Example sentences of "[vb -s] when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This startling discovery has supported the idea that cancer develops when a cell contains too much of a perfectly normal cellular protein . |
| 2 | But it is not the tampons that cause the disease but the bacteria which develops when a tampon has been in too long . |
| 3 | A brief description of the intercept method should provide a flavour of what happens when a radiocarbon result is calibrated . |
| 4 | What happens when a so-called Third World nation or region says to the imperialist powers , NO , we will not conduct our affairs according to your orders ? |
| 5 | This spectacular fall happens when a gust of wind hits the sail and you are thrown off your feet over the boom . |
| 6 | This happens when a man 's ordinary hours of duty are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and when one likes to look forward to spending a few hours with one 's family . |
| 7 | THE BRITISH government has decided to pull the plug on a European investigation into what happens when a pressurised-water reactor goes badly wrong . |
| 8 | This is shown by looking at what happens when a Siamese kitten is reared in a very cold environment . |
| 9 | But The Ancient Mariner is really concerned with what happens when a man upsets the powers of Nature — |
| 10 | Consider what happens when a crack approaches an interface of this kind which is roughly at right angles to it . |
| 11 | This is what happens when a person lives locked inside a view of the world that does not take the existence of others into account ’ . |
| 12 | Is what happens when a child is confused . |
| 13 | On this occasion , however , his calm appeared to have been ruffled by Dr Dunstaple 's words and he replied with a note of impatience in his voice : " If any evidence were needed it would be enough to see what happens when a weak saline solution is injected into the veins of a patient in the condition of collapse . |
| 14 | Never mind that this is very seldom what happens when a bullet strikes a forehead and especially when it comes out at the back of the head . |
| 15 | Okay I mean the question on the paper might well be , What happens when a metal reacts with an acid . |
| 16 | Right , so what what happens when a piece of paper burns , or sugar burns or |
| 17 | In class structure grammar , bondage happens when a dependent clause is bound to an independent clause . |
| 18 | This happens when a succession of items are placed one after another in a sentence without words to indicate their order or importance . |
| 19 | What happens when a majority voting equilibrium does not exist has been explored in a number of studies . |
| 20 | Figure 16–4 showed what happens when a wage tax is levied but the supply of labour is completely inelastic . |
| 21 | The curve in the middle shows what happens when a mixture of benzene and naphthalene is cooled . |
| 22 | As for change of intention , this happens when a person has done the Non-Intending Practitioners ' Course but subsequently wishes to be eligible to practise here . |
| 23 | I 've just talked about what happens when a branch member wants to appeal but this is a branch as a whole that 's made a decision at a meeting that it does n't agree with something that 's happened . |
| 24 | If you think of it the other way when , what happens when a price , when a price falls , alright , if farmers er , assume that price fall will be sustained over a number of periods , then they think , right well in order to achieve the same level of income , right , as I did previously , if prices have fallen , I 'm going to have to increase my output . |
| 25 | A less obvious example of this failure to take protective measures occurs when a contestant believes that a scoring technique has been delivered , and so disengages and dances around the area waving a fist in the air . |
| 26 | Where roof-spaces are not well ventilated ( as occurs when a roof is reclad with a more windproof and watertight construction ) , the close-textured nature of the concrete tiles which contrasts with the relative porosity of clay tiles may encourage the formation of condensation on their undersides , encouraging dampness and rot in stagnant roof-spaces . |
| 27 | This means that if , for example , the cooking cycle is programmed for two-and-a-half minutes at a required temperature the machine will adjust to compensate for the fall in temperature which occurs when a frozen or chilled food will have been cooked for two-and-a-half minutes at the correct temperature . |
| 28 | This occurs when a politician , perhaps so senior that he is notionally responsible for the agency itself , makes it known that he would be very pleased if some particularly sensitive and hazardous intelligence coup could be attained , usually in order to enhance domestic political popularity . |
| 29 | Stage migration occurs when a peasant moves to a provincial town for some time and then on to the city . |
| 30 | Indirect sex discrimination occurs when a person applies to a woman : |