Example sentences of "when they [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and and when they 're going to be back . |
| 2 | Languages which have morphological resources for expressing a certain category such as number , tense , or gender , have to express these categories regularly ; those which do not have morphological resources for expressing the same categories do not have to express them except when they are felt to be relevant . |
| 3 | As far as I am concerned the whole point of Punch is to attack those in authority when they are seen to be acting in a way not worthy of respect . |
| 4 | But this , it is claimed , may make them more vulnerable than most to negative emotions when they are shown to be powerless . |
| 5 | The medical profession found his theories very difficult to shake off , even when they were demonstrated to be manifestly false . |
| 6 | ‘ The public were placed in fear when they were expecting to be shopping peacefully . |
| 7 | If all Preston 's childhood friends had lined up against a wall , as when they were waiting to be picked for football , Preston would most likely have left William to pretty near the end and then put him at left back , or somewhere he would do the least damage to his own side . |
| 8 | Knowledge that plasmodia were vulnerable to sulphonamides was useful , particularly when they were shown to be protected , like bacteria , by p -aminobenzoic acid . |