Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] when " in BNC.

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1 In another case , the Court of Appeal held that a prosecution had been properly discontinued when a defendant had taken out a private prosecution for perjury against a witness who had given evidence against him at committal proceedings .
2 What is absolutely essential is that the integrity of each of the religions are properly preserved when they are taught .
3 The other symptoms that may give clues to the presence of gonococcal infection in the woman are mostly produced when complications , such as involvement of the fallopian tubes , have set in .
4 Casual workers are rarely paid when absent because of sickness , nor are they normally entitled to paid holidays or other paid time off .
5 He had been badly damaged when the Zionists had sent their commando squad with explosives to La Seine-sur-Mer , close to the French port of Toulon , to destroy the two reactors that were to have been shipped to Tuwaithah 48 hours later .
6 This had been badly damaged when on Oct. 3 the Constitutional Court ruled unconstitutional the government 's proposals , based on the main plank of Smallholders ' policy , to return to their original owners lands confiscated by the state after the communists had taken power in 1947 .
7 Fifty years later , all chemists are taking pleasure in the recent restoration of John Dalton 's papers , which had been badly charred when the premises of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society were destroyed during the Blitz .
8 A mother and her four children have been badly hurt when a train hit their van on an unmanned level crossing .
9 Civil liberties are most threatened when governments address symptoms , rather than causes .
10 Because of the connection between vision and sensations , the latter are greatly amplified when visibility is poor , or when the pilot is looking in the cockpit , has no visual reference and is unaware of the exact movements of the aircraft .
11 The days are long gone when drinkers should put up with warm and often out-of-condition beer .
12 It has also been proposed that stimuli where accurate detection rests on some form of visuo-spatial ability are better perceived when projected to the right hemisphere .
13 It has also been proposed that stimuli where accurate detection rests on some form of visuo-spatial ability are better perceived when projected to the right hemisphere .
14 They did not — and it was admittedly no part of their business to do so — inform us for which purposes the existing social services are ‘ excessive ’ ; and it may be observed that other commentators , political and non-political , though they are frequently willing to indicate social services which in their opinion are ‘ inadequate ’ , are extremely taciturn when it comes to illustrating the more obvious half of the truism with specific examples .
15 They are only sprayed when numbers become a problem .
16 Many are ‘ blatant untruths ’ that are only revealed when potential buyers visit a house .
17 For shares , capital gains and losses are only recognized when the share is sold , and this is directly under the owner 's control .
18 There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason .
19 There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason .
20 In addition , increases are only made when the firm is confident that the new level can be maintained for the forseeable future
21 One solution is to state that any financial benefits are only paid when the move has taken place .
22 Ex-registered dockers are a particularly useful force of labour as they know the work and do not require training or close supervision — and they are only paid when work is available .
23 The special deposits are only released when the Bank of England feels that the time is right to allow credit to expand again .
24 A large supply voltage and phase resistance are only required when the motor is operating at high speeds .
25 These are only used when you can sail the board competently in a Force 4 .
26 That voyage had been the first leg of a planned circumnavigation , but those dreams had been brutally shattered when Masquerade was stolen from an anchorage in the Florida Keys .
27 She had been physically hurt when she was dragged from the villa and she had been held captive ever since .
28 Black box units are also easier to add an existing pond than many other types of filter , which are best incorporated when building the pond .
29 Other auction houses have chosen to hold periodic sales around Europe outside main selling centres ; however , after studying their results , we have found that , at this time , vendors are best served when their property is included in high-quality specialised sales held in familiar salerooms .
30 Free translations are best made when a language helper is with you to clarify obscure points .
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