Example sentences of "[vb infin] when a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |
| 2 | It would be foolish to suggest that a river should never be tapped for energy or for agriculture , but the world 's politicians have not yet chosen to realize what enormous consequences such action has , or how long those consequences take to unfold , or — an essential consideration — that it is literally impossible to predict all that will ensue when a river is tapped . |
| 3 | One oath could be overlain by another ; obligations could conflict when a man had acquired successive lords — as so many had between 837 and 841 . |
| 4 | But perhaps we have grown over-concerned about the conscious levels of rationality and suppressed for too long the reservoirs of subconscious feeling which the Spirit seems to touch and use when a man prays in tongues , with the result that he is built up , even though he can not understand what he is saying ( I Cor. 14:4 ) . |
| 5 | For example , expansion can occur when a gas is evolved during a chemical reaction ( see figure 5.3 ) . |
| 6 | Another form of inauthenticity may occur when a person lives largely at the level of practical consciousness , in which routines defend against the anxieties which life itself engenders , and fresh desires are seldom asserted . |
| 7 | A merger may occur when a firm is operating inefficiently and new management will be installed with the aim of increasing efficiency and profitability . |
| 8 | Further problems with self-investment can occur when a pension fund invests heavily in its parent company 's shares in order to fend off a takeover bid , particularly if those shares are bought at a premium during the bid , and have to be off-loaded at a loss afterwards . |
| 9 | Problems will occur when a block becomes full . |
| 10 | SMALL wonder many couples prefer to live together and not marry when a divorce could cost thousands of pounds in lawyers ' fees . |
| 11 | The process will stop when a balance has been restored in people 's portfolios . |
| 12 | The most unhelpful position that a board of directors can take when a business is performing badly is to respond by saying that such a performance is unacceptable . |
| 13 | For example , one cell would only respond when a hand was moved in front of the animal 's eyes . |
| 14 | These may even prevail when a parent or guardian , learning of the patient 's request , has instructed the doctor to continue . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've seen what can happen when a person loses their heart — and their freedom — to someone else . ’ |
| 16 | This may happen when a government department settles a case out-of-court or decides to make an ex gratia payment . |
| 17 | It does n't have to be followed slavishly , which can happen when a man wants to impose a schedule and organise it as formally as he has organised his work . |
| 18 | This is what must happen when a ballet ends happily . |
| 19 | This can also happen when a doctor experiences discomfort in the face of death , or an inability to come to terms with his own helplessness . |
| 20 | C can you spot when a speaker is nervous ? |
| 21 | The Air Force , again for reasons of cost , wants them based at existing missile sites in Wyoming , whence they would flee when a crisis loomed . |
| 22 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |
| 23 | To this end each transput device has an associated one-bit register , which is cleared as an operation starts and is set to one when it terminates ; an instruction is provided to read this register , and thus the programmer can establish when a transput operation is complete . |
| 24 | It is a small step to suppose that such effects might also operate when a stimulus is presented in compound not with another that is physically present but with the associatively activated representation of such an event . |
| 25 | Every hospital should have a policy giving a guidance as to what immediate action is to be taken by staff and who to inform and involve when a patient is absent without leave ( Mental Health Act Code of Practice , at paras . |
| 26 | He was alone with the child because Lavinia did n't ever remain when a visitor came to see him . |
| 27 | Serious difficulties can arise when a contract is varied without proper consideration of the effect of the variation on the expert clause . |
| 28 | The case may arise when a range of entries or selected entries are needed for photocomposition . |
| 29 | A legitimate expectation may arise when a government agency , by its words or conduct , leads a citizen reasonably to expect that it will act in a particular way . |
| 30 | You may have a perfectionist on your hands ‘ The problem can arise when a child who is quite bright is aware that she can not express herself equally well on paper , ’ explains educational psychologist Dr Judith Haynes of Child Consultants . |