Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is true , of course , in so far as it means that no contemporary authors were going to write stories about a single murderer being exposed when lawlessness was rife and human life generally seen as of little account . |
| 2 | His extensive notes explains how he would calculate the exposure based on a proportion of the time being given when the sun was behind a cloud , with the balance being given as the sun emerged . |
| 3 | His extensive notes explain how he would calculate the exposure based on a proportion of the time being given when the sun was behind a cloud , with the balance being given as the sun emerged . |
| 4 | Even the supposedly rigid ‘ external financing limits ’ imposed by the post-1979 Conservative government in Britain have proved to be flexible in practice ( Heald and Steel 1981 ) , with targets being adjusted when it became apparent that they would not be met . |
| 5 | My noble and learned friend , Lord Keith of Kinkel , at p. 112b , after pointing out that the draft Regulations were not capable of being amended when presented to Parliament , said that it was ‘ entirely legitimate for the purpose of ascertaining the intention of Parliament to take into account the terms in which the draft was presented by the responsible minister and which formed the basis of its acceptance . ’ |
| 6 | Melanie and Victoria each had a fat , foil-wrapped tangerine from an aromatic , tissue-padded cardboard box , which was being unpacked when they went in together for potatoes and cooking apples ; and the greengrocer lady , nodding her gold earrings , promised Victoria a solid triangle of muscatel raisins if she was a good girl and if the muscatel raisins did not sell . |
| 7 | It is a simple enough message but one which has a nasty habit of being forgotten when companies decide to shed staff . |
| 8 | Torrington 's mishandling enabled the enemy to drive a wedge between the English and Dutch ships and by 1 pm the former were in shameful retreat , a disaster only being averted when the wind suddenly dropped , though Torrington did not drop anchor until safely within the Thames . |
| 9 | But it was a sign that those wartime conditions which had so much restricted him were being lifted when , in October 1946 , The Family Reunion was revived at the Mercury Theatre . |
| 10 | A few months earlier , West Indies had encountered any number of problems in Australia and had lost the series 5–1 ; they had then beaten India 2–1 at home , the last match being won when no fewer than five Indians were unable to bat in the second innings . |
| 11 | Indeed , there might be little to prevent some of the orders being cancelled when the new year commences . |
| 12 | The hotel and nearby buildings were still being evacuated when it exploded . |
| 13 | This point is proved simply by no sound or insufficient sound being emitted when the horn , if any , is tested . |
| 14 | I have suffered cut fingers while being attacked when trying to see to different things in the tank . |
| 15 | The defendant thought that he was being attacked when he acted , and it was held that self-defence was available to him . |
| 16 | In contrast , a few people pointed out the disadvantages that could arise as a result of being disabled when interacting with patients or clients . |
| 17 | This does not mean that Gandhi is not aware of the wrong that is being done when acts of violence are committed or tolerated , or that he does not share in the feelings of guilt that result from so acting . |
| 18 | I guess that plans were already being made when I was born , for a year or so later my Dad left for London . |
| 19 | The descent into Dentdale from Newby Head is even more stimulating than the outward journey , new aspects of the valley being revealed when seen in the reverse direction , with wider and more distant landscapes coming into view . |
| 20 | It 's his department 's job to make sure the law 's being applied when it comes to fireworks . |
| 21 | First , in " vertical " sociological terms : the minores were not just being cheated when their consent was called for . |
| 22 | I assume your Land Rover is a petrol and , if so , the problem is probably dirt in the carb which is being disturbed when driving off road and blocking a jet or the accelerator pump . |
| 23 | While accepting that officers must adapt to political reality — by , for example , being prepared when invited to attend party groups subject to certain safeguards — it rejected any move towards a ‘ spoils system ’ in local government , and recommended that principal officers should be prohibited from engaging in political activity , including standing for council office . |
| 24 | The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge . |
| 25 | That is setting a low pass mark themselves which they can easily achieve , whilst being demotivated when having to attempt to obtain a pass mark of 80% that a lecturer has set . |
| 26 | Such errors show up from time to time as inconsistencies in the records , but much worse are those that go undetected , and which could lead to the wrong conclusions being drawn when the records are analysed . |
| 27 | An alternative explanation for the more favourable results at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is that the type of stricture encountered by the two techniques is different , percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography being preferred when imaging suggests a high stricture and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography when it is low . |
| 28 | Two Nintendo Gameboys were being used when a Douglas DC-10 automatic direction finder suffered bearing discrepancies . |
| 29 | Perhaps the Minister could also go into a little more detail about the criteria that are being used when making his decisions . |
| 30 | Holme Pierrepoint … which has a man made whitewater course … is the only place guaranteed to wash you away although there are rivers in Wales and Scotland which are being used when the water 's running high … |