Example sentences of "when [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The male does not attack it but , when mounting the tiny animal , simply performs the perfectly normal neck-bite that he employs when copulating with a female . |
| 2 | a specially coded hyphen which is only displayed when formatting of the hyphenated word puts it at the end of a line . |
| 3 | This size of miniature looks quite lovely when ranged together in small groups of two or three , and I think they look best of all when hanging in a straight vertical line ( see p. 101 ) . |
| 4 | Even when cornering on a slippery surface . |
| 5 | Crew comfort is greatly improved as a result , and Challenger is a much more stable gun platform when firing on the move . |
| 6 | A further consequence of benefit to employers of this nuclear-family form , is that it places women in a weak position when competing on the labour market . |
| 7 | Although he has lived in the UK since 1969 , Zarei was born in Iran and is often listed as Iranian , but he is officially a British athlete , and won an England vest when competing in the Milton Keynes 24-hour Championships in 1989 . |
| 8 | His placing so far has been third , fourth and eighth , a remarkable feat when competing against the best that Scotland can produce . |
| 9 | With the double-width light on and knitting tuck , the stitch pattern is the same as when knitting on every needle without the light on . |
| 10 | Remember that when knitting with the lili buttons , it is important to have an EVEN number of needles in work , otherwise the lili buttons will select the same needles every row and the result will be a mess and a jam . |
| 11 | These may be helpful when recovering from an illness or if you fear your normal diet is lacking . |
| 12 | In a broad programme of work , a variety of methods or types of activity can be reasonably expected ; planning will begin to lay out the sequence in increasing detail , even when allowing for a number of variant paths or for the switching of the course according to observed student response : improvisation or student decision-making works best when possibilities have been foreseen and prepared for . |
| 13 | Indeed , Thomas Bradwardine , philosopher and later archbishop , when preaching to a mixed audience after the victories of Crecy and Neville 's Cross , used them to underline his view of the omnipotence of God and the impotence of man : victory in battle was conferred by God on the righteous , as St Paul had declared in II Corinthians 2:14 . |
| 14 | For many years , however , he was unpredictable and sometimes violent , and his conversation became rambling and incoherent when touching on the subject of his delusions . |
| 15 | In 1939 , Reich found evidence of it by ‘ chance ’ when experimenting with the creation of living cells called ‘ bions ’ . |
| 16 | When cooking with the children we want to finish with something eatable , so we are likely to add the liquid carefully ourselves , but we could let children experiment with the play-dough and if they make the first lot too soggy , more flour and salt can be added without much trouble until they make a ‘ workable ’ dough , and there can be plenty of conversation about too much , too little , a little more , a lot more and enough . |
| 17 | For example , women have described to researchers how it is difficult to cut down on food when cooking for a partner who expects meat with his main meal ( Charles and Kerr , 1986 ) . |
| 18 | Until ATBC is known to be not only " microwave friendly " but also " user-friendly " , consumers are warned not to use cling film for wrapping food or lining dishes when cooking in a microwave oven . |
| 19 | In addition , loss of acuity of the senses — particularly impaired sight and hearing — will reduce an elderly person 's awareness of danger , for example when crossing roads or when cooking in the kitchen . |
| 20 | In the same way , shipwrights were expected to show initiative when building in the traditional way in wood ; but with the coming of iron and then steel as materials , leading to bigger ships as steam replaced sail , calculations led to exact drawings , which became the vehicle of centralized control and stronger industrial discipline . |
| 21 | Audiences might have enjoyed reinterpretations , as when Odling at the same period suggested that phlogiston was an anticipation of the idea of chemical energy , rather than a non-substance . |
| 22 | Each room in the house is furnished to suit either the Tudor or the Queen Anne period , and the difference between these two styles is particularly striking when stepping from the stone flagged , Tudor Great Hall to the cosy , wooden panelled 18th century Parlour . |
| 23 | I had been paying the fees of the home a month in advance , but when explaining about the social security payments , I sent two months ' fees in advance to cover , as I thought , any delay . |
| 24 | Tenth-century kings tried to achieve a balance between secular and ecclesiastical power in the localities rather than to crush the former ; this was demonstrably the aim of Otto I and Otto II when disposing of the tributes exacted from the Slav peoples . |
| 25 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
| 26 | Those places in army units were invariably awarded through political interest , though admittedly rarely in so blatant a manner as that adopted by Sir David Cunynghame , a West Lothian politician , when disposing of the junior medical officer 's place in his regiment in 1760 . |
| 27 | A bad choice could arouse discontent which would more than offset the value of an appointment in attaching an individual voter to an interest , and it was wise to take abilities and honesty into account when disposing of the posts . |
| 28 | WHEN walking across the upland fells of Britain , it is not uncommon to find the whitened jawbone of a long-dead sheep , teeth rattling in its sockets . |
| 29 | ‘ The appearance of the bird when walking on the beach is very handsome . |
| 30 | ‘ When walking with a lady always walk on the outside of the pavement . ’ |