Example sentences of "when they are [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both speakers and writers find this useful when they are referring to two things , one animate , one inanimate . |
| 2 | Rare , even bizarre , circumstances aside , it never profits a monopolist to do more when customers are signaling for less , or less when they are signaling for more ’ . |
| 3 | Often , he says , ecosystems are at their most diverse when they are shifting from one state to another , as the dominant types are temporarily swept aside , and many other , perhaps more specialist species , take over the vacant niches . |
| 4 | Beginners often make the mistake of looking down when they are moving from one position to another , thus breaking the cardinal first rule of combat , which is never to take your eyes off your opponent . |
| 5 | And when they are listening in this way to check their theories they have a real purpose in listening . |