporary work shop at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway — and stole vital parts . |
| 18 | Some 300 people lost their jobs when Supercomputer Systems failed ; Chen had hoped to re-hire about 50 of them , but if he goes elsewhere , not many of those are likely to be offered positions . |