Example sentences of "[noun] when this " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expense of twelve lighting points and six socket outlets ( as high as £30 in the mid-1950s when this was being promoted as a desirable minimum ) also deterred some builders . |
| 2 | The name originated from the days when this house belonged to the local policeman . |
| 3 | It was she who had cared for him , and looked after him , too , until he died , and in the bed upstairs in which he had been born , and his father before him , in the days when this house had really been a farmhouse and the land about had been glowing with crops in their rotation . |
| 4 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , increasingly sidelined by events , must have lost his best moment when this week 's challenge failed seriously to wound the Prime Minister . |
| 5 | It should be the moment when this Government is finally brought to its senses . |
| 6 | The coronet is shown in loving detail as it embodies the moment when this family of merchants made it to the princely ranks . |
| 7 | It will mean more doubtful inward investment at the very moment when this country needs such investment most , as we come out of the recession . |
| 8 | How had she managed to survive the intervening weeks when this was what she was made for ? |
| 9 | And it was done like this , this was done at a period when this church was changing from a Roman Catholic church The the window the original glass in this was a massive stained glass window of the crucifixion , and that had been put there in the fifteenth century by a Lord Mayor of York who was very wealthy and very religious and he wanted to show how wealthy and religious he was by pu er donating this window to the church . |
| 10 | Hugh Paddick recalled an event during the Beyond Our Ken period when this became very apparent . |
| 11 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 12 | The many occasions over the years when this summit has been short of water were thus inevitable unless the level of leakage could have been reduced to an absolute minimum . |
| 13 | In the years when this inexplicable phenomenon occurs — and it usually happens around Christmas , and so is known by the local fishermen as El Niño — the plankton suddenly vanish , the fish die and the birds fly away or are left to starve and rot . |
| 14 | The hotel is a group of buildings surrounded by gardens and trees in a compound , and we noticed from the start a vaguely British feeling about it — we asked our guide and he told us it had been formerly the British Embassy ( presumably during the years when this had been Chiang Kai-Shek 's capital ) , and had remained in British hands until 1960 or so , I suppose it was a consulate or something . |
| 15 | One day when this happened , Dinah , exasperated , turned round and slapped the good lady 's face . |
| 16 | Lucien enjoyed spending time in his company , but anticipated the day when this flimsy alliance would end . |
| 17 | Third , assuming that amendments are introduced to rectify these errors , what will happen in the period between April and the day when this Bill gets the Royal Assent . |
| 18 | Yes , we can wri , I 'll put it in a minute when this tape 's finished . |
| 19 | Imagine our surprise at the start of this season when this fresh-faced , super-fit figure came striding across the Loughborough training pitch . |
| 20 | There are times when this universe seems excessively , even arbitrarily , bleak . |
| 21 | On these more expensive versions the steering 's power assistance also varies with speed but there were times when this felt a touch too sensitive . |
| 22 | Of course there are times when this is not possible for practical reasons , but the more you are able to stay in tune with your body , the better you will feel . |
| 23 | Such remarks can be an invitation to the teacher to come and listen or look , and as she shares the children 's enjoyment and pride or helps them to sort out their problems , there are times when this will involve ideas which are mathematical . |
| 24 | But there are times when this theory just does not hold water . |
| 25 | There are times when this is quite acceptable , such as for street interviews or music recording , but they are not suitable for drama unless they are mounted on a boom . |
| 26 | ‘ There are times when this job gets you down . |
| 27 | There are times when this limit can be exceeded , but it is a good enough rule . |
| 28 | So I mean , we could , we could recruit people in to do it , but the problem there is they 've got to be free at the times when this course runs . |
| 29 | They often incorporate the date when this work was done . |
| 30 | But in 1989 , 1990 and 1991 the Extended HGSC Index underperformed , as it did in 1992 up to the date when this issue went to press . |