Example sentences of "when [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an age when all Unionists professed some form of religious belief and when Anglicanism was the assumption of those who professed no other form of Christianity in England , some of this may be taken to be assumption rather than conviction . |
| 2 | His first thought was that Paris was on fire — an ever-present threat when wood was the chief building material . |
| 3 | This was significantly more common when dysphagia was the reason for referral ( 65.9% v 35.3% , p<0.01 ) . |
| 4 | In keeping with other studies of this nature , a manometric abnormality was significantly more common when dysphagia was the reason for referral . |
| 5 | Firstly , most patients nowadays have the diagnosis made at laparoscopy , yet in this study only 15% of cases were diagnosed at laparoscopy and this increased to only 29% when endometriosis was the principal diagnosis . |
| 6 | Bevan grew up when the line between Capital and Labour was clear , and when Capital was the enemy . |