Example sentences of "[adv] when they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when they become international players do they become the responsibility of international coaches . |
| 2 | After a career spanning Ipswich , Sunderland and Carlisle he now turns out ‘ only when they 've eight men ’ for the Oak , a love of the game that failed to prevent the pub team finishing bottom of their league . |
| 3 | Only when they captured last season 's Royal Liver League crown did prospects of All Ireland glory come into the equation . |
| 4 | Secondly , and much more importantly , politicians , industrialists and the powerful in general , must realise that you can persuade people that risks are acceptable , only when they have enough information to decide for themselves . |
| 5 | urge people to press on with the task in hand especially when they have second thoughts |
| 6 | D/BOs find many advantages in ‘ dealing with one man ’ , especially when they find this type of contract eliminates two of the most ‘ controversial ’ areas of construction dispute . |
| 7 | ‘ Repairs to Bentley Continentals are notoriously expensive , alas , especially when they involve major damage to the bodywork . |
| 8 | They have the opportunity to do so when they meet next week , ironically in New Zealand . |
| 9 | They are mostly national associations affiliated to larger organizations , and they perform best when they have definite functions and aims , and are supported by an enthusiastic nucleus of personnel with similar motivation . |
| 10 | His Lordship concluded that the company could restrain the receivers from proceeding further when they had sufficient assets to redeem the receivership , and if there was a serious issue to be tried as to whether that point had been reached , then an injunction could be granted . |
| 11 | Australia , who had set Sri Lanka 522 to win after declaring their second innings at 513 for five , appeared to be coasting home when they took three wickets before lunch to reduce the touring side to 208 for six . |
| 12 | They 'd cruised past when they arrived that afternoon , just after four o'clock , and seen Tommy standing on the doorstep . |
| 13 | In small birds it can hardly be rendered except as a blur of wings ; we can sometimes see their wingspread clearly when they threaten each other or quarrel at bird tables . |
| 14 | Weighing on a weekly basis reduces the likelihood that people will weigh themselves obsessionally every day and reassures the women with bulimia that weight does not necessarily go up when they eat three meals a day . |
| 15 | The whales were coated with oil , picked up when they entered Alaskan waters on their summer migration from Mexico and California , to feed in the rich northern waters . |
| 16 | He skipped out when they sent old Polgar to the chokey , eh ? ’ |
| 17 | Usually , a stallion drives his sons out when they reach sexual maturity ( the fillies wander off , to be snapped up by some lucky bachelor ) ; but some stallions will allow their sons to stay on for years , co-opting their help in defensive action or mare-collecting raids . |
| 18 | I mean one can wash often when they have that convenience . |
| 19 | The problem is that it is highly improbable that a group of patients with brain injury constitute a natural kind , even when they display similar symptoms on some test or other . |
| 20 | Before the end of the seventh century the black-figure convention had been accepted by Attic vase-painters to the virtual exclusion of any other , even when they painted flat plaques analogous in intention to the wooden ones . |
| 21 | Many feel that so called rebel tours such as the one lead by Mike Gatting in 1982 did more harm than good.Cricketers were accused of sacrificing sport and principles chasing sizeable pay cheques and on their return were unrepentant even when they got three year bans from international cricket . |
| 22 | East African Asian children are sent for assessment even when they speak fluent English … |
| 23 | Throughout the electorate the swing to the Conservatives was stronger amongst those who generally had relatively little interest in politics ; amongst those who did not tune in to watch highbrow television or radio news ; amongst those without professional qualifications ; and amongst those who , despite stating a party preference in 1986 , none the less denied being party ‘ supporters ’ — we can call them politically ‘ uncommitted ’ — even when they had political preferences . |
| 24 | Female graduates facing ever-increasing competition were often passed over in favour of their male classmates even when they possessed better qualifications . |
| 25 | Sometimes , in hospital , patients are not given underwear , even when they wear outer clothes , so that toileting is easier . |
| 26 | Yet even when they see Japanese methods being successfully introduced to this country , British managers are still reluctant to accept that they too could try co-operation with the workforce in place of confrontation . |
| 27 | There are , of course , other forces at work in the global system , and in some respects global capitalism has had to come to terms with these , particularly when they become opposing forces . |
| 28 | Anything that the likes of Switzerland and Portugal can do to hinder their own progress is to be welcomed by Roxburgh and Brown , particularly when they meet each other in Berne on 31 March . |
| 29 | Very few people knew that yet I was there when they opened poor Catherine 's dumpy body and took out her heart . |
| 30 | I think a lot of people feel vaguely when they see two duffers marrying that the duffers must prefer it that way . |