Example sentences of "[adj] when it is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morgan Klein ( 1985 ) , in her study of Scottish youth in residential care , concluded from her interviews with young people that they do want help , are often puzzled when communication fails to occur , and are bereft when it is abandoned . |
| 2 | There is also a suggestion that the Council of Ministers meet in public when it is acting as a legislative body , a suggestion which some parliamentarians first attribute to Mr Tony Benn in his days as Energy Secretary . |
| 3 | The effect of this when it is accepted is very far reaching because the more an idea is tested the more it is validated and criticism becomes not a threat but an opportunity to strengthen the idea ; and what is more important scientists cease to have the same proprietorial attitude towards in idea . |
| 4 | There can be no good reason to object to this when it is recognised that efficiency incorporates personal factors such as safety , health and quality of working life as well as system factors such as productivity and quality of work . |
| 5 | To have one standing in the corner of every room in the house is a tremendous help to an old person who can not bend ; although , of course , one will suffice , as it can be carried from one room to another when it is needed . |
| 6 | Such action becomes particularly distasteful when it is carried out by elected representatives . |
| 7 | This view appears disarmingly general but widely acceptable when it is stated as the idea that any economy has to be seen as only one part of a structured world system . |
| 8 | In the chasse , messieurs , mesdames , the beast is at its most dangerous when it is cornered . |
| 9 | This is somewhat ironic when it is realized that local government has substantial resources that can not be used because of centrally-imposed prescriptions . |
| 10 | The press , as well as performing its role as the watchdog , must not be coy when it is called upon to turn the critical eye on itself . |
| 11 | The press , as well as performing its role as the watchdog , must not be coy when it is called upon to turn the critical eye on itself . |
| 12 | This is particularly remarkable when it is considered that Roddick has made no acquisitions and has no major plans for diversification . |
| 13 | Some of it is valuable in itself , and some becomes valuable when it is pieced together with other information . |
| 14 | The lightness of Courtney 's sentence is obvious when it is compared to other recent sentences . |
| 15 | I 'm afraid they feel rather frustrated when it is made clear to them that this is far from the case , ’ he added drily . |
| 16 | Singing is one of those activities which seems perfectly simple and natural when it is working well , but which requires , for most of us , years of discipline and effort to perfect . |
| 17 | A room which is thoroughly comfortable when it is felt to be simply " untidy " becomes uninhabitable as soon as it is perceived as " dirty " . |
| 18 | More critically , sexual activity , which is in itself a normal part of normal life , can suddenly become abnormal when it is classified as " dirty " . |
| 19 | The accompaniment sounds very well when it is hummed , with perhaps a few words here and there while the solo part rests , or to join with it at a point of culmination . |
| 20 | MI5 is able to extract any information it wants about individuals , which is often useful when it is smearing someone 's character . |
| 21 | First , he argued that it is highly artificial to construe all consumption as a response to needs ; while this approach may seem illuminating when it is applied to the consumption of individuals , it can not plausibly be extended to productive consumption , which has to be treated as ‘ the consumption which satisfies the needs of production ’ , if the theory is to be sustained . |
| 22 | The House of Medau is putting together its Spring Collection — make sure you are present when it is unveiled at the Albert Hall on April 20th . |
| 23 | ‘ After all when it is said and done , |
| 24 | Nobody 's interest is served by the suppression of the truth ; least of all when it is undertaken in a spirit of cowardice and a refusal to face facts . |
| 25 | This is a paradoxical fact for those empiricists who think that new theories are derived from the facts in some way , but it is quite comprehensible when it is realized that precise experimentation can only be carried out if one has a precise theory capable of yielding predictions in the form of precise observation statements . |
| 26 | This is the Monin-Obukhov length ; like the Richardson number it is defined to be positive when the stratification is stabilizing and negative when it is destabilizing . |
| 27 | This sort of bureau is most happy when it is handling the complete job from design through to the final artwork and , in some cases , will even do the printing as well . |
| 28 | Perhaps the most famous of all , this ham is dry cured when it is rubbed with salt and then matured for 3–4 months . |
| 29 | This fun-filled cake needs patience and a steady hand , but is stunning when it is finished . |
| 30 | This is so unexpected when it is encountered for the first time that it feels like a deliberate deception . |