Example sentences of "[adj] [is] when [art] [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.

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1 DUCK HOOK : This is when a ball is mishit and flies very low and fast while veering rapidly to the left , usually landing the unfortunate player in terrible trouble .
2 This is when the labyrinth is developing and the young babies , which are about 1cm long by this time , are taking their first of air .
3 This is when the rootstock is simply planted into the vineyard in the autumn and , in the following March , the scion is grafted on to those vines which have taken .
4 This is when the pupil is still coming to terms with using a low vision aid and is not yet skilful in its use , but needs to read text and notes that are too advanced in content to be available in the large print of junior and early reading books .
5 The day not to get it entirely wrong is when the guy 's actually knocking at your door and say , ‘ Speak to me . ’
6 The first of these is when the teacher is asked to do a manageable job , where he is working within his intellectual capacity and has that confidence which proceeds from really knowing more about what he is teaching than the children do .
7 The time at which these two factors must be present is when the statement is made .
8 unforeseen or , or knowing expenditure , what is unforeseen is when the expenditure is going to occur
9 With " freeze frame " , that is when the picture is frozen on the screen , the picture is steady and clear .
10 ‘ The most fascinating part of any business is the early days , because that 's when every experience is a new experience . ’
11 And when they 're all together , that that 's when the problem is .
12 That 's when the name is chosen .
13 Erm when the when that 's when the sun 's directly
14 That 's when the festival is in the park .
15 not because that 's the best day for them to be in to do their work , er it 's not , erm but because that 's when the meeting is .
16 That 's that 's when the trouble is .
17 that 's when the season 's in
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