Example sentences of "when it is [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is an inquisitorial power , which may work with great severity against third persons , and it seems to me to be obvious that such a section ought to be used with the greatest care , so as not unnecessarily to put in motion the machinery of justice when it is not wanted , or to put it in motion at a stage when it is not clear that it is wanted , and certainly not to put it in motion if unnecessary mischief is going to be done or hardship inflicted upon the third person who is called upon to appear and give information . |
| 2 | The point is this : trust is only applauded when it is not seen to be misplaced . |
| 3 | It is of course very difficult for the eye to register detail when it is not trained to look for it ; it is only when true students of the Gothic , like the elder Pugin , begin to distinguish the styles of different periods , that the buildings of the past really come into focus in the novel . |
| 4 | If you plan to eat in the living room , try to buy as generous a table as possible but one which will look quite in keeping with the room when it is not laid for a meal . |
| 5 | Thus although it is commonly suggested that the notion of certainty is relevant to the analysis of claims to knowledge , but not to the analysis of knowledge itself ( e.g. , in Woozley , 1953 ) , this leaves us with no method of explaining why certainty should be required before one can claim knowledge when it is not required for knowledge itself , i.e. , for the existence of what one is claiming . |
| 6 | When it is not expelled it seems to backfill so the tubes get coated in thick white mucus . |
| 7 | This is saying that power becomes dangerous when it is not used with mercy — in other words , when a ruler becomes merciless . |
| 8 | Even when it is not displaced , the prima facie rule does not exclude any further loss which was reasonably foreseeable as a result of the buyer 's breach . |
| 9 | ‘ Why mend something when it is n't broken ’ , was New Zealand coach Wayne Smith 's argument . |
| 10 | When it is n't fitted with Genuine Porsche Parts . |