Example sentences of "in [det] [noun] when [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were not starved of new westerns in that era when great old stars were playing aged gunfighters and movie squabbled with movie on the ideological terrain laid out by the war in Vietnam . |
| 2 | It is undoubtedly true that in this period when new political lordships and principalities were replacing the Carolingian empire , and Europe was recovering from external attacks , the church was far more an upholder than a hammer of kings and other rulers . |
| 3 | Without the recession it would be higher but we must be thankful for what we can get in these times when other railways are reporting reductions of up to 20 percent . |
| 4 | Simple exhortation , however , offers no cure in these days when many of the country 's institutions are seen to have foundations built on sand . |
| 5 | It was obviously good of her to have given up an afternoon — perhaps a precious afternoon in these days when all time was precious — ‘ to come from afar to open the bazaar ’ . |
| 6 | In these days when inter-faith dialogue can easily slip into syncretism , and when man 's search for God can easily supplant all idea of God 's self-disclosure to man , it is most important to remember the emphatic union which the New Testament asserts between the Holy Spirit and Jesus . |
| 7 | Our lodging was not free , as it was for our service colleagues ; we paid one guinea a week , and five shillings for transport ( which we could scarcely avoid ) , and a fixed regular sum for meals necessarily taken in the canteen at B.P. Nor did we receive travel warrants for our three-monthly seven-day leaves ; and in those days when civilian travel was frowned upon we had no uniform to prove that our journey was really necessary . |
| 8 | However , it must also be recognised that in most cases when English speakers come across an unfamiliar word , they can pronounce it with the correct stress ( there are exceptions to this , of course ) ; in principle , it should be possible to discover what it is that the English speaker knows and to write in the form of rules . |