Example sentences of "[adj] occasion when [art] " in BNC.
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1 | On the few occasions when a particularly serious accident involving great loss of life or a very large aircraft occurs , the Secretary of State will order a public inquiry . |
2 | While this does not appear to be such an earth shattering decision , it is one of the few occasions when a coroner 's action has been criticised . |
3 | On the few occasions when the wind was not blowing a gale , the fog descended like a shroud . |
4 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
5 | Of the six occasions when the government 's continuation in office has depended on the votes of an opposition party , five have lasted less than 30 months . |
6 | In the thirty-two years that have passed since Suez , there have only been four such occasions when the wheel has been put over : |
7 | On four separate occasions when the problems involved finance , Willi had somehow managed to wheedle an emergency sum from the Gemeinderat . |
8 | There are many occasions when no drink at all should be the rule , particularly when driving , operating machinery or taking certain medicines . |
9 | There are many occasions when a particle bait will outfish any other . |
10 | That had been the first of many occasions when a baby in her care collapsed suddenly and surprisingly , said Mr Goldring . |
11 | Certainly , within time , group equilibrium or balance will return , but there are many occasions when the cost of the group 's disequilibrium is greater than the cost of not removing that member . |
12 | The facts of political geography are alone sufficient to suggest that there might be many occasions when the Duke of Aquitaine found himself at odds with the Taillefers and the Lusignans . |
13 | Of course , there are many occasions when the product is similar or identical with the competition . |
14 | Of course , there will be many occasions when the request is a direct result of your own work and you will not need to be quite so suspicious . |
15 | There are also many occasions when the two bear no apparent relation to each other . |
16 | Indeed , there have been many occasions when the pcak has been a virtual life-saver in providing component parts for logotypes and so on . |
17 | The fieldworker , Gary Armstrong , already well known to many core fans prior to the formal start of this research , is collecting data not only on minor and major incidents of violence by fans , but also and as importantly , on the more frequent occasions when the same young men gather simply to enjoy football or one another 's company . |
18 | " Connection " does not help explain those occasions when the normal party alignment broke down . |
19 | There have been five occasions when the Man of the Match award went to a player on the losing side : David Houghton of Zimbabwe has been the unfortunate soul to be on the losing team twice . |
20 | Her problem behaviour was specific to family lunch at weekends and holidays , the only occasions when the whole family sat down together at the table . |
21 | On 36 occasions , the patients were treated with 300 mg ursodeoxycholic acid/day , which resulted in a recurrence rate of 32 ( 18 ) % by LTA at seven and subsequent years , compared with 69 ( 12.4 ) % on the 60 occasions when no post-dissolution treatment was given ( p<0.01 ) . |
22 | In an attempt to show the House at work , many types of business have been covered , not just the big occasions when the House is full . |
23 | The agony of An Outcast of the Islands is heightened by several occasions when the meeting of eyes between those who have been in love is one of terrifying intensity . |
24 | My advice was sought on several occasions when the family did not know how to cope with quite serious problems concerning the behaviour of one of them . |
25 | Lithuania 's cause was helped by some ropey Northern Ireland defending , and several occasions when the midfield dropped back too far , causing a traffic-jam in the last third of the pitch . |
26 | It is possible to illustrate this by selecting at random two occasions when the field-worker accompanied policemen in their vehicles and cataloguing the calls they attended . |
27 | Feelings of xenophobia — a fear or hatred of the foreigner — can so readily by whipped up , turning friendly sporting occasions when the ‘ hype ’ has been too great , when the passions have run too high and the pervading atmosphere has been too intense . |
28 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
29 | There are rare occasions when a skilled contestant can turn the rigidity of a doctrine against the proponent of that doctrine — like the devil quoting scripture . |
30 | There are other comparatively rare occasions when the seller 's solicitors prepare the draft . |