Example sentences of "when an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principles set out below for determining when an obligation of confidence will arise would therefore seem equally applicable to both equitable and implied contractual obligations . |
| 2 | Gp Capt R C Hockey sent Air Mail the excellent photograph of what happened at Kinloss on a dark night in October 1943 when an Anson was approaching to land at the same time — and on the same bit of field — as a Whitley was just starting its take-off run . |
| 3 | When a human being does X in order to do Y , the achieving of Y is his reason for doing X. When an animal does X in order to do Y , he does not do X for a reason , even though he is aiming at a goal in doing so . |
| 4 | As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed . |
| 5 | However , it sprang to prominence last year when an inventory of its contents revealed that 325 artworks had gone missing . |
| 6 | Can you foresee any circumstances when an exception might be made to this rule ? |
| 7 | THE ROW over the closure of Strathclyde outdoor centres worsened yesterday when an education official admitted that teachers at one centre had been given only eight days ' warning that they faced losing their posts . |
| 8 | Although Brian claims not to be a ‘ whiz-bang merchant ’ , his build-up to the grand finale , the combustion of a mixture of nitric oxide and carbon disulphide ( which allegedly came close to killing von Liebig when an explosion caused the glass tube containing the mixture , to send shards of glass flying in all directions ) , instilled some trepidation into the audience . |
| 9 | The accident at the graphite moderated , light-water-cooled pressure tube reactor at Chernobyl occurred on 26 April 1986 when an explosion produced an uncontrollable fire which lasted several days and led to vast quantities of radionuclides being lifted high into the atmosphere . |
| 10 | First , there are ideas concerned with the choice of when an individual should enter care . |
| 11 | This may seem a profligate approach , yet just as there are difficulties in defining legal problems so there are difficulties in defining when an individual needs assistance . |
| 12 | The case , on treason charges for alleged violation of the decree governing the transition to civilian rule , was immediately adjourned until June 29 , when an Abuja magistrate granted the five men bail . |
| 13 | A further example is when an organisation which has been trading for many decades finds itself increasingly out of touch with the market and the organisation 's internal culture and style is no longer appropriate to the markets it is trying to address . |
| 14 | These troops have been fighting TITO up till 8 May , when an armistice was agreed on , and by a subterfuge , they have contrived to cross the Drau and accept internment in British prison camps . |
| 15 | The worst case was in July 1989 when an alternator set fell off at around 100mph at Harrow on the main line into Euston and caused a major derailment , fortunately with no more than a few injuries . |
| 16 | The quake was the biggest tremor Erzincan had known since 1939 , when an earthquake killed 30,000 people . |
| 17 | There is a moment when an idea is born , the clash of a flint . |
| 18 | He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him . |
| 19 | The first such green belt was introduced in 1938 , when an Act of Parliament allowed a zone to be established around London . |
| 20 | I think the Court of Bank of Ireland has come up with the greatest riddle since 1782 , when an Act of Parliament established the Bank . |
| 21 | This commodity is always in short supply and it is hard fought for , especially after a general election when an order of priority has to be set in the legislative programme for fulfilling manifesto and other pledges . |
| 22 | The decision as to when an odour will amount to an actionable nuisance at law depends on the whole of the circumstances of the case in question . |
| 23 | The pervading aura of peace was interrupted only in the early 1870s when an army of men carved a railway throughout its length , since when an undisturbed tranquillity has prevailed . |
| 24 | Subsequent years saw further visitations on coastal shires , extending from Somerset in the west to Kent and Essex in the east , and a tribute of £24,000 was paid in 1002 , but the situation seems to have worsened between 1003 and 1006 , when an army led by Swegen burnt Exeter , Wilton , Norwich , Thetford and Wallingford . |
| 25 | It is difficult enough to persuade publicly owned companies to provide bus services to replace rail services when an element of public subsidy is available , at least in theory if not in practice . |
| 26 | Up till now , anyone who was away on holiday when an election was held lost the right to vote , and some people who were away because of their work lost their vote too . |
| 27 | However , contradictory evidence from research into cognitive growth suggests that children often fail to recognise when an instruction or lesson is ambiguous or incomplete . |
| 28 | And in 1990 there were 92 victims when an Air India flight dropped at Bangalore . |
| 29 | I do not think that the House of Commons wants to get into an argument about when an inspection is not an inspection . |
| 30 | A typical example of this type of agreement is when an airport hotel will hold a set number of rooms for the airline pilots and stewards/stewardesses who have stop-overs between flights . |