Example sentences of "when it [is] [verb] that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it 's raining that I find depressing ! |
| 2 | More recently , Twin Peaks ( 1990- ) may be less surprising in its unsettling mix of crime , pastiche and parody when it is recognized that its coauthor , Mark Frost , was also a script writer of the first Hill Street Blues series . |
| 3 | Not of course that the reasoning is invalid , or that the paradigm itself can not be questioned when it is sensed that something is going wrong ; indeed it is its destiny to lead eventually to intolerable anomalies and be replaced by another . |
| 4 | One escapes the old analogy only by submitting to another ; the role of logic , even when it is suspected that there is something wrong at the foundations of the argument , is confined to applying and criticizing concepts thrown up by the spontaneous process of analogizing . |
| 5 | This is particularly likely to provoke hostility when it is believed that there is an element of wilfulness in the old person 's responses . |
| 6 | The full measure of that remark may be gauged when it is recalled that he was a senior member of the University Senate and a Fellow of Peterhouse , Cambridge . |
| 7 | Whilst there is so much contrary scientific opinion with regard to the dangers arising from asbestos dust , it is difficult to understands the IDA 's reliance upon the opinions of Professor McDonald when it is known that he derives a large share of his research funds from the asbestos industry itself . |
| 8 | Even academics , who are supposed to embody the quintessence of detached assessment , somehow respond with a lack of enthusiasm when it is suggested that their own methods of teaching , research , or organization might benefit from review . |
| 9 | I find it odd when it is suggested that it would be better for other people to grow the tobacco and for us to import it — as though that would help the health of the Community . |
| 10 | There is , however , a danger here that older people will be infantilised when it is implied that they are no longer competent and able to discriminate for themselves . |
| 11 | When it is remembered that there are about 5,000 secondary schools the number opting out is very small . |
| 12 | There are times when it is convenient for us to go to sleep ( the shops are not open , etc. ) and when it is expected that we will not be noisy . |
| 13 | But a candidate not so ear-marked may sink to an F or G anyway when it is found that his language though intelligible is not accurate , or that though he knows some historical terminology he uses it inappropriately . |
| 14 | She does stand by him to the end however , when it is found that he is innocent , even though he seemed to proclaim his guilt by resigning . |