Example sentences of "[subord] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After leaving Dekalb at 20 , Cindy always returned to her mother for advice — except when it came to Gere , 17 years her senior . |
| 2 | The basic problem for the Emperor was that while France needed Britain it was not at all clear to British statesmen that their country had any need of France — except when it suited British interests . |
| 3 | But de Gaulle never felt compelled to recognize the military hierarchy which existed before 18 June 1940 except when it suited his interests to do so . |
| 4 | Those few cases which are prosecuted fail to arouse media-indignation , except when it expresses disapproval for the way executives are very occasionally over-sanctioned ! |
| 5 | G agrees the water looks good and says it 's a Class Two river , ’ except when it rains , when it gets all the run-off and also lots of foul water from the foul sewer overflow . |
| 6 | Parliamentary supremacy means that in Britain the courts can not invalidate legislation ( except when it conflicts with European Community legislation , when EC law prevails ) . |
| 7 | Firstly , homosexual conduct , although no longer subjected to criminal penalties , except when it occurred in clearly defined public circumstances , would continue to be viewed as morally reprehensible ; and secondly , the move did not imply a relaxation of control over homosexual behaviour or was not intended by its main supporters to imply such a relaxation of control . |
| 8 | James is n't curious about other people except when it affects him . ’ |
| 9 | Entering the measurements is quite straightforward , except when it comes to the armhole measurement for set-in sleeves . |
| 10 | There are no classes , no social hierarchy in prison , except when it comes to drugs . ’ |
| 11 | Except when it comes after C except after C. |
| 12 | Most pupils have little creativity or imagination , except when it comes to thinking of excuses for not having done their homework . |
| 13 | Except when it comes to girls ! |
| 14 | The JD 's baseplate is actually better finished , although when it arrived the guitar was lacking the low E grubscrew , rendering the guitar virtually unplayable . |
| 15 | That you know our drawing number books once when it 's been issued . |
| 16 | ‘ We are happy to legislate on something which is already happening in the game , in other words to make it legal for the hooker to strike as soon as the ball leaves the hands of the scrum-half — as happens in reality — rather than when it pitches . |
| 17 | Nowhere is the siren song of conservation more difficult to resist than when it combines a sentimental appeal to make a restoration project out of every down-at-heel relic , with the coded suggestion that it might even be a retail money-spinner in its own right if properly marketed by a curator and a press officer with a gift shop and a T-shirt designer on hand . |
| 18 | A train whistle or siren has a higher pitch as the train approaches than when it recedes . |
| 19 | Her mum 's 30-year-old wedding dress , altered to fit Joanne , was ruined at the cleaners and came back two inches shorter than when it went . |
| 20 | What is the Government 's attitude to Labour 's proposal for a defence diversification agency , bearing in mind that if it were so easy to create jobs through a Government agency , it is surprising that Labour has always left behind more unemployed than when it took office . |
| 21 | On few occasions has it shown less moral scruple than when it made a deal with Brezhnev to dispose of the Soviet gold . |
| 22 | Drugs always do better in nervous markets because people need them at least as much , if not more , when the economy is doing badly than when it starts to recover . |
| 23 | So it actually comes to us quite a bit smaller than when it 's filled in by them . |
| 24 | Closer than when it arrived there |
| 25 | This modified technique , involving the measuring of reaction time to clicks , was used by Holmes and Forster ( 1970 ) who showed that subjects were able to detect the presence of a click more rapidly when it occurred at a major constituent boundary than when it did not . |
| 26 | It would end up longer than when it started , right ? |
| 27 | What evidence is there , however , that , after nearly 22 years of sustained terrorist atrocities , the Provisional IRA is any nearer to achieving its objectives than when it started its activities in 1970 ? |
| 28 | I feel sure that it is a better Bill than when it started . |
| 29 | It drives around and the air that comes out of its exhaust is actually cleaner than when it comes in . |
| 30 | I 'd rather go in the shop and see it cos sometimes , especially if it 's got a pattern on turn out to be better than the catalogue cos when it comes , it do n't look the same , and then the same colour do you ? |