Example sentences of "when it [vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a gruesome and appalling thought to us ; it seems a reversal of the true principles of nature , and yet , how can it be , when it occurs as a common phenomenon ? |
| 2 | The short /α/; rules , however , are formally identical to those for /Ε/:; /α/; is realized as a short vowel near [ a ] when it occurs before a voiceless stop or sonorant + voiceless obstruent , for example in pot , font ; both /Ε/; and /α/,; therefore , show patterns of overlap with /a/ in these environments and , under certain conditions , in polysyllables , as we shall see below . |
| 3 | In one sense ( typically , when it occurs before a countable noun , meaning ‘ an unknown individual ’ ) it has the strong form : ‘ I think some animal broke it ’ It is also used before uncountable nouns ( meaning ‘ an unspecified amount of ’ ) and before other nouns in the plural ( meaning ‘ an unspecified number of ’ ) , in such uses it has the weak form . |
| 4 | The difference is still more striking when it occurs in the same work , e.g. Arnold von Bruck 's ‘ O du armer Judas ’ ( published by Hans Ott of Nuremberg in his collection of 121 newe Lieder , 1534 ) which ends with a Kyrie : |
| 5 | In the primary school , drama is most successful when it emerges as a natural development from children 's play . |
| 6 | And what it does really is keep the belt firm so when it goes on the former it keeps it firm . |
| 7 | When it goes into the joint account . |
| 8 | The 348 to 123 vote , a majority of 225 , is likely to provide irresistible pressure on the Cabinet when it decides within the next few weeks whether to press ahead with the necessary legislative changes . |
| 9 | Everything going into the hole dust clouds , light beams , stars , spacecraft , you anything crossing the boundary sphere marking the edge of the hole — it gets crushed out of existence when it arrives at the central point of the hole . ’ |
| 10 | Space craft goes up and when it gets to a certain height above the earth it just goes round and round and round . |
| 11 | When it gets to the last line the beam shoots back to the top . |
| 12 | and when it gets to the chasing teddy bears you 've got to run as fast as you can , so you 'd better move out of the way |
| 13 | It is sometimes suggested that a justified true belief can be knowledge when it derives from a reliable method ( see Goldman , 1976 ; Armstrong , 1973 , ch. 13 ; Swain , 1981 ) . |
| 14 | When it emanates from the European Commission in Brussels and casts confusion among Europe 's biggest monopolists , puzzlement is added to dazzlement . |
| 15 | I 'm the one who 'll have a row with the carpark attendant , but when it comes to a real crisis , she 's very tough . |
| 16 | This may , of course , be intentional since there is a 65 kilogram limit on baggage , and this depends on the C of G which requires some careful calculation when it comes to a full load , baggage and fuel . |
| 17 | King 's son , Martin Luther King III , an elected county commissioner , said yesterday he had heard that the FBI and the CIA routinely spied on his father , but ‘ when it comes to an extensive military intelligence operation with Green Berets and U-2 planes , that 's frightening . ’ |
| 18 | A right little pedant she can be , when it comes to an intellectual argument . |
| 19 | The council will always find money for whatever suits it , but when it comes to the elderly — the most vulnerable in our society — they always play ducks and drakes . |
| 20 | When it comes to the internal politics of Republican Spain , however , disagreement abounds . |
| 21 | When it comes to the technical content of the legislation , if this falls within chartered accountants ' competence , then the Institute is probably as successful in its lobbying as comparable bodies such as the Law Society or the CBI . |
| 22 | When it comes to the actual physical materialisation of substances such as oil , ash or gold leaf , Bohm admits that , although he does not reject the observations out of hand , even the most exploratory science comes to a standstill . |
| 23 | Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls . |
| 24 | This mafia have the best of all worlds when it comes to the macabre — from guns to medieval poisons , manifestations of the latter used in a superb makeup job for the death of the Duke . |
| 25 | However , when it comes to the central problem faced by the Secretary of State and his colleagues — that of being re-elected — their only solution is to throw money at it , providing that it is not their money or that of their supporters but taxpayers ' money . |
| 26 | Although this is n't up to the standard of the Lotus add-in for placement of graphics on-screen , at least it 's slightly more accurate when it comes to the final report . |
| 27 | And once again , it brings into focus the curious contradiction of Europe where , when it comes to the final analysis , countries like France , which spend so much time preaching about European unity , find themselves unable to act in the mutual interest of the community . |
| 28 | When it comes to the second aspect — marketing the services offered by departments — it is possible to content that ‘ top management does not understand what marketing is or its importance to an organisation 's success . |
| 29 | Very little work has been done in this field but there has been sufficient to reveal that the refinement of economic theory ( especially in terms of mathematical sophistication ) is akin to fashioning scalpels to cut through jungle when it comes to the real world of policy-making [ Graham , 1975 ] . |
| 30 | Leadership , as Keane says , ‘ resembles a blind and arrogant monarch when it comes to the real issues ’ . |