Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lists also show that the Elizabethan era was a period of considerable economic change as the woolstaplers were replaced by the butchers and the tanners ; cattle rather than sheep became the basis of local wealth , especially after 1541 when the disappearance of the Wyggestons removed a family which had dominated the town 's economy for two or three generations . |
| 2 | So in 1818 when a doctor called Herbert was told of a young man living on the island of Fetlar in the Shetland Islands off the north of Scotland who had been deaf and blind from birth , he hastened to see this object of curiosity for himself . |
| 3 | So when does the value come down to zero , well it comes down to zero when the bit we 're taking away is equal to that . |
| 4 | He cut down to five when the policy was introduced , but is back to pre-ban levels . |
| 5 | It was just after nine-thirty when the telephone rang . |
| 6 | Thus in 1802 when a group of spahis called on the Serbs to join them in resisting the dayis very few Serbs responded . |
| 7 | In everyday practice — and CSM does work every day and not just on those when a practolol or a benoxaprofen blows up in its face — this leads to an informality of conduct of business which was carefully cultivated by the late Sir Derrick Dunlop from the earliest days of the Committee on Safety of Drugs , CSM 's forebear . |
| 8 | Gubbins was educated at Battersea Polytechnic , but was taken away at sixteen when the headmaster told his mother that educating him had proved a hopeless task . |
| 9 | This initial stage was taken one step further in 1987 when the Association of Health for the People began working in the community and provided an analysis of the main problems that needed to be addressed , and suggested some solutions — all of which depended upon good communication between the local inhabitants . |
| 10 | Both in 1780 when a divergence between metropolitan radicals and Wyvill 's gentry in the county associations was evident and in 1793–4 with the calling of a British and then an English Convention , the contradictory potentialities of the convention were part of the substance of debate amongst participants . |
| 11 | That 's slightly up on 1991 when the firm sold a total of 5,225 workstations worth £47.9m — 3,855 of which were VAX/VMS workstations worth £33.1m , against just 1,470 Unix systems valued at £47.9m . |
| 12 | In the subsequent period up to 1973 when the rate for the whole economy was 3.7 per cent , the distributive services shot ahead to 4.5 per cent whereas the financial sector trailed at 2.9 per cent and miscellaneous services limped behind at 1.5 per cent . |
| 13 | Ending 20 months of negotiations , the agreement eased the tension between the UK and China over consultation on Hong Kong 's affairs in the period leading up to 1997 when the colony was to revert to Chinese control , and ended the uncertainty over the US$16,200 million airport project , announced in 1989 , whose funding had been threatened by China 's opposition . |
| 14 | Were , I wonder , those same cries heard in the West Country back in 1969 when a 13-year-old made his Minor Counties debut for Somerset IIs ? |
| 15 | The Winant and Clayton scheme dates back to 1948 when a group of young Americans came to Britain to work in youth clubs and parishes . |
| 16 | Santomaso 's links with Peggy Guggenheim date back to 1948 when the artist suggested to Rodolfo Pallucchini , General Secretary of the Venice Biennale , that Peggy Guggenheim 's collection should be exhibited in the Greek Pavilion . |
| 17 | The deals stretch back to 1983 when the council was run by a Conservative-Liberal coalition . |
| 18 | What you are aiming for is something like Fig. 9.3 where the pitch is reduced to around zero when the model is on its side , goes down to negative when inverted , back to zero when the helicopter is on its other side and finally back to normal . |
| 19 | The co-operative ideal dates back to 1844 when a group of Lancashire businessmen — the ‘ Rochdale pioneers ’ — decided to work together , or ‘ co-operate ’ . |
| 20 | The history of a castle on this site dates back to 1231 when a stone castle , or more likely a fortified manor was built by Robert de Tattershall . |
| 21 | The Midland Railway Centre are not averse to diesel traction and 10 years ago in 1982 when the railway was first re-opened former Totton favourite Class 4 ‘ Peak ’ Great Gable owned by the Peak Loco Society became the first preserved diesel to be acquired . |
| 22 | Even in 1990 when the recession had started to bite deeply 46 per cent of employers in a major survey carried out by the Training Agency reported recruiting difficulties ( Guardian 14 September 1990 ) . |
| 23 | Then in 1976 when the sterling bubble burst the constraint took another twist , with a falling exchange rate helping to boost the inflation rate and depress real wages . |
| 24 | It was found there in 1595 when the castle was recaptured from the Turks . |
| 25 | The opportunity arose late in 1988 when the MoD had an urgent need for an RB211 engine — of a specific configuration — for fitting to an RAF transport . |
| 26 | Her liaison with Wyatt continued apace until late in 1990 when the Duchess finally came under official pressure to cool it . |
| 27 | The Association of British Travel Agents said that the 7 per cent base rate — the lowest since 1987 when a record 12 million Britons took package holidays abroad — might persuade people to travel again . |
| 28 | Deciding that captaincy was affecting his batting , he stood down in favour of Fletcher for a season , resuming again in 1989 when the county did well but his own form was fairly ordinary . |
| 29 | The nave was reconstructed in 1838–41 , and again in 1890–7 when the church became Southwark Cathedral . |
| 30 | Therefore in 1879 when the Company were solicited by the Charity Commissioners to nominate some of the Governors under the new Scheme they declined to do so . |