Example sentences of "[subord] when it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except when it is actually feeding ( it eats bacteria ) , the paramoecium is in constant motion , frequently bumping into obstacles in its path and , when it does so , reversing by switching the beat of the cilia on one side . |
| 2 | I said that ROM can not be written to except when it is first manufactured , and that is true also of the DNA in cells , except for occasional random errors in copying . |
| 3 | For all that , though , it should not be especially difficult — except when the nerves are jangling ; except when it 's this for the Masters . |
| 4 | Indeed , the visitor could be forgiven for being a little disappointed , although when it is floodlit at night the theatre very much comes to life . |
| 5 | The same piece of information is seen differently when it is received from a favourite and trusted subordinate than when it is received from the manager of the intelligence section : the manager of the intelligence section is neither respected nor trusted . |
| 6 | Since aspects of each can be understood better in the light of their absence , each may be noticed more when it is not there than when it is . |
| 7 | There is perhaps no better assurance of the reality of a fundamental drive than when it is seen to flourish in the most difficult and primitive circumstances . |
| 8 | An important point to bear in mind when choosing roses for pressing — or any other flowers , for that matter — is that once anything has been flattened it appears much larger than when it is viewed three-dimensionally . |
| 9 | Berkeley , in his New Theory of Vision , remarks that ‘ the apparent magnitude of the moon , when placed in the horizon , is much greater than when it is in the meridian ’ . |
| 10 | Both will fire more when an edge is placed slightly off-centre than when it is symmetrically placed , an on-centre cell when there is more light than dark edge in the field , and the off-centre cell when the conditions are reversed . |
| 11 | There is little evidence , however , to correlate serum concentrations after the dose with toxicity , and indeed experimental nephrotoxicity caused by gentamicin is more severe when the total daily dose is divided than when it is given by a single bolus , when concentrations after the dose are higher . |
| 12 | By contrast , answering some questions about intervals between dates is much more difficult for the bottom third when no calendar is provided than when it is ; the top third are about as successful whether or not a calendar is provided . |
| 13 | When the vowel is long , it is usually front-raised much farther than when it is short and may be as high as [ e : ] . |
| 14 | It is also what is involved when modern descriptions of the moon 's trajectory are retained and observation statements referring to the fact that the moon is much larger when it is near the horizon than when it is high in the sky are regarded as resulting from an illusion , even though the cause of the illusion is not well understood . |
| 15 | Water holds a fascination for everyone , but never more so than when it is moving . |
| 16 | For example , the first vowel in the following English words is of a different quality when it is stressed than when it is unstressed : convert , progress , transfer . |
| 17 | There will clearly be more shadow when the sun is at right angles to a ( closely planted ) row than when it is shining along it . |
| 18 | When the laser is reading information from the small , inner diameters of the disc , the disc 's rotation is significantly slower than when it is reading data from the larger , outer diameters . |
| 19 | Indeed , the interests of the capitalist class are served better when the state apparatus is not composed of members of this class than when it is , when the ‘ ruling class ’ is not the ‘ politically governing class ’ . |
| 20 | The pressure gradient needed to produce a given flow rate is much larger when the flow is turbulent than when it is laminar ( Fig. 2.11 ) . |
| 21 | This was to be expected ; it is an essential part of the mechanism that at any given value of Δz , the particle should be hotter when it is ascending than when it is descending . |
| 22 | This word is sometimes used with the sense of forming a conclusion or deduction , e.g. ‘ she left at 8 o'clock , so she must have arrived by now ’ ; when ‘ must ’ is used in this way , it is rather less likely to occur in its weak form than when it is being used in its more familiar sense of ‘ obligation ’ . |
| 23 | That 's the idea cos when it 's the exam I ca n't come in and do it for you or show you how to do it . |
| 24 | with the vein 's with the valves in everywhere , yes , it 's because they 've got to somehow or other , you 've got to somehow or other get the blood back up to the heart again , it 's not under pressure is it any more , cos it 's lost a lot of its pressure and the way it gets back to the heart of course that is it 's lying alongside the bones and the arteries and as you 're walking around , okay , the arteries are still having the pressure working , the muscles are still working and the vein lies next to it and the blood is able to be milked up , it 's milked back up to a non return valve , that shuts off and it ca n't drop back down any further and the next bit does the next bit up , okay , and then that shuts off and eventually it gets back to the heart and the capillaries what will that look like when it 's bleeding ? |
| 25 | The fact that the break-up value of many large corporations is greater than their share value shows pretty clearly how much value corporate managers can subtract from their subsidiary businesses , but in fact few of us know exactly what managerial added value would look like when it is occurring . |
| 26 | — a one-page plan describing what you are going to do and the order you intend to do it in ( a PROCEDURAL PLAN ) ; — a one-page plan outlining what your essay should look like when it is finished ( a STRUCTURAL PLAN ) . |
| 27 | Here are a couple who must be just rejoicing in this kind of weather because when it 's cold the only way they get warm is to take their shoes or boots off and go into bed in the early evening with all their clothes on . |
| 28 | Well I maybe in a couple of weeks we might but I mean we like to keep it going and then because when it 's when you come on the show you 'd be such a be such a terrific let down |
| 29 | and then that 's a fiver , and then you 've got the worry of and you got you got to go shops because when it 's so hot things go stale you 've got to have |
| 30 | No because when it 's erm snowing it 's actually warmer , yeah |