Example sentences of "[adj] when [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some aposematic prey that are conspicuous when seen at close quarters appear cryptic when living in family groups and viewed from a distance . |
| 2 | Your eye makes a natural adjustment for this when looking at the scene direct so that the colour appears the same irrespective of the lighting . |
| 3 | I first heard of this when camping at the foot of Bredon Hill in Worcestershire in 1960 . |
| 4 | However , you must be very honest when looking at your mare , because dubious mares breed dubious foals . |
| 5 | Needing footage of the Visians briefly becoming visible when fired at by the Daleks , Camfield shot on film an actor writhing in a white sack against a black background . |
| 6 | In the case of more general or abstract essays ( on whole works , on authors or on critical issues ) , it is necessary to find other means of organising an argument — though some of the means also turn out to be applicable when looking at individual passages . |
| 7 | Without doubt , a Marxist approach can be very illuminating when directed at particular cultural and intellectual phenomena . |
| 8 | The heaviest betting this year has been for Shellac , a six-length winner from Sudden Victory at Ayr last time out , but the deciding factor is that Dettori originally chose to ride SPLENDID CAREER ( nap 3.35 ) , who may have been unlucky when beaten at Newbury by yesterday 's Goodwood winner Monastery . |
| 9 | The study also found that some pollutants are far more damaging when released at higher altitudes . |
| 10 | Avoiding an unfavourable current can often be done by tacking close to the shore since the water is normally slower when moving at shallower depths . |
| 11 | The horse was quite impressive when winning at Haydock and could record his fourth consecutive victory of the season , during which he has been unbeaten . |
| 12 | Unsuited by the muddling gallop last time , he was most impressive when winning at Chepstow . |
| 13 | ARGUMENTS against electoral reform look rather threadbare when looked at against the reality that our constitution has already failed to prevent ideologies of the extreme Right and Left from seizing power at both local and national levels . |
| 14 | It is important not to be inflexible when looking at housing options , although sometimes it seems that dogma is of overriding importance to staff and , indeed , more important than finding solutions which suit individuals . |
| 15 | A word can be misspelled , mis-recognised or mis-written , but all three cases appear the same when looking at the pattern recogniser output . |
| 16 | Before any submicroscopic helical structures ( such as molecules , microtubules , flagella and viruses ) were known , H. R. Crane , whom I mentioned earlier , said ‘ … any structure that is straight or rod-like when seen at low magnification is probably a structure repeating along a screw axis ( ie , it is a helix ) . |
| 17 | It was the same feeling as that experienced when standing at the edge of an enormous drop and the desire to jump seems overpowering . |
| 18 | Such data are relevant when looking at the impact trade unions may be able to have on the national political process . |
| 19 | Second , the book is informed by professional economic competence to a degree rare when looking at Russia . |
| 20 | Any gas appliance is more efficient when operating at full load , which is not the case with most central heating boilers when providing only hot water heating . |
| 21 | This was built by Steve Wolf ( who also has a Pitts Samson replica ) , and Delmar Benjamin , but was not quite complete when displayed at Oshkosh . |
| 22 | As such , they believe active citizenship is alive when looking at voluntary/charitable work and community control . |
| 23 | Castoret landed some nice bets for for Hills stable when winning at the Derby meeting here and amateur Charlie Vigors is entrusted with the job of getting the York cash back in the Moet And Chandon . |