Example sentences of "when it [is] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Safety glass will break into relatively harmless pieces when it 's hit hard , but laminated glass is much more difficult to break , and will deter most burglars after their first attempt . |
| 2 | But how can you pressure Sun when it 's locked in with what the judge himself considers an irrevocable letter of credit to cover the legal bills if Addamax loses ? |
| 3 | ‘ It 'll be nice when it 's calmed down . |
| 4 | Though she has every confidence in the Trust , and particularly in John Sales , the Trust 's Chief Gardens Adviser , it is no easy thing to relinquish control of your life 's work — especially when it 's situated right under your nose . |
| 5 | The Thermogrill surface combustion burner gives an even heat over the whole surface , even when it 's turned down . |
| 6 | Asthma kills two thousand people a year , but the new research shows that the gene which can cause it is only active when it 's passed on by the mother . |
| 7 | It 's thought the sword guard will be bought by The museum of Wales when it 's put up for auction by the Receiver of wrecks later this year . |
| 8 | When it 's taken on its own , the body becomes reliant on further doses of the drink , an addiction that leads to hyperactivity , personality changes , compulsive behaviour , short term memory loss , and eventually the total disintegration of the brain . ’ |
| 9 | As irritable as ever ( Mark Smith 's only comment was to compare the trendy utilitarian decor of The Waterfront to that of an open prison ) , The Fall 's lip cuts more ice when it 's backed up by more than just Smith 's mouthings . |
| 10 | As irritable as ever ( Mark Smith 's only comment was to compare the trendy utilitarian decor of The Waterfront to that of an open prison ) , The Fall 's lip cuts more ice when it 's backed up by more than just Smith 's mouthings . |
| 11 | When it 's opened out , it measures a spacious 21 ’ long by 13 ’ wide by 6 ’ deep . |
| 12 | ‘ But , when it 's switched on , the motor will go at a good jogging speed , though you need to pedal a bit to get the pace up . |
| 13 | In its most basic form the technique involves merely an outline , or when it is filled in , a silhouette ; but of course it can be much more elaborate than that . |
| 14 | It is difficult to avoid the further thought that the given characterization of consciousness is elliptical , and that when it is filled in , as it must be , we are no further ahead , but have our definiendum turning up in the definiens . |
| 15 | The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action . |
| 16 | If a firm is to be successful , it will have to generate sufficient income to cover the cost not only of financing a capital asset but of replacing it when it is worn out . |
| 17 | Certainly , psychological research shows that a single sight of a picture can produce clear recognition of the picture when it is seen again , even at intervals of months or more : ‘ implicit ’ memory in action . |
| 18 | Like the donkey it is despised by its enemies and mistreated by its friends , but only because it is bound to be treated unfairly when it is seen unrealistically . |
| 19 | There are also ideas for making the picture look even more effective and attractive when it is hung on the wall . |
| 20 | Twenty-eight companies have already obtained shareholder approval to move their stock into Taurus , the new paperless share transfer and registration system , when it is phased in from mid-1993 . |
| 21 | The inner wall of each chamber is stiff and when it is moved in or out , it makes a click , as the lid of a tin may do . |
| 22 | Once again the Macintosh has the upper hand with its graphics capability but for much of this market WYSIWYG is irrelevant , the trained operator ‘ knows ’ what 's going to happen to the text when it is run out on the page printer or phototypesetter . |
| 23 | A pronunciation of a word is said to be assembled when it is built up piecemeal from its component letters . |
| 24 | What judgements could the audience be asked to pass when it is played back ? |
| 25 | An important point to bear in mind when choosing roses for pressing — or any other flowers , for that matter — is that once anything has been flattened it appears much larger than when it is viewed three-dimensionally . |
| 26 | said : ‘ Our main objective is to ensure we retain the business achieved by ICI when it is transferred on to Courtaulds Aerospace sites or on to a Courtaulds Aerospace product . |
| 27 | Therefore it is possible to speculate that the PABA-UDCA administration test reflects the activity of bacteria in the small intestine when it is given orally in lower doses than the maximal amount absorbed from the terminal ileum . |
| 28 | Accordingly , a stimulus will be relatively ineffective both when it has itself recently occurred and also when it is presented along with cues that have previously signalled its occurrence . |
| 29 | The three AA batteries are said to give 40 hours of continues operation , with a Lithium cell providing back-up when it is turned off . |
| 30 | I believe , however , that when it is felt almost unanimously in the House of Commons that something should be done — on a ’ no-line Whip ’ — Governments have at least a moral obligation to answer questions properly . |