Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A working class individual and a middle class individual may have similar political demands when it comes to , say , local educational and welfare facilities , local job opportunities and protection of house prices . |
| 2 | KEEP it under your hat is the golden rule for top chefs when it comes to sharing culinary secrets . |
| 3 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |
| 4 | You 'll be travelling with accommodation vouchers paid for in the U.K. , so you 'll not have any unpleasant surprises when it comes to settling bills , which means you can concentrate on enjoying this wonderful river and its surrounds . |
| 5 | And the nature of the department store — stocking a little bit of everything — puts them at a disadvantage compared with more specialised retailers when it comes to exerting leverage over suppliers . |
| 6 | Hokus Pokus fried brains when it came out — the level of skating was incredible for the time . |
| 7 | May 1989 brought a chance for the OCU to renew old glories when it created a formation team , the Green Marrows , to perform at the 40th Anniversary celebrations at Wyton . |
| 8 | According to Peter Webster , the director of EIRIS , not only do investors have different requirements when it comes to investment , but so do fund managers when choosing stocks for their portfolios . |
| 9 | Traditionally the practice has been to abandon old pits when it became uneconomic to go deeper , but to return to them when the price for clay improved or when a technical innovation made extraction cheaper . |
| 10 | The government 's Drinking Water Inspectorate suspects that Britain 's 39 water companies may be adopting different standards when it comes to reporting pollution incidents which threaten the safety of domestic supplies . |
| 11 | Nigel Kennedy has been promised several free pints when it reopens in November . |
| 12 | Mr Sher Azam , convener of the meeting and president of the Bradford Council of Mosques , said the government had shown a ‘ total disregard ’ for British Muslims when it decided to go to war . |
| 13 | The praise bestowed on the adaptation of literary classics , the films of the foreign directors , and the role of Vidor always stressed the relative realism of these films compared with the standard product and was testimony to the extent to which the feature film had moved away from the era of social preoccupations when it had been felt that social preaching was the obvious subject-matter for Hollywood . |
| 14 | The Abbey National gave itsmembers a bonus in the form of 100 free shares when it became a public limited company in July . |
| 15 | Modified , redeveloped or even vastly improved are usually more appropriate adjectives when it comes to describing catering equipment , and microwave combination ovens are no exception . |
| 16 | The Conservative Party did not take up any definite stand on comprehensive schools when it came into office in 1979 . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't you feel a slight envy of the Roman Catholics when it comes to making a trip like this ? ’ said Edwin Pettigrew to Mark . |
| 18 | How is it possible , in a democracy , for a committee of the House of Commons ( the elected representatives of the people ) to find itself prevented from interviewing civil servants when it wishes to do so , or faced with witnesses who refuse to answer questions that are put to them , as was the case when the Commons Select Committee on Defence attempted to investigate the Westland affair in 1986 ? |
| 19 | This information should be passed regularly to Careers Teachers and Officers for guidance purposes , and can be the basis for counselling by appropriate teachers when it becomes apparent that some students will be at risk of failing the goals . |
| 20 | fire first , sometimes the police , if it 's a really serious fire , get there first but the real professionals when it comes to a fire are the Fire Brigade . |
| 21 | If there 's a chance you might want to move to Windows later on , bear in mind that Windows apps , like some games , are real gluttons when it comes to hard disk space . |
| 22 | Mr Major is furious at the rebels ' tactics in gleefully voting with Labour and the Liberal Democrats when it suits them . |
| 23 | Mr. D. has the right ideas when it comes to hardware . |
| 24 | I do n't believe in any hard and fast rules when it comes to hanging the best work . |
| 25 | There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to choosing which typeface and style to use within a document but there are guidelines which can reduce any potential conflicts . |
| 26 | ( It had been the practice for the climber to go to the top and give the fox a spin , but in 1984 the committee got cold feet when it found they might not be fully insured for the climber and a separate insurance would cost too much . |
| 27 | Since the Lord Chancellor 's Practice Statement [ 1966 ] 3 All ER 77 the House of Lords has considered itself at liberty to depart from its own previous decisions when it appears right to do so . |
| 28 | It will only run native programs when it appears , which even IBM now admits will be probably in 1995 . |
| 29 | The Council was merely an umbrella organization for a large and expanding number of countryside and amenity organizations , but it became an invaluable integrator , particularly on the issue of National Parks when it set up its own Standing Committee . |
| 30 | Pavlov 's dog analogizes to previous occasions when it learns to expect its dinner as before when the bell rings as before , the ape simulates when it ‘ apes ’ . |