Example sentences of "[noun pl] when they [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Moshe Aumann concluded from original British figures that in 1948 Jews owned 8.6 per cent of the land and Arabs 20.2 per cent ; of which , he claimed , 16.9 per cent was abandoned by Arabs when they thought the neighbouring Arab armies were going to destroy Israel .
2 The two former East Germans were the butt of jokes when they entered the tiny 594cc car in one of the toughest tests for both man and machine .
3 One solution is to assume that , since all men are in their most basic attributes ultimately alike and use similar mental processes , then they must mean the same things when they employ the same symbols and metaphors .
4 One way this is done is to project the internal situation into current real situations when they symbolise the internal situation .
5 Attfield and Duck ( 1982 ) found that they could reject the rational expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates when they applied the above model to three-monthly , five-yearly and ten-yearly rates of interest in the UK .
6 The 158s will revolutionise the trans-Pennine routes when they push the 156s away on to other lines .
7 SCOTTISH Universities will be represented by one of their strongest ever women 's sides when they meet the Scottish President 's select in the annual challenge match at the Pleasance , Edinburgh University , tomorrow , writes Sandy Sutherland .
8 ‘ We believe it will help to stop children becoming lager louts when they reach the right age to be allowed to drink . ’
9 It had started filling with coins when they played the popular Eine Kleine Nachtmusik .
10 The McGimpsey brothers hit the headlines when they took the Irish government to court over the Republic 's constitutional claim to Northern Ireland .
11 The emergency team made Echo front page headlines when they rescued the 27-year-old mother and her eight-month-old son .
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