Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a tremendous hash made of one contract by her predecessor , it was true , but that had all but been completed when it had landed on her desk , so there was no way she could be held to account for it . |
| 2 | For if a garage habitually does half the service its costs are very much lower than if it has done the full service ; and since it can charge the full price , because of the ignorance of the consumer , its pro fits are maximised when it does as little of the service as it can get away with . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the same century estufas ( heated chambers ) came into use to reproduce the improvements in the wine which had been noted when it crossed the equator in the holds of ships , the changes being caused by the heat and not by the motion of the ship . |
| 4 | Nationwide announced that 300 redundancies will be made when it closes 58 of its 361 estate agency branches . |
| 5 | ‘ They seem to be jinxed when it comes to playing in the UK . |
| 6 | But the S Q L code which is sent to it has to be interpreted when it gets to the server machine , and we all know the difference between compiled and interpreted code . |
| 7 | But an interesting analogy with the US can be drawn when it comes to the Urgent Issues Task Force . |
| 8 | If the property is in mortgage , then obtain the account number , as this may be needed when it comes to redemption . |
| 9 | They have to invent so many for other people they just ca n't be bothered when it comes to themselves . ’ |
| 10 | The group has splashed out on a string of new programmes to be shown when it takes over from Thames next month . |
| 11 | That is all well and good , but if separate nationhood is to be recognised when it comes to banding , the wishes of the separate nations should be heeded when it comes to the taxation that they want . |
| 12 | How will that behaviour be rewarded when it occurs ? |
| 13 | As well as suggesting disease and contamination with the word ‘ spotty ’ , Milton tries to put across the idea that the mighty size and grandeur of the moon , like that of Satan , will be reduced when it comes under human comprehension . |
| 14 | Attempts to light a fire in the glacial dining-room had to be abandoned when it smoked out the house . |
| 15 | Each of the catechists must be in touch with their own life experience , and in particular the helper catechists need to know something of the life history of their friends so that a real historical event can be shared when it comes to the time for each one to share parts of their personal story — for that is where God speaks to each one of us . |
| 16 | The book is lent , it needs to be known when it 's gone out , when it 's due back , but the computer can clock up one . |
| 17 | That is all well and good , but if separate nationhood is to be recognised when it comes to banding , the wishes of the separate nations should be heeded when it comes to the taxation that they want . |
| 18 | This development can only be welcomed when it inspires more scrupulous , subtle and sensitive scholarship in our description and analysis of other cultures . |
| 19 | It can not offer voters a policy programme which will be implemented when it comes to power . |
| 20 | President F. W. de Klerk announced on June 7 that the nationwide state of emergency , renewed annually since its imposition in June 1986 [ see p. 34663 ] , would not be renewed when it expired at midnight on June 8 . |
| 21 | The demand must also specify someone with whom the debtor can communicate with a view to securing or compounding for the debt to the creditor 's satisfaction or , as the case may be , establishing to the creditor 's satisfaction that there is a reasonable prospect that the debt will be paid when it falls due . |
| 22 | The level of premium paid to insure against an event depends obviously upon the likelihood or risk of the event occurring at all and the level of compensation or benefit to be paid when it does . |
| 23 | Details of pricing for the Sparc server version will be released when it ships in April . |
| 24 | Details of pricing for the Sparc server version will be released when it ships in April . |
| 25 | This has included the shut-down of the Meat Research Institute in Bristol which " had a worldwide reputation , and people in other countries were dumbfounded when it closed " according to Waites . |
| 26 | Even the supposedly rigid ‘ external financing limits ’ imposed by the post-1979 Conservative government in Britain have proved to be flexible in practice ( Heald and Steel 1981 ) , with targets being adjusted when it became apparent that they would not be met . |
| 27 | Seacat Scotland 's plans were disclosed when it sent an information pack on the jobs to Barbara Fonte Garcia , of Dalbeattie , Dumfries and Galloway . |
| 28 | The hotel and nearby buildings were still being evacuated when it exploded . |
| 29 | It 's his department 's job to make sure the law 's being applied when it comes to fireworks . |
| 30 | The medieval Church had laid down categorical rules about the impropriety of Christians enslaving other Christians but these rules were waived when it became a matter of enslaving black Africans . |