Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [adj] [noun] when they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marxists use the term in this way when they talk about the ideology of the ruling class . |
| 2 | Similarly , the families of the mentally ill need help in sudden emergencies when they can not cope with a very disturbed relative , general help in understanding and accepting the nature of the disorder and support if they have to make difficult decisions such as agreeing to the compulsory admission of a severely disturbed relative to hospital . |
| 3 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 4 | This strategy is not the whole solution ; for example , external reviewers may be reluctant to identify under-resourcing as a serious quality problem , when they know that additional resources are not available , just as juries would not convict for lamb-stealing in eighteenth-century England when they knew conviction would lead to death . |
| 5 | There is evidence of criminality and psychotic behaviour in some hyper-kinetics when they reach adulthood , so it is advisable to try to sort out the problem sooner rather than later . |
| 6 | If a thing is objectively so for one choice of means it is so for another ; it is a contradiction to estimate the capabilities of a subject class or race in one way when they are tractable and in another when they are not . |
| 7 | She spoke English easily , and talked to the Emperor in that language when they wished not to be understood . |
| 8 | Well , we have our own gifts , but the presentation of food is not one of them , and since French cooks and food purveyors so often appear to lose the lightness of their touch in this respect when they leave their native land and settle abroad , one can only conclude that the special stimulant which brings these gifts into flower is in the air of France itself . |
| 9 | It is increasingly difficult for the relatives of the elderly sick to obtain even respite care in many hospitals when they themselves need a rest . |
| 10 | " How are you getting on ? " she asked the widow in some trepidation when they met . |
| 11 | Probably these seemingly unintelligent mares were unable to find shelter in such weather when they were young , and now as older horses they put up with such conditions out of habit — a habit that is not conducive to the best health of the horse . |
| 12 | It 's like a scrum in that cabin when they set off , |