Example sentences of "[adj] when [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite different when dealing with a country as big as France in terms of population and area . |
| 2 | However , because the transcriptional properties of ATF1 and CREB are fundamentally different when fused to a heterologous DNA-binding-domain ( 30 ) it is apparent that changes in the relative proportions of ATF1 and CREB will have important consequences . |
| 3 | The desire of politicians to control annual outcomes in this way was unrealistic when applied to a policy in which the industry 's own long-term objectives ( in this case overcoming the capacity backlog ) were in conflict . |
| 4 | Therefore there is a real tradeoff involved , between the need for any bonus to he relatively generous when compared with a flat salary , and the need for there to be some bonus element . |
| 5 | Coal-and gas-powered stations are more economical when used for a shorter period . |
| 6 | One should n't be narrow-minded when looking for a man 's weakness . ’ |
| 7 | Enforcement agents who adopt a compliance strategy , however , are preoccupied with securing conformity to a rule or standard when confronted with a problem . |
| 8 | While this gives great diversity to his work , something that Wordsworth would not be able to achieve , it means that it is quite conceivably contradictory when viewed as a whole . |
| 9 | But what we 've got to bear in mind is that minor faults in our design can be very serious when translated to a job on the ground which . |
| 10 | I mustered the courage for a go at hot foil printing , and while it looked easy when done by a pro , I have a feeling Klondyke wo n't be offering me a job on the strength of my efforts . |
| 11 | Such a weapon would be particularly useful when dealing with a school , because the myriad moving bodies produce too confusing an echolocation picture for the dolphin to be able to single out a victim . |
| 12 | Such knowledge could , however , continue to be useful when used in a regional context , which is what the RANs do , enabling members to react to a wider range of human rights violations in any given region . |
| 13 | These are much more effective when coupled with a thorough removal of acid organic detritus from the substrate . |
| 14 | In winter months P17 is very effective when used as a wrap around delicate shrubs or containerised plants which have to be over-wintered outside . |
| 15 | Even the most competent high-flier , it seems , feels totally inadequate when faced with a child who simply will not get down to work . |
| 16 | This size of miniature looks quite lovely when ranged together in small groups of two or three , and I think they look best of all when hanging in a straight vertical line ( see p. 101 ) . |
| 17 | The threat of deflation as the only alternative to incomes policy is also more powerful when supported by a taste of the deflationary medicine . |
| 18 | The policies of international aid , which defy rational justification on either economic or strategic grounds , are at once intelligible when viewed as a collective purgation of the fear of envy , to which the ‘ affluent society ’ — itself an envy-guilt coinage — is especially prone and which is more vivid to the donors than the imagined envy is to the recipients . |
| 19 | For celibacy is only really intelligible when understood as a demand of love . |
| 20 | The most important part of her work is finding food that will taste delicious and look great when served on a tray at 30,000 ft — and that is no simple task . |
| 21 | The United Nations has been largely ineffectual when faced with a clash of interests between major powers , or even in dealing with more localized conflicts such as that between Israel and the Arab states , where great power interests are also involved . |
| 22 | Predicting when ovulation will take place in advance is important when trying for a baby . |
| 23 | However , the object-oriented paradigm offers increasing benefits when followed through from analysis and design to a language — that in fact the whole process becomes much more meaningful when surrounded by a software engineering environment . |
| 24 | A weeping standard rose — a rambler growing from the top of a single stem — is especially beautiful when draped over a shaped top support , as here . |
| 25 | Withdrawal before ejaculation is a useful additional safeguard , but it is not safe when attempted without a condom . |
| 26 | The formula can be extended to a pop group , as in Lester 's Beatles films , or Boorman 's Catch Us If You Can ( 1965 ) centred on the Dave Clark Five , but it looks more than a little shaky when applied to a more complex , not to say maudlin , character like that written by Shelagh Delaney for Albert Finney in Charlie Bubbles ( 1967 ) . |
| 27 | Always have a fire extinguisher handy when working with a blowlamp . |
| 28 | Yeast is made up of millions of tiny fungus cells which literally go berserk when confronted by a liquid rich with sugars . |
| 29 | The headaches , which in Italy had been tolerable when eased by a siesta or a day or two 's absence from the office , or the circolo , where he picked up most of his cases , had become unbearable in New York . |
| 30 | Whereas a strategy of incorporation can be relatively successful when applied by a regime of right-wing orientation which is prepared to support it with repression , it has proved to be ineffective for leftist groups which claim to be advancing the interests of the working class . |