Example sentences of "[adj] when it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But knowledge develops unevenly ; Dewey 's luck was not so conspicuous when it came to , say , radio engineering , where relatively simple new subjects end up with a classification symbol of twelve digits or more .
2 It smells different when it 's been raining and our clothes are wet .
3 You need to ask yourself what is so different when it comes to talking to an audience ?
4 The United Kingdom , the Kingdom of Belgium and the Hellenic Republic argue , however , that the position is different when it comes to the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thinks fit the conditions upon which it grants to a vessel the right to fly its flag .
5 Things are somewhat different when it comes to the sales decision : here it seems that many worked out at quite an early stage that the sales strategy ought to take a reservation form ( with perhaps an intermediate section to take account of risk and risk aversion ) .
6 It becomes interesting when it seems that Jane might hit Tom , or when one of them stops for a moment and thinks .
7 Wilko does n't seem to be the smartest when it comes to totting up transfer prices !
8 Many people are extremely generous when it comes to giving money to conservation .
9 MERSEYSIDE parents are among the most generous when it comes to giving pocket money , a survey has revealed .
10 Psychological knowledge is unavoidably ambiguous , and this is especially clear when it involves relatively ill-defined , social aspects of subjectivity , like gender .
11 Not only does this become stale after a while , but it also leaves you bereft when it stops .
12 Child Slaves is written in prose that pulls no punches and is strident when it has to be , unlike When the Bough Breaks … which is a bit bloodless by comparison .
13 During the affluent 80s when it seemed property prices soared higher each day , there was a lot of money to be made in real estate .
14 He was the first star to weather the storm of a dope scandal , emerging unscathed and proving the Indianapolis Star wrong when it prophesied that ‘ The public never did — never will — laugh off a dope scandal involving a screen favourite performer .
15 So , having consistently been right about why and how the Tories would win , I was wrong when it came to the point .
16 How could I have got it so wrong when it mattered so much ?
17 I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product .
18 The London Society implicitly recognises this when it goes on to argue that a DG would allow the president 's post to become part-time , thereby allowing the senior partner of a major practice to take it on .
19 We seem to resent this when it happens in English — when we leave the ‘ t ’ off the end of ‘ hot ’ , for example , and replace it with a ‘ glottal stop ’ ( try saying ‘ hot milk ’ three times quickly ) .
20 Sometimes the legislature does this when it imposes the duty by couching the duty in very clear , concrete , and specific terms .
21 It is important to remember this when it comes to playback and this is discussed in the next section .
22 Rulers and governments might well be willing when it suited their own purposes to overlook the difficulties which precedence , titles and formal procedures in general so often caused .
23 The main problem with inkjets is that because the ink is wet when it hits the paper , it tends to spread along the fibres , giving a distorted image .
24 Did you get wet when it rained ? ’
25 The Princess of Wales is equally quick-witted when it comes to the brief royal encounter .
26 Apparently , if a baby kicks and is repeatedly given a response to that kick by touch , it can become highly responsive when it enters the world .
27 I mean , it 's bound to get easier when it 's all been fully computerised .
28 The news of the Seren had ignited a bright flame of hope which left her cold and utterly despondent when it shed no light at all on the mystery of her identity .
29 Individual fibres change their thickness but not their length with moisture changes , and it is the helical geometry of ropes and textile yarns which causes rope and cloth to get shorter when it gets wet .
30 An organism adapts to another when it changes itself to suit the latter .
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