Example sentences of "and when [art] [noun sg] is [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 Scientists can not be observing and experimenting all the time , and when a scientist is thinking about communication he is no less subject to the superficial attractions of the ‘ transporting ideas ’ model than the rest of us .
2 I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature .
3 Yadav and Pope ( 1992b ) considered the suggestion that , when the index is rising , market makers will run down their holdings of the shares in which they make a market , and when the index is falling they will increase their holding of such shares .
4 Dyeing is considered a science , whose secrets are handed down from generation to generation , and when the dyer is working , only other dyers may speak to him .
5 They can be told some of the pre-requisites , and have to work out the others out-of-role before starting — perhaps they are told who they are and what has happened , and they have to agree where and when the situation is taking place .
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