Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pickwick as you know we sold er , during the year , or sorry when the year ended , this year . |
| 2 | A good caddie also has to be something of a psychologist , knowing when to cajole his player into making a better effort ; calming him down when he 's just three-putted or blazed a drive into the rough ; or steadying him up from being over-confident or over-zealous when the adrenalin is flowing after a couple of good holes . |
| 3 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 4 | It is difficult to tell whether they are disappointed or pleased when the expected end seems delayed . |
| 5 | If a certificate is found not to be conclusive or final when the contract or terms of reference say it should be , that finding will provide good grounds for challenge . |
| 6 | It was later than usual when the lord of Parfois came . |
| 7 | Feeling more put out than embarrassed when the theatre management turned them away , the six complained that they had understood that ‘ you had to be in the nude in order to get in ’ . |
| 8 | But she was less than pleased when the truth finally came out . |
| 9 | If the tests were truly designed for the control of ‘ anti-social influences in the arts ’ , as the Report said , then how could the law seem other than misconceived when a decade or more of legal scrutiny and barristers ' banter had been publicly squandered on the anti-social potential of pubic hair , the peculiar dangers of which seemed clearer to the police than to juries . |
| 10 | The bottom notes have often been maligned in textbooks , but , as a matter of fact , they are rich and luscious and admirable when the dynamic force is mf or more . |
| 11 | She is usually just trying to be friendly and helpful and supportive when the love crazed imbecile is trying to explain that his wife does n't understand him … ( yawn ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Societies should always be aware when they are launched that life is not always sweetness and light when the pressure is on and constitutions should be framed so that disputes do arrive the framework for settlement already exists . |
| 14 | I had space , my own front door and key , privacy when the door was shut and light when the weather was bright . |
| 15 | It seemed so quick and easy when the time came that she wondered why she had waited so long . |
| 16 | Eisenhower himself was dismayed and indignant when the Israeli attack on Egypt of 29 October was followed by the Anglo-French ultimatum ( whose phraseology could not conceal its anti-Egyptian purpose ) and as the determination to seize the canal by force became apparent . |
| 17 | They will be fascinated at the incredible insects that he meets inside the Peach as it floats away over the ocean and delighted when the seagulls come to the rescue and James and the insects inside the Peach are carried away towards America for a hero 's reception . |
| 18 | A friend of mine recently found a beauty that became redundant and unloved when a local school closed down . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , the only easily quantifiable measure is new membership of the library but this is inadequate and inappropriate when the present wider range of services go beyond lending services and into the provision of various information services which do not necessarily require membership of the public library . |
| 20 | And the body is working well and fine when every part is doing their function . |
| 21 | It is humiliating to be left and gratifying when the leaver shows signs of repentance and regret . |
| 22 | In Fig. 7.1 2/d ) the rate of change of freewheeling current is large and negative when the winding is turned off , but the decay is reversed by the motional voltage and the rate of change reaches a positive maximum . |
| 23 | Spherulites are classified as positive when the refractive index of the polymer chain is greater across the chain than along the axis , and negative when the greater refractive index is in the axial direction . |
| 24 | If you believe that life is full of joy , then you feel happy and excited when the post arrives or the phone rings , rather than feeling fearful or gloomy . |
| 25 | Their liver damage is usually mild , dose dependent , and reversible when the drug is stopped . |
| 26 | He was respectful but unalarmed when the King appeared and after a moment 's silence he chose to laugh at the likeness and the revelation that they were distant cousins ; indeed , so little was Rassendyll impressed that he noted that the King 's mouth lacked ‘ something of the firmness ( or obstinacy ) which was to be gathered from my close-shutting lips ’ . |
| 27 | In some respects this is good when it means such topics as non-aqueous solvents are covered , but bad when the reader searches this chapter in vain for information about new solvents . |
| 28 | We told them the truth and as usual when a panic was over they apologized but warned that we must be patient . |
| 29 | ‘ In the present climate , I think people will be under quite a lot of pressure to begin building work as soon as possible when an answer has been given , ’ said principle officer for child services , Cliff James . |
| 30 | Since children 's linguistic performance varies across situations , it is particularly important that the conditions associated with the collection of the data for the age norms are repeated as closely as possible when an individual child is assessed . |