Example sentences of "[art] [adj] when it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite reasonable to make this identification : in practice , a process which can either behave correctly or diverge will probably do the former while it is being tested , but will do the latter when it is being used in earnest . |
| 2 | It is n't a good idea to draw a sketch first of how you want the finished work to look , since it never seems to look quite the same when it is finished . |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't know who 's hiding in that snicket by the church — it could be the vicar or it could be Dracula , they look the same when it 's dark . |
| 4 | the same when it 's cooking either |
| 5 | ‘ There 's something terribly … decadent about lazing in the Caribbean when it 's raining in England , ’ she murmured . |
| 6 | The poignancy of this catastrophe is the greater when it is realised that Andrew Carnegie , the greatest benefactor the British public library system has ever known , was himself a cotton man who started life as a boy in a cotton mill . |
| 7 | I like to wear a lightweight windproof while travelling and trekking , only resorting to a waterproof when it is really wet . |