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 | Many people are extremely generous when it comes to giving money to conservation . |
| 8 | MERSEYSIDE parents are among the most generous when it comes to giving pocket money , a survey has revealed . |
| 9 | Psychological knowledge is unavoidably ambiguous , and this is especially clear when it involves relatively ill-defined , social aspects of subjectivity , like gender . |
| 10 | Not only does this become stale after a while , but it also leaves you bereft when it stops . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So , having consistently been right about why and how the Tories would win , I was wrong when it came to the point . |
| 14 | How could I have got it so wrong when it mattered so much ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Did you get wet when it rained ? ’ |
| 18 | The Princess of Wales is equally quick-witted when it comes to the brief royal encounter . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Sarella smiled happily , pushing her other feelings aside and admitting , ‘ I 'm superstitious when it comes to work . |
| 22 | They are stingy when it comes to overheads : in most discount stores , there are few staff in sight and goods are sold out of the boxes they come in . |
| 23 | Charles was described as temperate in his consumption of both food and drink ( in an age and culture where gluttony and heavy drinking were often regularly practised by those who could afford it ) , and particularly careful when it came to alcohol . |
| 24 | Big Ben was lucky to get away with a mistake at the second fence in his warm-up round , but is likely to be more careful when it matters . |
| 25 | You 'll have to be careful when it comes to choosing a wife . |
| 26 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 27 | I ask the House to be careful when it has one of its own Members in its charge . |
| 28 | Moreover it saved us as a family from being caught in the 1914 — 18 war as my sister and I were eighteen and sixteen years old when it finished and almost all our contemporary male cousins were killed . |
| 29 | It was said to be 700 years old when it fell in 1896 . |
| 30 | Napoleon 's house of exile , San Martino , is worth a visit , although Boney was quite frugal when it came to buying furniture , clearly having other things on his mind . |