Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in 24 of 40 WFS countries , among women who worked , levels of infant mortality were lower when the mother was employed away from home in anon-farm occupation ( some education and skills ) than when she had not worked at all since marriage . |
| 2 | Note that the package module APCK3 and all its modules were OFFLINE when the procedure was called . |
| 3 | We however went round , and were glad when the circuit was completed . ’ |
| 4 | One person on site was taken to the local hospital complaining of eye irritation but was later discharged and the crew of a vessel in the Humber estuary reported exposure to an irritant cloud , but not ill effects were evident when the crew was checked by a doctor . |
| 5 | We were pleased when the news was good and depressed when it was bad , but first things came first and I suppose we all felt we were doing our bit and that our personal lives were at that moment of secondary importance . |
| 6 | The central square , and its decoration , were absent when the mosaic was uncovered , but the borders as well as the kind and placement of motif in this work alone suggest affinities with the mosaics from North Hill and insula 34 , Colchester . |
| 7 | The glamour of Monte Carlo was renowned so they were overjoyed when a troupe was summoned from England to appear in a special show for Prince Rainier 's father at the Opera House . |
| 8 | Thus , the most a house insurer can be expected to provide in respect of an insurance below the Agreement threshold is confirmation that insurance arrangements were extant when the security was taken . |
| 9 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 10 | It was shortly before ten o clock this mornng that an inmate took a civiliam employee hostage at Woodhill jail in Milton Keynes.Unconfirmed reports say the prisoner was on remand on a robbery charge , but was unarmned when the hostage was taken . |
| 11 | ‘ It was OK when the river was dredged . |
| 12 | Charles found it a strain and was relieved when the meal was over and he felt he could decently leave . |
| 13 | The mortality benefit attributable to aspirin therapy in ISIS-2 was similar when the drug was started 0–4 h ( 25% ) , 5–12 h ( 21% ) , or 13–24 h ( 21% ) after symptom onset . |
| 14 | But I was glad when the dinner was over , and Herbert and I could walk quietly back to our rooms together . |
| 15 | But the 59-year-old , who was sick when the instalment was due , had insurance to cover missed payments . |
| 16 | He was named a commissioner to the high court of justice to try the king , attended its first meeting and most of its sittings , was present when the sentence was read out , and signed the king 's death-warrant . |
| 17 | Pelham was named to the high court of justice to try the king , attended the first meeting on 6 January 1649 , commenced sitting on the court on its first day , 20 January , was one of the most zealous and faithful attenders of sittings ( absent only once ) , was present when the sentence was read out , and signed the king 's death-warrant . |
| 18 | The local manager came down , the provincial manager , and er made the award or was present when the award was made by the T U C C , and er a presentation was , took place on the platform , and er my wife and I had a weekend , we er we er , we had a weekend in er in York . |
| 19 | This Browny 's stone was helpful when the householder was brewing beer , for it hastened the fermentation process with its fairy magic . |
| 20 | It is not clear why the consent of the parties should be a precondition to leapfrog appeals , and the issue was contentious when the Bill was debated in Parliament . |
| 21 | I was shocked when the voting was nine for ( c ) and seven for ( d ) . |
| 22 | Normally , she thoroughly enjoyed her Thursday afternoons ; today , she was thankful when the session was over and the aspiring authors trooped out , clutching their masterpieces and chanting their thanks . |
| 23 | Young Victor , a Romantic from birth , was excited when the family was given free seats for the theatre for every night of its stay , less excited when he found out that the programme never changed , so that it meant sitting through the same melodrama every night for a month . |
| 24 | Newcastle Central Labour MP Jim Cousins said the move by Northumbria Ambulance Service , an NHS Trust , was unacceptable when the organisation was asking the public to support fund-raising efforts . |
| 25 | It is no defence for the director to say that he was absent when the play was performed , unless he can take advantage of the special defence that he did not know , and had no reason to suspect , that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour . |
| 26 | Client particulars given to the firm after the deal is executed to put in the contract note do not identify the intermediary 's client for this purpose ; he was unidentified when the deal was done . |
| 27 | Or , since Johnson was dead when the Journal was published , did he mean that Johnson read the later stages of the manuscript as Boswell worked his way through it ? |
| 28 | The argument was plausible when the franchise was based on property but it is not obvious today . |