Example sentences of "[adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | it can be used when other processes can not , eg when excavation is impossible , such as leaking storage tanks located under major buildings or highways ; |
| 2 | Demonstrate , in talking about fiction and poetry , that they are developing their own views and can support them by reference to some details in the text , eg when talking about characters and actions in fiction . |
| 3 | Write about some features of presentation which are used to achieve identifiable purposes , such as to inform , to regulate , to reassure or to persuade , in non-literary and media texts , showing some ability to form a considered opinion — eg when comparing two reports of the same event . |
| 4 | There are many areas of everyday life where we may need to write for information , eg when booking a holiday . |
| 5 | SOLVENTS AND OTHER Petrol and oil vapours , also lighter fuel and VOLATILE COMPOUNDS paraffin Perfumes and after-shave Scented soaps and toiletries , scented cleaning materials Paint Varnish White spirit , meths , paint-remover Disinfectant Mothballs Air-fresheners Polish ( furniture , brass etc ) Formaldehyde ( from cavity wall insulation , chipboard , foam rubber ) Smells given off by : plastics ( eg when warm ) rubber and foam rubber coated ( shiny ) paper newsprint new fabric |
| 6 | However since controls are imposed to achieve specific policy aims ( eg to reduce inflation ) it is clear that prices and incomes policies are more likely in some periods ( eg when inflation is high ) than others . |
| 7 | Where any action needs to be taken , make a note in the margin ; eg when the replies contain information that should be passed on to your client , put a marginal note " Buyer " ; when the reply indicates that there is an error in the abstract supplied to you , mark it " Abstract " ; and tick these marginal notes as you take the necessary action , for example , when you write to the buyer , or amend your abstract . |
| 8 | ( Whitehouse and Stuart-Buttle , Revenue Law , 10th edn , Butterworths , para 37.74 , supports this view. ) ( b ) Termination of the settlement When the wife 's interest in possession ceases ( eg when the youngest child becomes 18 years of age ) there should be no charge to inheritance tax on that part of the settled property that reverts back to the husband ( Inheritance Tax Act 1984 , s53(3) ) nor on that part which the wife receives ( s53(2) ) . |
| 9 | Do not make the mistake of reacting prematurely when a problem occurs . |
| 10 | Then Mr Sayers died prematurely when John was only about fifteen , so he was still just a boy when he had to become a man overnight , so to speak , and try and take on the running of this large and rather complicated farm . |
| 11 | ONE of the greatest NFL careers ended prematurely when New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor ruptured an Achilles tendon . |
| 12 | Although it is vital not to get too high , there is no advantage trying to fly very close to the ground , except perhaps when taking off from a very short field . |
| 13 | It transpired that the left side of the nose splitter has been damaged , perhaps when Baldi had clipped Brundle 's Jaguar in one of his passing attempts , perhaps as a result of ‘ trapped ’ vibration from a high-speed engine misfire . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps when you were out ? |
| 15 | In some houses the fire grate was loose in the wall and looked liable to fall away at any moment … perhaps when full of live coals and with a pan of boiling water . |
| 16 | Hay was made on 91% of the farms in the survey , surprising Perhaps when one considered that at least half the units are in a high rainfall area . |
| 17 | Many desert animals , from tortoises to addax and Arabian oryx , have abandoned the need to drink , except perhaps when pregnant . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps when I get tired of flying , I 'll look underwater ! ’ |
| 19 | Perhaps when pregnant with me , my mother was hit on the head by a ‘ No Vehicular Access ’ sign , and her understandable anxiety transmitted itself to my foetal subconscious . |
| 20 | It said ‘ Danger ’ , but a big piece of the signboard had broken off , so perhaps when it wass whole it said ‘ Dangerfield ’ , not just ‘ Danger ’ . ’ |
| 21 | The greatest effect of social mobility might be expected to be in the middle of the range , perhaps when fathers move from manual to non-manual jobs , for example . |
| 22 | Some weeks beforehand , I think perhaps when we were in Japan , I had read an article that Carl had written in which he said that in the Zurich race in August , when he had trounced Ben , he had not deliberately tried to race anybody but had gone out on to the track to run his own race , do his own thing . |
| 23 | Perhaps when you were in her age bracket , it made sense . |
| 24 | ‘ Perhaps when I get a minute to meself we can have a picnic of our own , ’ he suggested . |
| 25 | Suicide and anorexia are by no means mutually exclusive phenomena , but in the typical case of primary anorexia nervosa suicide is simply not a factor , except perhaps when depression has won a particularly resounding victory , and the shame of defeat becomes unbearable . |
| 26 | Perhaps when their children have to go to a run-down , underfunded , understaffed State school they will understand why most of the country is up in arms about the state of the education system . |
| 27 | Perhaps when you 're raised on the Essex-London borders and your dad , brothers and uncles all ( that 's all ) work as chartered accountants in Chingford , it 's easy to develop a sense of life 's absurdity . |
| 28 | Perhaps this link has n't occurred to you , and perhaps when you consider it , it 'll make sense to you . |
| 29 | So perhaps when he needed to fly by instinct in deciding the course of his career , there was the Cach , the action , the absorbed attention of everybody he knew and the glamour of illicit cigarette smoke uncoiling in the beam of the projector . |
| 30 | It is a recurring phenomenon and perhaps when you miss that particular notch you have to adopt original even eccentric strategies to bring the times and yourself together in the big bang of true fame and real success . |