Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the time when it " in BNC.

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1 In December 1927 , while he was in the midst of his darkness , and in june 1928 when he was better , the House of Commons rejected a proposal , carried by large majorities in the Church bodies , for a new prayer book , which was the old prayer book , from the age of King Charles II , modestly revised in a pastoral spirit long after the time when it needed revision .
2 Sometimes a feature of the Constitution is discerned as such only at the time when it has just ceased to have much relevance .
3 To break up the Union now would diminish our influence for good in the world , just at the time when it is most needed .
4 For the first time population could increase with a declining grain price and a less than commensurate food output , subsisting on grain imports paid for by manufactures ; ‘ It is one of the most striking ironies of intellectual history that Malthus should have fashioned his analysis just at the time when it was about to cease to be applicable to the country in which he lived ’ ( Wrigley 1986 ) .
5 ( 2 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(2) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the liability of the institution to him in respect of — ( a ) the principal amount of each sterling deposit which was made by him with a United Kingdom office of the institution before the making of the administration order and which under the terms on which it was made is or becomes due or payable while the order is in force ; and ( b ) accrued interest on any such deposit up to the time when it is or becomes due and payable as aforesaid ; but so that the total liability of the institution to him in respect of such deposits does not exceed £20,000 .
6 Although I would have kept all the notes and drafts and I could , therefore , reconstruct how a poem is written , it 's my experience that once it 's been written it 's very hard for me to imagine back to the time when it was n't written .
7 ‘ ( 1 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(1) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the total liability of the institution to him immediately before the time when it becomes insolvent , limited to a maximum of £20,000 , in respect of the principal amounts of and accrued interest on sterling deposits made with United Kingdom offices of the institution .
8 There were , however , some lusty singers among his parishioners , and he looked forward to the time when it might prove possible to fill the chancel with an unsurpliced choir .
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