Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much is sometimes made of the rivalries or jealousies fostered by these networks ; a ‘ revolution ’ occurred in 1974 when the person appointed to head the CNET , Jean-Pierre Souviron , was not , like his predecessors , the product of ENST but of another engineering ‘ grande école ’ — l'Ecole des Mines . |
| 2 | A further change occurred in 1804–5 when the firm 's style was altered to Rundell , Bridge & Rundell following the senior partner 's nephew , Edmond Waller Rundell ( 1768 ? –1857 ) , son of Maria Eliza Rundell [ q.v. ] , being admitted into the business . |
| 3 | The Collection 's first significant expansion occurred in 1966 when the University purchased the remarkable collection of the theatre historian , Dr Richard Southern . |
| 4 | A striking example of this occurred in 1989 when a decision of the Divisional Court interpreting immigration rules was considered by the Treasury Solicitor 's Department to be wrong and too advantageous to the prospective immigrant . |
| 5 | New splits came in 1939 when the signing of the Soviet-German Pact and the outbreak of war created a major division in the American Socialist Workers ' Party . |
| 6 | The introduction he now regards as ‘ inevitable ’ came in 1965 when a friend — who happened to be chairman of the RSPCA 's Leeds branch — asked him if he liked animals . |
| 7 | The opportunity for unification came in 1859 when the Kingdom of Sardinia — the island of Sardinia itself , together with Piedmont , Savoy and territory around Nice — sided with France in a war against Austria . |
| 8 | The death sentence came in 1967 when a majority of members voted the British Phrenological Society into liquidation and most of its valuable library was given to University College , London , and to the University of Cambridge . |
| 9 | It was denied again in Sir John Eliot 's Case ( 1629 ) 3 St Tr 294 , a decision which , however , the Houses never accepted and which , after objections in 1641 and 1667 , they eventually rejected in 1668 when the House of Lords reversed the decision of 1629 and held that there could be no proceedings in respect of words said in Parliament . |
| 10 | The same thing happened in 1984 when the province was denied a fixture against the Wallabies . |
| 11 | The contempt proceedings began in 1987 when the Attorney-General , Sir Patrick Mayhew , alleged that the newspapers ' conduct in publishing material from Spycatcher , the memoirs of former MI5 officer Peter Wright , was intended , or was likely to , thwart the publication ban obtained by the Government in July 1986 against the Guardian and the Observer . |
| 12 | It began in 1756 when a fellow of the Royal Society called James Dodson had a problem . |
| 13 | It began in 1976 when a team of three educationists was appointed . |
| 14 | The saga began in 1985 when a report by the Property Services Agency ( which maintains Crown property ) highlighted the serious corrosion of the spire . |
| 15 | They are the latest development in an initiative which began in 1975 when a group of industry representatives launched the Site Management Education and Training Scheme . |
| 16 | Both sides now were in need of respite ; peace endured until 1369 when the French , refreshed and led by a new and able young monarch , Charles V , confronted the English whose king was on the verge of senility and whose government was divided . |
| 17 | ‘ This all started in 1986 when a handful of residents got together and decided to take action to get better homes . |
| 18 | It all started in 1882 when a number of local worthies , looking for ways of raising money to support Huddersfield Infirmary , decided to hold a ‘ Musical Gathering ’ on the Sunday of Feast Week . |
| 19 | This set in motion the final phase of a project which started in 1988 when the order was invited by the Bishop of Middlesbrough , Augustine Harris to research the pastoral needs of people in the area . |
| 20 | They peaked in 1985 when a record 191,000 petitions for divorce were filed . |
| 21 | Mr Symington was on the board of a savings and loan , as Mr Goddard 's advertisements allege , but he resigned in 1984 when the thrift was still in good shape . |
| 22 | From an aerial view one can still trace the travellers ' ways it had in 1245 when a market grant was made . |
| 23 | It 's the same late '60s Jag and the same Twin that he had in 1980 when The Birthday Party first broke . |