Example sentences of "when there " in BNC.

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31 You join something like that when there is a measure of stability . ’
32 This is especially evident when there is more than one sergeant and there happens to be a clash of personality and leadership style between them , although senior managers within the station are sensitive to this sort of problem and switch sergeants about when it occurs .
33 These stereotypes can become deployed to explain persistent offending among the young even when there is little evidence that they are appropriate .
34 A potential market might exist when there is not yet any such market in existence .
35 This technique might be used when there is no data available for estimating the total market size for a product .
36 We were escorting him to the door when there was a loud explosion at the side of the house .
37 He had hardly got to his feet when there was a muffled explosion from Sid 's trench , followed by Sid catapulting out from the entrance , his head a mass of flames .
38 He had hardly finished his remark when there was a terrifying roar overhead as a salvo of shells crashed into the area near to where the Germans had been mortaring .
39 I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me .
40 When there are such considerable demands on the Nation 's generosity to support many worthy causes , the Association feels privileged to receive their considerations .
41 When there were not games he disappeared into the library and found himself the only person in the building .
42 The forms of criminal or lawless activity which have followed the civil rights movement which came and went in 1969–71 will disappear as and when there is a general conviction that there is going to be one society and one particular sort of society in Northern Ireland — that is to say , one state , one particular sort of state , and no other .
43 When there is a certain amount of risk involved in an event , most promoters opt for paying the minimum amount of guarantee possible against a larger percentage for the artist .
44 The A&R work in smaller companies , when there is n't somebody whose sole job is sitting and listening to tapes , gets done when it can be .
45 All this contrasts sharply with the flimsy world of divination , of Madame Sosostris , which lands us unsurprisingly in the heart of London as we hear how all this ‘ fiddle ’ will always be found ‘ When there is distress of nations and perplexity/ Whether on the shores of Asia , or in the Edgware Road ’ .
46 The mobilizing style has a greater appeal when there is dissatisfaction with the status quo and a feeling that new policies are required .
47 It argued that of the half million British troops overseas , 200,000 were in areas that did not create a foreign currency liability , and of the rest few were in areas requiring direct dollar expenditure ; ‘ it follows that the contribution to be made to the balance of payments problem by the withdrawal of troops in overseas theatres will be strictly limited , will apply only to those areas when there is at present a currency obligation , and will produce little or no direct dollar saving . '
48 Retailers have a tendency to be quite selfish people wanting more and more of a product that is selling well , but cancelling an order and telling you to go away and solve your own problems when there 's a product that is n't selling well .
49 He must be resilient since he must recover when there are setbacks .
50 How can you be satisfied with the economic state of a country when there are three million unemployed ?
51 This means that when Engels postulated a pre-class stage when there were no conflicting principles and everything was sweetness and light , he had no Marxist way by which to explain historical change .
52 They believed that there had been a stage when there was no individual property ; that is , when no ownership continued beyond the time of use .
53 To lighten the proceedings he told us of an incident some years ago when there had still been a whaling station in the town .
54 Firearms , unknown to the Indians at the time of the conquest , seemed a frightening manifestation of the supernatural , for they ‘ fled out of fear when there was a blare of trumpets , the roar of arquebuses and artillery ’ .
55 When there were contractors to be handed out directors may have tried to help one another , but that can hardly have been a sufficient reason for buying up large blocks of shares .
56 Moreover when there were fights , observed the chairman of the Birmingham City Supporters ' Club , ‘ it was punch-ups among men in those days … when I was a lad , if I stepped out of line I got a bloody good hiding from my Dad ’ .
57 When there were fights at football matches there was no dramatic media coverage .
58 It ai n't scary when there 's all these people around .
59 Under normal circumstances when there is no undue stress — as in the examples of the soldiers or people living normal lives — adrenalin is released in far smaller amounts .
60 When there are no social restraints , as in time-free isolation experiments , for instance , defecation appears to be more ‘ spontaneous ’ — that is , less regular and sometimes more frequent .
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