Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] of [noun pl] when the " in BNC.

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1 All too often the change of conditions when the sale is made and the fish is taken home , is all that is needed finally to send the unfortunate creature to that great big goldfish bowl in the sky .
2 It is difficult to assess market value particularly in relation to goodwill ; much time can be spent in arguing about the measure of damages when the parties ought to simply concentrate on establishing whether or not the breach occurred .
3 Formal objections are not invited at this consultation stage as a further period will be allowed for the submission of objections when the proposals are formally advertised .
4 On the evidence of opinion-swings when the bombing of Iraq began , this wo n't prevent the public from cheering lustily when Bush orders the bombers to take off .
5 The establishment of the idea that the telling of the truth is thus subject to standards set by the use of a volume which is part history and part fiction , is almost tantamount to condoning the telling of untruths when the ritual is omitted , or at least making it much easier to justify such behaviour .
6 Of the various neutrophil functions — namely adherence , aggregation , orientation , locomotion , and chemotaxis — few are better defined and understood than the sequence of events when the neurtophil comes into contact with a chemoattractant .
7 When Simon pressed and won his claim for an assistant inspector to supervise the national vaccination scheme in 1871 , the current permanent secretary , Ralph Lingen , issued a general warning in the accompanying minute : ‘ I do not know who is to check the assertion of experts when the government has once undertaken a class of duties which none but such persons understand . ’
8 A spokesman said they had been overwhelmed by the number of applications when the new disability living benefit was announced and said it had taken longer than anticipated to sort out .
9 Mike Eveling , of the Inland Revenue , said : ‘ If we iron out problems now we will reduce our own workload by cutting the number of appeals when the values are announced . ’
10 The number of occasions when the Bank has had to intervene in the last 18 months to prop up sterling inside the ERM has been small .
11 I do not include in that 70 the number of occasions when the hon. Members for Brightside and for Dagenham have said contradictory things .
12 Cathery reflected all Wilson 's sentiments on the treatment of Germans when the war was over in an election address to the people of Bootle , where he was a parliamentary candidate .
13 The degree of involvement varied greatly — from genuine joint consultation on all the farm business to the handling of emergencies when the husband was away .
14 : United Kingdom courts have a convention that judges exclude evidence and refuse to allow the cross-examination of witnesses when the authorities ( often on the decision of the intelligence services ) claim that reference to it would be ‘ prejudicial to the national interest ’ .
15 After just a couple of minutes when the spray had dried , we brushed out the curls into these beautifully smooth , sculpted waves .
16 Er there were a couple of times when the police were called and actually turned up , and and what people believed would have been a minor fight , then developed into a you know a major skirmish .
17 You can bloody well treat me to a couple of Cokes when the shops open . ’
18 Because New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives , shows would close for a couple of months when the Girls would be sent home for a holiday on half pay , which was better than the average salary in Britain .
19 Become a bag of eggs when the light touches it .
20 1978 ) administered in the early stages of the visually handicapped child 's schooling is a useful predictor of areas of visual perception that may be a source of problems when the child is using ordinary play materials , pictures and toys .
21 Its loss can lead only to an invasion of imports when the recession ends and the market picks up .
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