Example sentences of "for [adv] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities . |
| 2 | Colleague solidarity counted for little when there was a chance for one of the few organizational carrots — that of promotion . |
| 3 | Yet they count for little when balanced against his blindness to the cultural ferment which was agitating educated Germany by the later decades of his reign and his ignorant contempt for most of the greatest German writers and scholars of the age . |
| 4 | There are units in some parts of the UK where you and your child can be cared for together when one or both of you are unwell . |
| 5 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 6 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 7 | There is an approximate parallel in the history of religion : precise theological definitions of doctrine are called for only when doubters and heretics enter the picture . |
| 8 | It is not the purpose of this book to provide a history of coinage , however brief , but rather to focus on the methods by which coins are studied , for only when these methods are properly understood and applied can we realise the full potential of coins as an aid to interpreting the past . |
| 9 | Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all . |
| 10 | Every castle mustered its defences and stood by to repel the normal sharp and brief attack ; for only when they were insolently sure of their supremacy did the Welsh assay a siege . |
| 11 | For just when Gabriel thought he was rid of the devil-man , he saw them arguing at a distance , father and daughter ; Izzie pointing back towards the cart , Lucie shaking his head ; Izzie tugging on his arm , pleading , and her father pushing her away . |
| 12 | There 's old adage ; one game at time , but for once when the pressure 's been on Swindon have done the business and they are looking very solid . |
| 13 | CORONATION Street 's blue rinse pensioner Phyllis Pearce was lost for words for once when fellow stars of the TV soap sprung a This is Your Life surprise on her . |
| 14 | For ever and for ever when I move . ’ |
| 15 | The model told people what to look for both when doing psychophysical studies and when carrying out the direct measurements of receptor function all those years later . |
| 16 | An autocorrelation will then be directly related to the corresponding space correlation with separation in the mean flow direction , the same curve applying for both when one puts . |
| 17 | For though when I say Gold is a metal , I say by implication that if there be any other metals it must resemble them , yet if there were no other metals I might still assert the proposition with the same meaning as at present , namely , that gold has the various properties implied in the word metal … |
| 18 | We were never without one for even when your friends were unavailable , it was still possible to have splendid games just bouncing the ball against a wall and catching it , something that gave hours of pleasure and , what was more important , trained the eye . |
| 19 | But this does not explain the state 's overall function , ; for even when it is controlled by officials drawn from other classes , it continues to serve the political interest of the hegemonic fraction . |
| 20 | The Waves beside them danced For oft when on my couch I lie |
| 21 | Holland had a perfectly good goal disallowed for off-side when Rijkaard clearly was n't . |