Example sentences of "[conj] when it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A stream ends either when it reaches the edge of the grid or when it joins another stream . |
| 2 | Iceland says that when it resumes commercial whaling , as it intends to do , it will withdraw its objections to the cull grenade ban . |
| 3 | It may be argued that there is nothing too morally reprehensible about this in many areas of our public life : but when it affects life-and-death issues , such as Northern Ireland , the idea of making legislation on internment , for example , subject to back-room bargains struck at Westminster , is one which would stick in the throats of many voters . |
| 4 | Rubin , the designers of all Soviet nuclear submarines , says leakage of plutonium from corroded nuclear torpedoes is not expected to start until 1995 or 1996 , but when it starts strong currents could disperse the contamination over distances of up to 100 kilometres . |
| 5 | I am quite sure that the Moderator and his colleagues will be able to withstand any theological attack directed by the Rev. Ian Paisley , but when it approaches physical violence this is another matter . |