Example sentences of "[adj] when [art] number " in BNC.
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1 | Even then abolition was not completed until the early 1890s when the number of landless and dispossessed peasants and rural labourers increased dramatically . |
2 | Werner Reichert , of Egremont Road , Whitehaven , joined the Company in 1950 when a number of skilled German weavers were recruited and is now only one of two left . |
3 | The effects of post-war social trends became visible by 1952 when the number of Tutorial Classes and University Sessional classes declined relatively as the number of Terminal courses increased . |
4 | The friction which has always existed between the two camps was made worse in the early 1970s when a number of colleges of art , some of them of considerable distinction , were swallowed up by polytechnics . |
5 | It is , however , correct that these percentages were at their highest in the 1970s when the number of strikers was also at its highest . |
6 | Bill Glazier was Palace 's aptly named and superb goalkeeper throughout most of our sojourn in Division Three , 1961–64 , and he was ever-present during our praiseworthy recovery under Dick Graham in the second half of 1962–63 , then in the magnificent promotion season of 1963–64 when the number of goals conceded was easily the lowest in our Division . |
7 | It was worked by various tenants until the 1730s when a number of owners culminated with the well-known family of Painswick clothiers , the Packers . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The first bombs to fall on any British deaf school happened the day the war broke out at Margate on 3rd September 1939 when a number of incendiary bombs landed in the school grounds . |
10 | Although not a new phenomenon abroad , occurrences of listeria were relatively rare in Britain until 1989 when the number of cases rose to an estimated 800 , one third of which were pregnant women . |