Example sentences of "when [pers pn] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither are the risks merely physical when she encourages a direct association between looking at her art and consuming food and drink , but the vast array of psychological dynamics which can motivate purchases as humble as a cup of coffee guarantees that the decision to choose one bar over another is often less casual than browsing through galleries . |
| 2 | Marie gets all excited when she gets a good idea — suddenly she 's all full of energy and she ca n't sit still . |
| 3 | The time might come when she arranges a small dinner party , produces an ‘ impossible ’ soufflé or a perfect pavlova and surprises herself even more than she surprises her friends . |
| 4 | Her ‘ tubular ’ voice production has the merit of keeping the voice steady , and it sometimes rivets attention , especially when she takes a high note with an especially clean attack as she does in the love music of Act 1 . |
| 5 | The Nordic ski touring community in Scotland is a friendly one , and Angela gives notice of this in her book , when she acknowledges a healthy exchange of information between skiers from all over the country . |
| 6 | When she requires a new cooker , she begs for a small loan from the Department of Social Security . |
| 7 | A naive bee carried to the feeder from the hive and placed on the food source will circle repeatedly after taking on a load of sugar water as if ‘ studying ’ the source , and yet when she returns a few minutes later she will be unable to choose the correct feeder colour . |
| 8 | Cheryl smiles when she notices a different shade of wool on one sleeve of a cardigan . |
| 9 | GLAMOROUS grannie Barbara Flanagan never has to shop around when she fancies a new outfit she simply reaches into her stocks of material and rustles something up . |
| 10 | Glamorous grandmother Barbara Flanagan never has to shop around when she fancies a new outfit — she simply reaches in her stocks of material and rustles something up . |
| 11 | If you want your child to be kind , let him know how pleased you are when he shares sweets or acknowledge her deed when she comforts a younger child who is crying . |
| 12 | When it detects a significant change in one of the parameters , it faxes a message to the nearest NRA regional control room . |
| 13 | The DTI often receives criticism of these , yet little by way of praise when it nips a fraudulent trading operation firmly in the bud . |
| 14 | The Japanese retail conglomerate Takashimiya Co Ltd may be in for a bitter disappointment when it opens a commercial art gallery in its new North American flagship design-speciality store on 23 April . |
| 15 | Nowhere is the siren song of conservation more difficult to resist than when it combines a sentimental appeal to make a restoration project out of every down-at-heel relic , with the coded suggestion that it might even be a retail money-spinner in its own right if properly marketed by a curator and a press officer with a gift shop and a T-shirt designer on hand . |
| 16 | This would require that , in certain cases , a merger should be allowed even when it gives a combined share of more than 25 per cent of the European market . |
| 17 | It manifests an explicit intent to do so when it places a privative clause in a statute empowering a tribunal . |
| 18 | Ideally , the file designer will aim to reduce the time taken to reference this index ; however , when it exceeds a certain threshold value described earlier , a master index , which has one entry for each track of the cylinder index , can be created to reduce the total search time as described above . |
| 19 | Find the torque which tends to align the rotor in the arrangement shown in Fig. 4.20 with 0 = 45° and 135° , ( i ) when the rotor carries no current , and ( ii ) when it carries a direct current of 2 A. The rotor inductance is 1 H and the stator inductance has maximum and minimum values 1 H and 0.2 H. Assume that periodic inductances vary in a sinusoidal manner and that the coils are perfectly coupled when they are in line . |
| 20 | In the following example , the question-tag is ‘ are n't they ’ ; when it has a falling tone , as in ( a ) , the implication is said to be that the speaker is comparatively certain that the information is correct , and simply expects the listener to provide confirmation , while the rising tone in ( b ) is said to indicate a lesser degree of certainty , so that the question-tag functions more like a request for information . |
| 21 | Information is relevant when it has a significant effect on our assumptions : in other words , when it will allow us to alter our knowledge structures to give us a more accurate representation of the world . |
| 22 | But a state does act that way when it accepts a Solomonic checkerboard solution ; it is inconsistency in principle among the acts of the state personified that integrity condemns . |
| 23 | More interestingly , the company is also to begin casting its nets in other waters when it introduces a new range of productivity tools under the name of Deskworks , in June , something it has talked about for ages . |
| 24 | For when he seeks a particular type of person to assist him in a particular way , he can be assured that the recruitment professional will not waste his time or energy in introducing unsuitable candidates for consideration , but that he will be given details of only the right sort of person for the required position . |
| 25 | when he gets another job when he gets a proper job , when he 's employed it 'll stop . |
| 26 | When he meets a voluptuous pharmacist ( Stefania Sandrelli ) , he is astonished when she pursues him . |
| 27 | Thus could a parent make a fairly reasonable answer which would acknowledge that the child is not silly , and has a perfect right to be treated in an adult way when he asks a serious question . |
| 28 | He is revered locally , and especially by Mrs Joe , as a man of great sagacity and judiciousness but is , in fact , a pompous , self-satisfied fool , who bullies Pip as a child but fawns upon him when he becomes a young man of fortune , and postures as the ‘ founder of his fortunes ’ since he had been the means of introducing Pip to Miss Havisham 's . |
| 29 | As for Giggs — he is good but clearly over-rated : i go mad when papers/commentaries starts whining about him when he does a little trick or two and starting with the ‘ world class ’ and ‘ new George Best ’ stuff . |
| 30 | When he initiates a new advertising campaign he takes a risk . |