Example sentences of "[adv] when [pron] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hay was made on 91% of the farms in the survey , surprising Perhaps when one considered that at least half the units are in a high rainfall area . |
| 2 | It is a recurring phenomenon and perhaps when you miss that particular notch you have to adopt original even eccentric strategies to bring the times and yourself together in the big bang of true fame and real success . |
| 3 | ‘ That was something I missed terribly when I retired and doing this race for the first time is a way of replacing it . ’ |
| 4 | He did not say much when they met and it was always muffled by the lapels of his coat . |
| 5 | The Report of the Consultative Committee on Continuation Schools ( no doubt under the influence of Sadler ) quoted him approvingly when he wrote that apprentices should learn ‘ the truth of the maxim that the meaning of life is not to rule but to render service to one 's neighbour , service to one 's calling , service to one 's native country , service to truth and to justice ’ . |
| 6 | Well I was just tidying myself up , och just a week lick of lipstick and a puffa blusher basically when I noticed that my mascara was on its last legs so I had to remind myself to stop by at Frazers Innoxa counter as any other tearproof bar theirs brings me out in lumps , so to cut a long story short I just nicked in the sidedoor — honest to god I was festooned with carriers laden down like a workhouse donkey — and I 'd to cut through the shoe department . |
| 7 | Another contemporary , Sergei Solov'ev , made the same point more acerbically when he said that " In the Roman Empire emperors ascended the throne from various callings " , whereas " in the Russian Empire Alexander II ascended the throne from the ranks of the heads of military-educational institutions " . |
| 8 | Only when they dropped or rattled something , the startled way they would look towards Moran , did the nervous tension of what it took to glide about so silently show . |
| 9 | This method is designed to recognise profits as they accrue rather than only when they emerge as cash surpluses released from the life funds , as happens now . |
| 10 | Almost all animals are either in danger of being eaten by other animals or in danger of failing to eat other animals , and an enormous number of detailed facts about animals makes sense only when we remember that they are the end-products of long and bitter arms races . |
| 11 | Only when he stooped and some lire changed hands did she realise that he must be intending to walk back . |
| 12 | But it was only when he laughed that Boldwood recognized the man who had destroyed his hope and happiness once and was about to do it again . |
| 13 | He charges scientists and corporations involved in it with basic misrepresentation especially when they claim that the techniques are no more than sophisticated extensions of classical breeding skills . |
| 14 | Most general practitioners may be very reluctant to travel in the early hours of the morning to see a patient because he had demanded that his own doctor attends , especially when they find that their practice can not be reimbursed for such a visit . |
| 15 | Certainly the rhetorical approach does not dispute the general theoretical aims of the social representation theorists , especially when they emphasize that social beliefs are rooted in the life of groups and that dialogue is crucial for their creation and maintenance ( Moscovici , 1983 ) . |
| 16 | Or rather , the distinctions between the repressed and the excluded , the subjective and the social , break down , especially when we recall that the other is often constructed via , or in terms of , the proximate . |
| 17 | In practice , Rameau 's part-writing works perfectly well on period instruments , especially when we recall that at the Paris Opéra there were many more players on the outer than on the inner parts . |
| 18 | We wish she 'd broken her neck especially when we learn that she 'd planned all along to rip off poor Tess 's best idea . |
| 19 | After all , how do we know that our own picture of Jesus is necessarily right , especially when we realize that we too bring assumptions to faith ? |
| 20 | I will argue later in Chapter 6 that powerless groups are not a small minority especially when we realize that the cherished pattern of lifetime employment applies to barely 30 per cent of labour , within which there are only a tiny percentage of women . |
| 21 | It was rather touching , especially when one realised that she had practically no money but her old age pension . |
| 22 | Omitting his radical change of direction ( i.e. of subject ) in his second year , it represents a demand of surrealist proportions , especially when one considers that alongside these he was reading French , Latin , Mathematics , Philosophy and History . |
| 23 | Radio frequency ( r.f. ) circuits can also have their own quirks , especially when one considers that two adjacent copper tracks can act as an air-spaced capacitor ! |
| 24 | Thus , the views of the inspectorate are under-represented , especially when one considers that , except for relatively informal verbal comments through the Senior English Inspector , the General Inspectors for each school make no input at all , while all five DCSLs make lengthy written recommendations which are reinforced by the chairmanship of the ACL:E&SS . |
| 25 | The loss of two men , a highly expensive experimental aeroplane and the F-104 had serious repercussions , especially when one considered that all this happened when all were engaged in taking photographs for a private company during a military test flight . |
| 26 | One is led to ask whether it is the attention to and general nature of such claims that first needs explaining , especially when it appears that they derive from such a specific social group , namely those in a western academic sub-culture who could arguably be said to have their own interests at stake . |
| 27 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 28 | Especially when I wept after we 'd made love . |
| 29 | Obviously , it is a matter of judgement just what coverage , and what frequency to aim at — especially when you remember that the type of ‘ reach ’ being measured differs from medium to medium . |
| 30 | The word gigantic may seem surprising for a cell , especially when you remember that 10 million bacterial cells could sit on the surface of a pin 's head . |