Example sentences of "when [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agreement over education was so clear that when the first revolutionary Irish government set itself up in 1918 , prior to negotiated independence , there was no Minister for Education . |
| 2 | Although the gliders were left facing at right angles to the wind and were weighted down with tyres in the approved manner , when the first strong thermal went off nearby the wind would become gusty and change direction completely . |
| 3 | Then , when the first big shower starts , rather than stand under the wings in the rain everyone will desert the launch point for a cup of tea , leaving the gliders apparently well parked and weighted with tyres but , in fact , vulnerable to a change in the wind direction . |
| 4 | When the first orders were placed the numbers of two-car units in the fleet were set by means of a number of calculations . |
| 5 | When the first CAMRA annual meeting was held in 1972 the event was given wide media coverage and thousands flocked to join the new organisation . |
| 6 | When the first coat is dry , lightly sand with fine glasspaper or wet and dry paper to remove any nibs or particles of dust which may have settled on the surface . |
| 7 | Again , one looks back to the nineteenthcentury origins of English literary studies , when the first pioneers and missionaries , men such as Morley and Furnivall , travelled all over the country to talk about English literature in adult education classes and working men 's clubs . |
| 8 | When the first Lincoln was delivered in September 1920 , the dealers held orders for 1000 cars . |
| 9 | It 's the first time Bentley has had an all-new shape to itself for almost two generations — since 1952 , in fact , when the first of the R-type Continentals was launched in limited numbers and initially for export only . |
| 10 | The seed was sown in Paris but it was two years later , in Turin , when the first production car , the Dino 206GT , was introduced . |
| 11 | ‘ Fifty Years Ago ’ on page 19 reports the joy that was felt when the first three African bishops of modern times were appointed . |
| 12 | Musically , he was heading for a standard , slightly throw-away show , when the first special guest appeared . |
| 13 | Something between 60 and 100 MPs are eager to clip Mrs Thatcher 's wings by staging a show of disaffection or by forcing her into a second round when the first round votes are cast , on December 5 under the most likely timetable . |
| 14 | World stockmarkets reacted with relief and optimism at the start of the Gulf war , but some of the gains were wiped out when the first hopes of a quick victory faded , and the Soviet Union turned violent again . |
| 15 | When the first Vietnamese arrived in 1975 after the fall of Saigon , the federal government tried to spread them around the country . |
| 16 | Even when the first owners were crushed and dead , their things were not for you . |
| 17 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 18 | It was pitch-dark and the house was very quiet when the first effects of the treatment woke him . |
| 19 | When the first parade passed off without serious incident ( but with a massive police presence ) , the Portadown Orangemen reaffirmed their determination to go through the Tunnel on the Twelfth . |
| 20 | So when the first stallion , a beautiful bay unbroken three-year-old , was lead into the ring , and Lindsay saw and sensed in the horse many of those virtues that a horse-lover hopes for , he found himself bidding against two knackers , until he had bought the horse for the price of dogs-meat — $185 ! |
| 21 | When the first $1m came in , followed by more , Calero therefore had no idea who it was from , and did not ask . |
| 22 | It was North who , by his own account , rushed into Reagan 's television room during the evacuation of American students from Grenada in 1983 , desperate that the students might forget ( on network television ) to be grateful for the American invasion that had freed them ; when the first student said ‘ Thank God for America ’ , Reagan hugged him , and told him he ought to have faith . |
| 23 | You were six years old when the First World War began ; later you were to live through some of the worst days of the blitz in Berlin . |
| 24 | I began confidently enough , with a humorous extract , but when the first couple of jokes went by with never a chuckle from the audience , I became nervous . |
| 25 | When the first version reached the White House , General Alexander Haig wrote to his staff : ‘ No one should undertake to tell the President , who is not fully informed of the sordid facts . ’ |
| 26 | When the first draft of Li 's report was presented a fortnight ago it incorporated many of the demands for faster reform voiced earlier this year by China 's elder statesman , Deng Xiaoping . |
| 27 | Particularly when the first half is devoted to such time filling as The Obituary Show : Jeffrey Bernard ( C4 on Tuesday : 9.00–9.30 pm ) . |
| 28 | Manchester Utd 1 Manchester City 1 JUST when the First Division championship seemed within touching distance for the first time in a quarter of a century , Steve Bruce pushed it just out of Manchester United 's reach at Old Trafford last night . |
| 29 | On one occasion , when the first two volumes were banned by Royal Decree , and the order went out to seize the unpublished texts and plates , Malesherbes suggested that the best place to conceal them would be his own house . |
| 30 | WHEN the first seven horses home finish in a heap , with less than three lengths covering them , it is fair to say that the race in question is not much of a Classic trial . |