Example sentences of "[adj] when one is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this seems clever when one is told about it , a few minutes-hands-on experience demonstrates that it is not AI at all — it is a parlour trick . |
| 2 | But these ‘ less-eligibility ’ arguments are surely at their weakest when applied to food , and virtually untenable when one is talking about people incarcerated for fourteen years or more . |
| 3 | Very useful when one is taking early retirement . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I love her , she 's a sweet girl and she 's had a raw deal , and I have to admit , it makes one feel so good when one is needed . ’ |
| 5 | John Lennon 's ‘ Imagine ’ , so powerful when one is listening to it , may afterwards be quite easily broken down into fairly disparate elements : radical text ; rock-ballad melody , harmony and orchestration ; singer-songwriter ( ‘ confessional ’ ) piano ; soul/gospel-tinged singing . |
| 6 | The tension-relieving effect of cutting may be extremely important when one is considering therapeutic strategies to counter the behaviour . |
| 7 | That is particularly relevant when one is considering a diverse range of hazardous wastes . |
| 8 | Arguments about absenteeism ( not borne out incidentally by the surviving wage-books ) are hardly relevant when one is talking about piece-work in large firms . |