Example sentences of "[to-vb] and when [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Family ’ relies very heavily on the teacher 's skill in realising the importance of listening to children talking and also knowing when simply to listen and when to listen and suggest or question . |
| 2 | His father knew when to spare and when to goad . |
| 3 | I am intrigued to know how you work out the speed on the roads and tracks and how you know when to trot and when to canter ? |
| 4 | Paul Traynor gets to grips with the real issues — where to walk , what to see and when to go . |
| 5 | The patient will tell you by his symptoms what needs to be done , when to wait and when to treat . |
| 6 | The settlers complained that the trust tried to lay down too many rules about what crops to grow and when to grow them . |
| 7 | Complicated though this can be , nevertheless when firm-minded heads , firm-minded teaching staff and firm-minded governors learn how far to go , where to negotiate and when to stop negotiating the ground for curriculum debate and subject planning itself becomes more certain . |
| 8 | when to use and when to refrain from using certain basic statistical techniques . |
| 9 | Experience tell you what to do and when to do it … and he s is risking a sending off if he makes it look too obvious . |
| 10 | a sensitive awareness of when to intervene and when to leave alone . |
| 11 | ‘ His timing of runs and his instinct for where to run and when to shoot are within him . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not that there are two Nigel Mansells , it 's just that I know when to compete and when to relax . |
| 13 | Westminster winners who know when to winch and when to wind . |
| 14 | Despite this Tracy was a competitive person , however , she knew how to motivate her crew , when to push and when to stand back . |
| 15 | One young man I used to teach said to me : ‘ You do n't need to teach me when to applaud and when to shut up . |
| 16 | Although the term might seem naturally to denote prior arrangement , it was held under the previous law that the word is ‘ not a term of art ’ and that a person can organise spontaneously by giving directions on the spot as to such matters as the route to ken , when to stop and when to advance and so forth . |
| 17 | He knew when to confront and when to allow evasion . |
| 18 | This is because those involved tend to be aware of the unwritten set of rules which determine when it is legitimate to attack and when to desist . |
| 19 | I can say without embarrassment that I have been training for this for a long time , that I have learned to breathe the rarefied air , that I now know when to stand still and when to move forward , when to attack and when to retreat , when to leave a problem to resolve itself and when to go on working at it till the solution emerges . |