Example sentences of "that when [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in the army of Frederick II it was a rule that when passing through wooded country in which escape would be relatively easy infantry units must always be surrounded by cavalry patrols ; and that when detached to fetch wood or water ordinary soldiers must always be accompanied by an officer . |
| 2 | Joseph II will always be remembered for finding ‘ too many notes ’ in Die Entfuhrung ; and our own Queen has an almost comparable claim on immortality if the story is to be believed that when asked to attend a performance of Figaro , she replied : ‘ Is that the one about the pin ? ’ |
| 3 | Clarity Software Inc , the Mountain View , California-based company that when born promised to be the Unix version of Lotus Development Corp , is only limping along , a year after it first started shipping product . |
| 4 | Thus Jeremy Bentham , the great legal and social reformer , said that when interpreted according to the principle of utility ‘ the words ought , and right and wrong , and others of that stamp , have a meaning : when otherwise , they have none ’ ( Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation , Chapter One , ∘10 ) . |
| 5 | It does , however , show clearly that when assessing suffering it is important to have a framework that goes beyond the narrow concerns of selective or functional assessment approaches , although such approaches do have some value in distinguishing between ‘ appropriate ’ and ‘ inappropriate ’ suffering . |
| 6 | The court was told by an RUC detective constable that when arrested charged and cautioned Wilson replied to each charge : ‘ I know nothing about it . ’ |
| 7 | Scientists discovered , in an experiment with overweight people , that when allowed to eat as much as they wanted , they ate considerably fewer peanuts in the shell than peanuts provided ready-shelled . |
| 8 | It was a great disappointment to me that when having set it up with an invitation couple or three years ago , about three members turned up , and I think that was very regrettable . |
| 9 | If , however , it were marketed as a child 's toy or the blade were such that when used to peel potatoes it disintegrated into splinters , then it would not be as safe as people generally were entitled to expect . |