Example sentences of "and when [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Rainforest soils are usually very poor and when exposed to the harsh sun and heavy tropical rains , their fertility is soon washed away .
2 Yeah , well I know but er he had n't seen anyone , he reckons for well over a year and when phoned me up I agreed to have lunch with him and then he gave me an earful about all sorts of things including erm in Norwich issuing net fares on Norwich Amsterdam .
3 They also argue that the waste of resources associated with the ex post coordination of supply and demand through markets is as nothing when set against the loss of production associated with the weak incentives of a planned economy and when compared to the inefficiency , bungling and corruption of every economic planning bureaucracy yet devised .
4 Now there are terms [ Baldwin continued ] that your leader would have to accept , and when sent for by the King would have to say : ‘ Sire , these names are not necessarily my choice , but they have the support of Lord Rothermere . ’
5 ‘ Those circumstances , accordingly , constituted a potential relationship capable of imposing a duty on the defendant in relation to the child if and when born .
6 ‘ Those circumstances , accordingly , constituted a potential relationship capable of imposing a duty on the defendant in relation to the child if and when born .
7 The component parts of the woodwork for the sides , backs and quarters were assembled in jigs by a gang of finishers , and when completed they were transferred by means of a conveyor to the trimmers , who were supplied with cloth and other material cut to the correct size and stitched .
8 Make sure that the winding is tight and when completed , tape it to prevent any possibility of the coil vibrating or ‘ singing ’ as the current varies .
9 The building of the Baptist Chapel was begun in 1898 , and when completed was attended by 20 adults and 200 children .
10 These facilities represent a total investment of £17 million within the last 2 years and when completed we will have invested £28 million .
11 On the bedside table was a Gideon Bible , and beside it an entry form which , if and when completed and dispatched , would entitle the fortunate applicant to inclusion in a free draw for a ticket to one of the following summer 's golfing championships .
12 The Professional offers Decca LOP 's and when connected to GPS , lat/long-LOP conversion .
13 The pens come in a wide range of colours and when tested on the Knitleader sheet the markings were clear and washed off easily with some damp kitchen roll .
14 A baby separated from its mother also uses infrasound , and when suckling it emits infrasonic versions of a human baby 's gurgles .
15 In ‘ play ’ mode , rotating this control selects effect chains , and when pushed it activates the bypass function .
16 After surgery patients were not routinely endoscoped and injection of varices was only carried out if and when bleeding occurred .
17 He always went for a type — dark-haired , dark-eyed endomorphs — and when chatting up his quarry , his voice would change from baritone to bass baritone without realising .
18 They achieved resounding success , shouting psalms on the battlefield and when marching .
19 The secretary at the Victoria Centre in conversation with staff referred to this behaviour as ‘ joshing ’ and when questioned confirmed both its frequency and importance , ‘ Oh yes , they like it — especially the black kids ’ .
20 Apart from the pictures from the camera trained on the area of primary interest , others images , were recorded on the same tape and when played displayed on the three other quarters of the video screen contemporaneously , were from cameras situated in other areas of the club and over the entrance door .
21 On paper , though , and when played on the piano , it can sometimes seem awkward .
22 For this reason , in gliders it is important to avoid watching the instruments during nose-down pitching manoeuvres such as stall recoveries and when recovering into normal flight following a cable break during a steep winch launch .
23 He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time .
24 But to the bulk of the party , Law s presence in government was a guarantee of the party 's independence ; with Law in charge the party would extract from coalition whatever there was to be gained , but at no risk , and when stripped of all complications this was more or less what Bonar Law intended all along .
25 They are therefore of particular importance during a missed approach and when flying in turbulence .
26 These exercise their antimicrobial powers against a wide variety of different bacteria and when given for , say , a sore throat , will also kill off many of the normal commensal organisms in the intestine ( which is why a lot of people develop diarrhoea when taking antibiotics ) , and will also destroy the normal bacterial flora in the vagina .
27 It was a contrast that I found intriguing , and when given the opportunity embarked on research to explore further its nature and consequences .
28 Salmeterol , a new long acting β 2 agonist , produces bronchodilatation for at least 12 hours in patients with asthma and when given in doses of 50 µg twice daily provides more effective control of asthma symptoms than salbutamol 200 µg four times daily .
29 Some children had received a laxative , and when given , it was either given in minimal dose or given for too short a time .
30 A 5lb bream is a big fish , and when viewed alongside , say , a 5lb chub , we are curious as to why the bream is only equal in weight .
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