Example sentences of "when they [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this range of performances rather than any coherent body of theology which most social anthropologists have in mind when they refer to the magico-religious system . |
| 2 | Perhaps for this reason Judaism and Islam , particularly when they refer to the creative power of the god whom they follow , suggest that their deity is in fact the only god who exists and not simply the only god who is to be worshipped : |
| 3 | Conservatives have long held the view that there is too much emphasis on individual rights and not enough on duties , especially when they rail against the self-interested , Westernized attitudes of modern Japanese youth . |
| 4 | Heclo and Wildavsky adopt an anthropological tone when they speak of the British policy-making system in Whitehall concerned with public expenditure as a ‘ village community with a variety of subtle norms about the type of behaviour which is acceptable and unacceptable , praiseworthy and condemnable . |
| 5 | A much quoted observation by one grand old man of German science policy , Professor Heinz Maier Leibnitz , points out that German researchers who have done well in stints in the US tend to stagnate when they return to the German system . |
| 6 | So when they come across the first element of mystery which they can not understand , they conclude that Christianity is not rational after all . |
| 7 | We need to be able to take deliveries at all times of the day and it is very difficult to dictate to carriers , especially when they come from the other end of the country , what time they can deliver . |
| 8 | That is why the goods for which we are responsible are being labelled in Russian when they go to the former Soviet Union . |
| 9 | In Britain , archaeology has thrown a great deal of light on the Dark Ages : but British students , when they turn to the ninth-century Continent , are in for a disappointment , for relatively little has been done . |
| 10 | They pop up and over it , and when they land on the other side and they slow down a bit . |
| 11 | The following diagram should illustrate through a simplified example : Inhabitants of Caloria Inhabitants of Frigorix Good at fishing Grow crops Reliant on fossil fuels Use solar power for all machinery When they get to the new planet , Terra Nova , they find that the fish are abundant , but the soil wo n't support crops ; although the sun shines , there are no fossil fuels — so if the groups are going to survive they will need to share their technology and skills . |
| 12 | He said cyclists should get off their bikes and walk when they get to the High Street . |
| 13 | they tend to drift away when they get to the last year anyway , you know ? |
| 14 | After hours of learning to hook the ball from the tee , when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade . |
| 15 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 16 | AFTER narrowly failing to win the European Cup Winners ' Cup last season , Havant take on an even harder task when they compete in the European Cup in Amsterdam this weekend . |
| 17 | I think if you go back a hundred years the problems in British culture were much worse , but nonetheless I do think there 's a tremendous arrogance around in modern so-called civilized Britain , and particularly when they talk about the ancient civilization of Israel , I just think that they were a far more humane nation than we are . |
| 18 | ‘ I shall be demanding that we have a full explanation from Department of Trade and Industry officials when they appear before the public accounts committee to be cross-examined on this report on December 4 . ’ |
| 19 | When they meet at the final masking , the atmosphere is again one of ceremony and solemnity , and they speak verse to each other ( V.iv.72–83 ) . |
| 20 | Some become associated in our minds when they recur in the same order . |
| 21 | Ask voters to say what comes to mind when they think of the Labour Party and a large proportion mention , ‘ the unions ’ , ‘ strikes ’ , ‘ the winter of discontent ’ , and ‘ the three-day week ’ , even though this last event occurred under Mr Heath . |
| 22 | While short-term separation of parent and child under favourable circumstances is unlikely to be damaging to the child , long-term separations can have more serious effects , particularly when they occur in the first three to four years of the child 's life . |
| 23 | Bolinger points out furthermore that the use of the to infinitive after verbs of perception when they shift to the inferential sense fits into an overall pattern with the object + infinitive construction . |
| 24 | So we er , schools can approach us as the Engineering Council and say , we 'd like some help , and quite obviously , they all want some help when they look at the actual syllabus of a design and technology itself ! |
| 25 | Similarly , the harmful beings see meat when they look upon the human body , the human ‘ soul ’ ( ruwai ) , or human smell , and they will also set about trying to catch these . |
| 26 | If and when they work on the tacit assumption or make such a blatant assertion as that , that there is no longer any poverty , because it is not true and unless and until it is true neither they nor we have got any right to be content . |
| 27 | Some committee clerks come to have an important role , especially when they work with the same committee and the same chairman for some time . |