Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use kicks only when you are well outside punching range |
| 2 | Yes , computers have practically infinite branching capabilities , but this matters little when we are unable to foresee more than a very few of the more common possible learner responses . |
| 3 | Or just making sure he has enough when he retires ? |
| 4 | Iris pseudacorus ( yellow flag ) looks best when planted in groups |
| 5 | Brick makes great paving on its own and looks best when used in a pattern |
| 6 | He is bushy-tailed and defiantly optimistic for the new decade — which in his case starts early when the still battered England cricket team leave for the West Indies in less than three weeks . |
| 7 | Has very erect carriage , holding head high or even slightly backwards ; runs very fast and does not squat but stands upright when stops . |
| 8 | He wrote month after month with fearful haste , and yet the Soviet editor only exaggerates slightly when he says that the manuscripts reveal ‘ immense , most rigorous work , literally over every phrase ’ . |
| 9 | As a late potato , as a keeping potato I always grow Wilger Now I grow Wilger because it , it browns well when it 's roasted . |
| 10 | Brundle looks askance when he is asked if he has ever read the books of technical instruction in race-driving written by Pierro Taruffi and Alain Prost , among others . |
| 11 | Mr Houghton still glows proudly when recounting Corning 's role in helping to create the electric light-bulb after Thomas Edison came to the company in 1879 with his ideas . |
| 12 | And Creaney 's heart still beats faster when he remembers a thrilling draw with Ajax of Amsterdam , including Johann Cruyff . |
| 13 | Often it ‘ clonks ’ at the fully open or fully closed positions , and sometimes the guitar howls uncontrollably when the pot is turned all the way down . |
| 14 | It flies best when coupled in pairs or triples . |
| 15 | And I might say : you 're something inside your head that goes away when you die . |
| 16 | If they are out of sight ( eg , they leave the buzzing weather-vane in a courtyard and retire indoors ) , the Fiend simply flies away when it appears from the shattering weather-vane . |
| 17 | I eat carefully , my heartbeat quickens nervously when the portions offered are too big , and at the same time I 'm trying not to draw attention to my small plateful . |
| 18 | Only after a time do the principles on which the family is based — private property and slavery — come into conflict with the community and its commonality ; this occurs only when the family begins to move into the political domain . |
| 19 | As crystallization occurs only when a substantial fraction of the molecules present are alike in size , composition , and shape , this achievement implied that the protein crystallized had a definite molecular structure . |
| 20 | Discredit occurs only when an otherwise amiable pastime is perverted by the destruction of many books to glorify one . |
| 21 | However , disease occurs only when circumstances exist that weaken and stress the fish . |
| 22 | Among the tadpoles of the eastern spadefoot , shoaling occurs only when the water level in the pond is decreasing . |
| 23 | Private investment is essential for development and such investment occurs only when sufficient infrastructure ( ports , bridges , railways , highways ) is in place . |
| 24 | He also insists that a breach of legal duty occurs only when a person chooses to violate a criminal law , this requirement of choice being signified legally by the doctrine of mens rea . |
| 25 | The lexicon notion explains the word frequency phenomenon by assuming that each entry has a threshold for recognition , and that recognition occurs only when sufficient data have been collected about the word for this threshold to be exceeded . |
| 26 | It is conceivable , for example , that the accumulation of RasGTP following Grb2-mediated activation may be compromised by high levels of GAP activity , so that effective signal transmission occurs only when GAP is inhibited . |
| 27 | The requirement for two enzyme molecules is also emphasised by another model which suggests that cleavage occurs only when two neighbouring , translocating enzymes meet . |
| 28 | Judicial intervention which occurs only when the resultant agency decision is substantively arbitrary will be insufficient , because there may be many instances when it falls short of this , but still wholly or partially ignores the views of interested parties . |
| 29 | Cohen and Uphoff ( 1 ) have shown that genuine participation happens only when there is involvement in decision-making and evaluation ; at a time when we often encounter a definite cynicism in many quarters concerning the whole matter of community involvement in health such examples are inspiring . |
| 30 | Antibody production occurs naturally when the body 's immune system combats disease . |