Example sentences of "when one is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There needs to be a facility whereby , when one is looking at a particular cross-reference , one can call up the entry or part of an entry to which that cross-reference refers . |
| 2 | The facilities are here , they have an important role and when one is looking open-mindedly — and systematically at a teaching problem one can not possibly ignore them . |
| 3 | The Minister used the word " can not " , but there is no such thing when one is dealing with Her Majesty 's Government or Parliament . |
| 4 | For when one is dealing with such volatile temperaments , the slightest thing may result in my instant dismissal . |
| 5 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 6 | The buyer naturally has the opposite concern and , in the absence of a formal back to back contract , when one is dealing with standard conditions of purchase the best that can be accomplished is to incorporate a provision like cl 1.3 of Precedent 2 , which notifies the seller of the possibility of prime contracts , and attempts to impose their terms upon the seller , coupled with an opportunity for the seller to examine them and a warning that they will apply , even if not examined . |
| 7 | Very useful when one is taking early retirement . |
| 8 | Bud is also applied to a more developed eye as above , especially when one is implanted in a stem in the process of ‘ budding ’ . |
| 9 | One can then say that it is only things of the second sort which count as things his action prevented , when one is calculating its good and bad effects , and thus distinguish Bentham 's criterion of rightness and wrongness from a rigorist one . |
| 10 | Recent years have made teachers familiar with this strategy , and with the costs that are associated with it , especially when one is trying to negotiate with a fairly implacable demander . |
| 11 | He says : ‘ There is boredom when one is trying to avoid awareness that one is very angry or disappointed with the other person . |
| 12 | Stac Polly is an extraordinary mountain when seen from a distance and doubly so when one is engaged on the traverse of its narrow ridge . |
| 13 | When one is engaged in seeing through a major public project , when that project concerns the international inheritance that is Venice , and when the whole is being financed with State money , the first guideline that should be brought into play is the moral yardstick . |
| 14 | With spreadsheet products not always well-differentiated in terms of the basic calculations that they can do , considerations such as the quality of printed output carry some weight when one is choosing from the array of packages on offer . |
| 15 | It is a difficult journey , particularly when one is misled by sudden exultations which seem to offer an almost magical release but so quickly dissipate into even worse depression and remorse . |
| 16 | John Lennon 's ‘ Imagine ’ , so powerful when one is listening to it , may afterwards be quite easily broken down into fairly disparate elements : radical text ; rock-ballad melody , harmony and orchestration ; singer-songwriter ( ‘ confessional ’ ) piano ; soul/gospel-tinged singing . |
| 17 | According to one influential cognitive model ( Coltheart , 1985 ; see Figure 1 ) , there are two distinct reading routes that might come into operation when one is reading aloud . |
| 18 | When one is aiming simply to identify an entity for a hearer , in the nature of things one will tend to find enduring characteristics more reliable as the means of doing so , although there will certainly be a proportion of cases where some " occasional " property is just as useful . |
| 19 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 20 | The tension-relieving effect of cutting may be extremely important when one is considering therapeutic strategies to counter the behaviour . |
| 21 | When one is considering law in the hands of the judges , law means the body of rules and guidelines within which society requires its judges to administer justice . |
| 22 | That is particularly relevant when one is considering a diverse range of hazardous wastes . |
| 23 | It is fair to say , particularly when one is considering overseas relations , that there was some form of national sentiment , but at the same time one should guard against the assumption that this was a dominant force in determining men 's attitudes on all occasions . |
| 24 | Did they complain about the Fujitsu factory , which takes some beating when one is considering eyesores ? |
| 25 | Both writers explore an early relationship , the conflict and misunderstanding within it and the terrible sense of loss which arises when one is deprived , in one sense or another , of one 's mother . |
| 26 | HOW COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT WHEN ONE IS FINDING CITY LIFE A TRIFLE TIRESOME , ONE HAS FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO INVITE ONE OUT FOR A DAY IN THE COUNTRY … |
| 27 | When one is asking questions , however , one must never forget that the answers come from the respondents , so one must always be thinking about those respondents . |
| 28 | Although this seems clever when one is told about it , a few minutes-hands-on experience demonstrates that it is not AI at all — it is a parlour trick . |
| 29 | How time flies especially when one is meant to be writing lots of letters . |
| 30 | Bad roots of title include leases ( when one is conveying the freehold ) , wills and equitable mortgages . |