Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] when " in BNC.

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1 So often the strength and meaning of a partnership is only revealed when one person is gravely ill or dies .
2 Fault-response rule reasoning is usually adopted when a ‘ shallow ’ representation of a system is adopted .
3 ( iv ) Differently , it seems difficult to accept that consciousness is tolerably conceived when it is so conceived that it follows that anything that can be regarded as passing through certain sequences of causal or logical states is conscious .
4 Tension is also created when we expect one thing , and something else , quite different , occurs .
5 Your weight is evenly spread when you address the ball .
6 Significantly , the greeting trill is normally done when they are on the move , usually when they have come in from outside and are about to move off towards the place where they expect food to be waiting .
7 Great pleasure is therefore taken when the buck is passed and the paperwork is handed to someone else .
8 However , that disc distress is greatly increased when these workers find that their ex-bosses opens another business with another name , just over the road or in the same premises .
9 however , the program control stack is still cleared when the error is detected and it is not possible to RETURN to the point where the error occurred .
10 Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident .
11 Stored data is not " typed " , so a " Type mismatch " error is never produced when reading files .
12 Each machine is subsequently updated when a user logs on .
13 It 's irritatingly easy to crash at first , as the pushscroll is only activated when you 're more than halfway across the screen , giving you little time to see and avoid hazards .
14 The true significance of witchcraft is only disclosed when it is set within its full configuration of mystical forces ; the same applies to ancestor cults .
15 The term issue is normally used when it is possible to show beyond any reasonable doubt that the variations occurred after some of the edition had already been published , so that first and second issues ( and even more ) are recognisable .
16 The contraction is eventually halted when the subatomic particles enter a ‘ degenerate ’ state in which the space available for each particle hits a lower limit set by quantum mechanics .
17 The child is best motivated when following his own interests .
18 Marital harmony is provisionally achieved when Nina resolves to behave , and Gael forgives her .
19 The difference is particularly marked when each utterance of " long " is lengthened .
20 Money paid to a Travel Agent is held by him on your behalf until your booking is fully confirmed when it is then held for Amsterdam Travel Service Limited .
21 ‘ without due care and attention ’ Due care and attention is normally used when the defendant has been careless or has been momentarily inattentive .
22 This apparent contradiction is only resolved when we realize that man in his ( sic ) present state is sub-human — ie less than God intended and created .
23 Witness could not say how much help in this a girl would need from the men because it varied so much , but she did not think it amounted to much , and no special men workers were employed for it " Lifting is therefore not denied , but its importance is distinctly minimized when a woman is speaking , maximized when a man is .
24 However , this confidence is only justified when the check is done systematically and correctly .
25 Such confidence is further strengthened when there is positive and practical help available to the teacher in the form of clear sequenced teachers ' notes with practical advice .
26 The pungency of mustard is only realised when it is mixed with cold water ; salt , vinegar and hot water inhibit the flavour , producing a milder condiment .
27 This file is only read when LIFESPAN starts up and so changes that are made while LIFESPAN is running will not take effect until LIFESPAN is stopped and restarted .
28 Because the cells move very slowly the process is best seen when speeded up in a time-lapse film .
29 Relations between a still predominantly oral culture and this important and growing sector ‘ within' it are then especially complex , and the point is soon reached when there is a qualitative difference between the oral area , which all share but to which most are confined , and the literate area , which is of increasing cultural importance but is at once minor and dominant .
30 We can turn a blind eye to some of it , but the point is always reached when he goes too far , and intervention is required , usually only in the form of American attacks by aircraft on his offences in the em , areas where he 's not supposed to penetrate .
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