Example sentences of "[adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The disk is pentagonal , disk diameter up to 10 mm ; the skin covering has numerous rounded thin scales embedded in it , usually most conspicuous when the specimen is slightly dried . |
| 2 | THE voters of Langbaurgh are likely to be campaign-weary when the time comes to place their cross . |
| 3 | They 'd just set foot back in the ship proper when the burst of machine gun fire rooted them to the spot . |
| 4 | A hoax is a hoax , of course , but it seems different when the phoney says he is Balenciaga 's grandson . |
| 5 | So I think there is something qualitatively different when the subject , or perhaps more appropriately the object of sexual harassment are women . |
| 6 | Underachievement , however , means something rather different when the focus of educational concern is black pupils . |
| 7 | Things are somewhat different when the institution or profession is itself new . |
| 8 | ‘ It was OK when the river was dredged . |
| 9 | Bartlett 's ideas on schemata became popular when the development of computers meant that theories of this type could be programmed ( e.g. Minsky , 1975 ; Rumelhart , 1975 ; Schank , 1976 ) . |
| 10 | If the records popular when the University first opened are recognisable to us , it 's only because they have recently enjoyed their third or fourth revival in the charts . |
| 11 | Peasants may have been keen to enlist because they were genuinely patriotic , but their mood was invariably febrile when the throne changed hands . |
| 12 | Can one only get it fresh when the ferry comes over ? ’ |
| 13 | It 's even more exciting when the book in question is about Willy , the marvellous character he created in Willy The Wimp . |
| 14 | If it were clear when a party has formed an intention to incur legal obligation , if a person did commonly define the obligation he desired to assume in terms which left little doubt as to its nature , it would be unnecessary , and indeed merely foolish , to require an additional test of that intention . |
| 15 | Things are made clear when the discussion turns to the progress of the Access Group . |
| 16 | The role of the probation service became clear when the Home Office published , in 1988c , Tackling Offending — An Action Plan ' , a document setting out how these proposals could be put into practice . |
| 17 | It is not at all clear when the money stented for the repair of the bridges and the enclosing of the churchyards was paid and the work completed . |
| 18 | Although it was not clear when the equipment would arrive at North Tees , managers hoped it would be installed in good time for Christmas . |
| 19 | The reason for this will become clear when the fossil faunas are examined , for post-depositional breakage of the upper and lower jaws often removes any evidence of the jaws themselves so that only the teeth are left to provide an indication of the former numbers of jaws , and this index attempts to take this into account . |
| 20 | The etymological connection between ‘ pure ’ , ‘ purge ’ and ‘ purgatory ’ becomes clear when the word is understood in this context . |
| 21 | To leap clear when the hill-top |
| 22 | The system provides several different types of room racks with innovations and signals that can provide information for the receptionists ; for example , pockets can have a centre window with two-colour sliding signals which can be moved to show red when the room has been assigned , yellow when the room is ‘ on change ’ and clear when the room is ready for letting . |
| 23 | All became clear when the jeep was unloaded at the other end . |
| 24 | It is not clear when the right actually arises , nor whether its basis is the sovereign will of the treaty parties or the assent of the third party . |
| 25 | However , the effect of paternal age is clear when the age of mother is controlled . |
| 26 | Note that the package module APCK3 and all its modules were OFFLINE when the procedure was called . |
| 27 | As the fortunes of the mine declined we discover him during 1877 paid as " John Latham and boys " with his account as low as £31 for a month ; a far cry from the 1840's-1860's when the dressing staff of old men , women , boys and girls averaged 100 and their total wages ranged from £142 to £241 . |
| 28 | They would be staggered when the engagement was broken off , and suddenly Alyssia found herself not caring overmuch for their reaction . |
| 29 | The thing that alwaysd impressed me was his ability to stay calm when the going got tough |
| 30 | It always seems funny when a Rottweiler guards for the first time , barking loudly , usually backing off , not quite sure if he is doing the right thing . |