Example sentences of "[adj] when [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be fairly clear when looking for something physical , but in trying to find earth energies there are difficulties in determining what comes from the individual and what from the site . |
| 2 | One should n't be narrow-minded when looking for a man 's weakness . ’ |
| 3 | Courier , who took an undistinguished 2-5 Davis Cup record into the match , explained his past failures by saying perhaps he wanted it too much when playing for his country . |
| 4 | Also , because of his terrible sense of direction , he would get lost when hunting for the wrong things and Endill had to spend much of his time searching for him , almost getting lost himself . |
| 5 | You have to be resourceful when catering for larger numbers . |
| 6 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |
| 7 | Predicting when ovulation will take place in advance is important when trying for a baby . |
| 8 | This will be particularly important when recruiting for the new and necessary organisational structures which will be required to address the changed requirements now established by the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
| 9 | Hateley , it was felt , had been overly physical when challenging for the ball . |
| 10 | Beatrice Webb was shocked when working for Booth in 1888 to hear working-class people tease each other about having babies by their fathers and brothers , and discussing the violation of little children . |
| 11 | He got Mummy 's Chair at the opposite end , the natural place for Sladen to look first when asking for comment . |
| 12 | It is essential when planning for negotiations to define in broad terms the stances that will be adopted . |
| 13 | In addition , it is always difficult when looking for very rare events — there is supposed to be only one W secay into electrons or positrons for every 200000 proton-antiproton collisions — to be sure that the large ‘ background ’ from other processes is well enough understood and that it has not ‘ faked ’ the signal required . |
| 14 | With such a healthy list of urgent needs , advice workers might be excused if they become impatient when training for which they can not see an immediate need is imposed upon them . |
| 15 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |
| 16 | Intuitively , one might claim that the need for completeness which is satisfied when are angry is added to residents in ( 2 ) is of the same order as that experienced when waiting for , say , the splash of a stone thrown out over the sea , or for the arrival of food in one 's mouth when one has watched it being prepared . |
| 17 | 3 Be intensely attentive when waiting for answer of imitation . |
| 18 | Three conditions apply : the claimant must be in paid working employment for 16 hours or more a week , suffer from an illness or disability which leaves them disadvantaged when applying for a job and must have recently been getting benefit such as income support , housing or community charge benefit . |
| 19 | No matter how long they had been unemployed , the Girls felt guilty when auditioning for other troupes . |