Example sentences of "[noun] when it [be] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a reasonable result when it is recalled that the metric components correspond to the classical gravitational potential ( Section 4.3 ) . |
| 2 | Last night there was more evidence of the couple 's unhappiness when it was disclosed that they had a furious row at Balmoral shortly before the ‘ love tapes ’ were published . |
| 3 | This is a particularly important point to bear in mind when it is realized that many technological developments operate at the edges of life , whether they be ventilators or incubators . |
| 4 | The News of the World called it ‘ The most shocking sporting event ever to be screened ’ and newsmen from around the world hurried to interview the organizers of the Sex Olympics when it was announced that these very contemporary games were due to be staged in 1971 . |
| 5 | Plans by The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company to manage the Windsor Hotel in London ( the former BR headquarters at Marylebone ) appeared to be in jeopardy when it was announced that the hotel 's owners were facing financial difficulties . |
| 6 | There was commotion in the hall when it was realized that Lenin 's heir had been adulated for so long against Lenin 's own better judgment . |
| 7 | Australian businessman Alan Bond shot to international prominence when it was revealed that Sotheby 's had lent him the money to purchase van Gogh 's $53.9 million ‘ Irises ’ . |
| 8 | Thomas Duff , who had been going about his business as a messenger boy when it was said that he ‘ nearly ran in to two gentlemen ’ , put up a stout defence in court . |
| 9 | Can you not imagine the world-wide reaction when it is learnt that not only is America responsible for this potential disaster but that it was almost certainly caused by treason in the highest American military echelons ? |
| 10 | Mr Aichi had had to withdraw his candidature for the governorship of Miyagi prefecture when it was revealed that he had been on the take . |
| 11 | Her methods of acquisition ranged from chance discoveries and bargain purchases in shops to point-blank admiration of other people 's possessions , which found some owners parting with their treasures as gifts , while others hid their bibelots when it was known that a visit from the Queen was imminent . |
| 12 | Dan Wagoner 's own new work , first staged in Plymouth in October , has a jokey title , Turtles All The Way Down , and has something to do with a Bertrand Russell lecture when it was suggested that the Earth is not round but carried on the back of a giant tortoise which stands on turtles all the way down . |
| 13 | Gerald Flood , co-starring as astronaut pilot Conway Henderson , remembers clearly a panic in the studio control room when it was realised that another character , dressed in full space suit , was inaudible to the microphones once he had latched down his space helmet . |
| 14 | Dines only admitted the charge when it was proven that guns found in his car had fired the shots . |
| 15 | I was glad to accept the honour not so much for myself but for the cutter service as a whole when it was confirmed that I was to attend at Buckingham Palace the following summer . |
| 16 | A description of what it was like being a female secretary in a male-dominated office received much attention , and much fury and hilarity when it was realized that the office being described was that of the New Left Review . |
| 17 | In this instance a direct challenge is made to the expertise of the teachers and their professional skills — areas that had been defended by the Curriculum Deputy when it was suggested that the Bursar might become involved in interviews for community posts . |
| 18 | Although Kerrey 's campaign was lifted by this success , on the following day it suffered a setback when it was revealed that a restaurant chain of which he was part-owner had been fined $64,000 for 116 violations of child protection laws . |
| 19 | It concluded ‘ that there would be little trouble in finding someone to take up the unassigned bonds when it is known that bonds in Sunningdale and other golf links have increased nearly 50% since their issue ’ . |
| 20 | Despite his heavy family commitments , he was instantly dismissed by his father when it was discovered that he had entertained a nurse in the company flat . |
| 21 | The master at this time , J.W. , was in trouble when it was reported that he had been boarding some of the officers and two of their relatives in his own apartments under a private arrangement . |
| 22 | A frisson of concern ran through the staff when it was discovered that items have only been routinely fumigated against pathogens since the 1950s . |
| 23 | " It could n't happen to me and , even if it does , we have all got to die sometime " is a common self-justification that almost belies belief when it is considered that a life threatening " pleasure " is nothing more than a mere cigarette . |
| 24 | A spokesman said tribunals rarely ever order reinstatement when it is accepted that the allegations are true . |
| 25 | The event started with a slight hiccup when it was discovered that the batteries were in the wrong way round . |
| 26 | Elizabeth never married but used her spinsterhood as a diplomatic bate — Robert Dudley , the Earl of Leicester , was very close and , after his death , his stepson , the Earl of Essex , became close , but he was executed for treason when it was learned that he had entered into a conspiracy . |
| 27 | In the early 1980s Astra suspended clinical trials of omeprazole when it was found that high doses of the drug caused cancer of the stomach lining in rats . |
| 28 | This takes on an added significance when it is remembered that geriatrics and the terminally ill are regarded as the failures of the health service and are often consigned to the young and inexperienced who , as one doctor recently put it , ‘ do strive very officiously to keep people alive because they are interested scientifically and they want to use every method they can as part of their training ’ . |
| 29 | The idea that p53 may be an essential component of the apoptotic pathway suffered a set-back when it was found that mice without any p53 gene were viable . |
| 30 | The theatrical aspect was maintained to the end when it was revealed that the stranger had , in fact , been bidding on behalf of Dunlop . |