Example sentences of "[vb pp] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 2 | The hotel and nearby buildings were still being evacuated when it exploded . |
| 3 | But we see no reason why it should not be acceptable ( and consistent with our human rights philosophy ) for aims such as reform , reparation and requalification to be considered and at least sometimes pursued when it has to be decided what punishment ( if any ) should be allocated to individual offenders , as long as this does not have the result of making the punishment harsher . |
| 4 | The issue of selecting an NSF candidate for the ( as yet unannounced ) presidential elections was not resolved when it emerged that any candidate would be required to endorse Roman 's programme . |
| 5 | The Illustrated London News on the same day expressed the popular euphoria that the competition and its organizers attracted when it wrote : |
| 6 | Seacat Scotland 's plans were disclosed when it sent an information pack on the jobs to Barbara Fonte Garcia , of Dalbeattie , Dumfries and Galloway . |
| 7 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 8 | In 1966 its role was expanded when it took over the Ministries of Aviation and Fuel and Power . |
| 9 | It 's his department 's job to make sure the law 's being applied when it comes to fireworks . |
| 10 | BSDI made its motion on the basis of legal procedure claiming USL would first have to charge it with trade secret and copyright infringement , a charge USL subsequently made when it expanded its suit to include the University of California at Berkeley ( UX No 396 ) . |
| 11 | Nationwide announced that 300 redundancies will be made when it closes 58 of its 361 estate agency branches . |
| 12 | However , while it was comparatively easy to cobble together a story around a popular star , the British industry was not yet well organized when it came to finding a steady output of ideas for dramatic features and developing them into workable scripts . |
| 13 | At the beginning of the 1750s very few Englishmen in America had pushed even as far inland as the East India Company had done when it founded its port up the Hughli river at Calcutta . |
| 14 | Another typical resistance is met when it becomes clear that despite everything that is being achieved in terms of family understanding and awareness , individuals are sticking rigidly to old patterns of interaction and behaviour . |
| 15 | Truth is , the two cars are just about equally matched when it comes to acceleration in each gear . |
| 16 | And should an original and lovely ‘ Samuel Palmer ’ sketch or ‘ Vermeer ’ canvas be any less valued when it turns out to be by Tom Keating or Henricus van Meegaeren ? |
| 17 | The group has splashed out on a string of new programmes to be shown when it takes over from Thames next month . |
| 18 | If the property is in mortgage , then obtain the account number , as this may be needed when it comes to redemption . |
| 19 | But an interesting analogy with the US can be drawn when it comes to the Urgent Issues Task Force . |
| 20 | In this context , we shall assess how the Act has added to police power and what effect it has had when it has been used in tandem with the pre-existing law . |
| 21 | Four-wheel-drive cuts out when the tractor 's forward speed goes above 9.3mph and is re-engaged when it drops below 8.7mph . |
| 22 | But the S Q L code which is sent to it has to be interpreted when it gets to the server machine , and we all know the difference between compiled and interpreted code . |
| 23 | The slick threatened conservation zones and five islands supporting seabirds and colonies of Australian sea lions , but a major ecological disaster was avoided when it began drifting out to sea . |
| 24 | They have to invent so many for other people they just ca n't be bothered when it comes to themselves . ’ |
| 25 | The East Bank was consistently preferred when it came to investment , for irrigation , land reclamation , electricity , transport and communications . |
| 26 | One hundred millilitre samples of simulated gastric juice ( USP formulation ) were then added to the test meal , the mixture was stirred thoroughly , and the resultant pH measured when it had stabilised after 10 minutes . |
| 27 | The excitement was intensified when it became known that some time previously a railway clerk named Winter , who kept a black retriever , had shot himself in the porter 's cellar but Durham had claimed that he was unaware of the tragedy when he had encountered the ghost . |
| 28 | ‘ They seem to be jinxed when it comes to playing in the UK . |
| 29 | A single-track road down to the rocks was closed when it became completely jammed with traffic and an enterprising farmer is now charging visitors £1 each to park in her field . |
| 30 | This had been the story that he 'd used when it had n't seemed so serious , and it was the story that he was sticking with now . |