Example sentences of "when water " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many specialist desert plants practise a peculiar form of photosynthesis known as crassulacean acid metabolism ( CAM ) whereby they open their stomata only at night , when water loss is liable to be at a minimum . |
| 2 | Throughout the 1960s and 1970s , when water engineers were falling over themselves to find new pieces of countryside to flood for reservoirs that would meet rising water demand , their water mains were leaking more and more water . |
| 3 | Early March : ( or when water temperature stays consistently around 44–45°s ; F ) : Begin with a small feed of sinking wheatgerm pellets . |
| 4 | At a time when water formed the only practicable means of bulk transportation , the cultivation of grain was profitable in Norfolk and Sussex , where the arable districts were next to the coast , wheat and malt being the chief commodities clearing the ports there , much of it bound for London , though some went farther afield , including victuals for armies operating against Scotland . |
| 5 | They also dance about possible new nest sites , and about water sources when water is needed to cool down the nest . |
| 6 | Every time the next van spewed out its string of pink and cocky sausages the temperature flared like when water hits hot fat . |
| 7 | The Aral Sea has been shrinking since the 1960s , when water from its tributaries began to be diverted for agricultural irrigation in what were then the Soviet republics of Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan . |
| 8 | The days when water authorities could allow their supplies to seep into the ground are definitely at an end . |
| 9 | It takes a lot of doing you know , to grow some good flowers , some good fruit , some good vegetables , especially in a year when water 's been so short . |