Example sentences of "[noun] when it suited " in BNC.
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| 1 | To assume so would be seriously to underestimate the ability of civil servants to use the rhetoric of Keynesianism when it suited them and to ignore it when it did not . |
| 2 | In his summing up Judge Hyam told the jury , you may come to the conclusion that the young woman was quite disturbed , craved affection and was quite able to tell untruths when it suited her . |
| 3 | It has to be said that he also invoked this oath against his barons when it suited him to do so , as in 1301 : it served against the laity no less than against the clergy . |
| 4 | ‘ The old man was a damn good listener when it suited him and he knew the right questions . |
| 5 | The probability — it can be no more , given the absence of hard evidence — is that Zuwaya used superior government when it suited them , exercised it over others when they could , and did their utmost to escape it when it threatened their property and privilege . |
| 6 | Although Gregory himself left no works within this tradition , he was able to employ tricks of style when it suited him . |
| 7 | Jackie Tiptoe could turn himself into a proper gent when it suited him . |
| 8 | Both were accused by some contemporaries of pursuing their own interests , cynically exploiting their position , betraying the ruler when it suited them . |
| 9 | The attempts of the Serbs to form a Christian coalition against the advancing Turks were as ineffective as those of the great Albanian leader , Skanderbeg , who , like Djuradj Branković , found that the would-be allies often exacted a heavy price for their help and were quite capable of deserting the cause when it suited them . |
| 10 | Even when the Treaty allowed for majority voting , thus hopefully preventing individual states from applying a veto , progress was frustrated in earlier days by French distaste for the principle and later the British were not averse to opposing majority voting when it suited them . |
| 11 | He was little affected by the Civil War , changing sides when it suited him . |
| 12 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 13 | Historically , this engaging adventurer carved out a career on the frontiers of Christendom and Islam without troubling himself much about religious differences : he was happy to ally himself with Muslims when it suited him . |
| 14 | However much Cnut may have played the Christian king , he was , like other rulers , willing to turn a blind eye to church teaching when it suited him . |
| 15 | However , most boards tended to extract material when it suited them and rarely adhered to the time-scale or suggestions for different kinds of activity . |
| 16 | Apparently you were n't averse to trying to score with me — on the occasions when it suited you . |
| 17 | Like other cities , it bargained with the emperor and also favoured the pope when it suited . |