Example sentences of "a [noun] when it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a curious silence , a moment when it seemed that something might be said . |
| 2 | There was a moment when it seemed that General Powell was commanding the crowd . |
| 3 | The only systematic disentanglement from corporatist theorizing and policy analysis of the administrative component was by R. E. Pahl and J. T. Winkler , writing at a time when it seemed that Britain had been developing in the direction of corporatism for the previous fifteen years and was experiencing sectoral planning , planning agreements and statutory or voluntary controls over prices , profit margins , dividends , wages , rents and the movement of capital . |
| 4 | Their struggles on the streets of Britain during the riots of 1981 restored the public peace at a time when it looked as though the ‘ thin blue line ’ was all that stood between turmoil and a still nascent Thatcherite revolution . |
| 5 | Employers therefore resorted to the reduction of costs , most particularly in wages , in order to compete in world markets at a time when it appeared that rising unemployment made their action possible without major conflict . |