Example sentences of "and [adj] when it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had even studied Geology as my science subject and although I was cack-handed and obtuse when it came to the practical side had enjoyed the theory well enough . |
| 2 | Plenty of clever , talented children seem to make slow progress at learning skills which they know their parents care about — like reading — while showing remarkable confidence and daring when it comes to the things their parents ignore , like swinging upside down , or building complicated models out of Lego . |
| 3 | Perhaps he would be dry and cold when it came to it . |
| 4 | Moderator could the convenor tell us why the Board wishes to be discharged its remit on health and healing when it 's been so successful in bringing this to the notice of the whole church ? |
| 5 | The banks might have been imprudent in making the loans in the first place , but they are both clever and scrupulous when it comes to protecting the value of their assets . |
| 6 | They all rave about Muddy , Charlie Patton and Son House — singers that came out of the same patch in Coahoma County — but they turn all reticent and confused when it comes to the act that 's outlived and outsold them all . |
| 7 | If Sunset Beach , Banzai Pipeline , and Waimea Bay are the holy trinity of the thirty-odd North Shore breaks , Waimea is the Father , the holy of holies : slow to rise , but majestic and terrible when it does . |
| 8 | This was not primarily due to some old-fashioned desire to pile up reserves , however comforting that might be for central bankers and useful when it came to securing influence by making loans to weaker countries . |
| 9 | Consequently , as the stakes become bigger and bigger in the playing of the game , the scruples will become smaller and smaller when it comes to the back-alley work of player recruitment . |
| 10 | The particles themselves remain separate and discrete when it comes to being passed on to the next generation . |
| 11 | I mean , it will be , perhaps where they try and place the mortgage for you but erm I w I bet you they wo n't recommend anything but Legal and General when it comes to actually , you know , covering your mortgage . |
| 12 | Why was it that this man was such a pleasant and knowledgeable companion , and yet so hard and ruthless when it came to getting his own way ? |
| 13 | Reaction times should be fast if the target phoneme occurred after the recognition point , and slow when it occurred before the recognition point . |
| 14 | You ca n't afford to be cheap and cheerful when it comes to your handbag … |
| 15 | You can afford to be cheap and cheerful when it comes to just about every other accessory , but a bag says more about you than all the rest put together . |
| 16 | The other vineyards were all wiped out in the phylloxera epidemic of the last century and never replanted ; but lonely though it is on the local wine lists , Irouléguy will do nicely ; I have never got much beyond the stage of dividing wines into nice and nasty when it comes to describing them , so all I shall say is that Irouléguy is nice . |