Example sentences of "used when " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time the word ‘ dye ’ was used for exotic colours , such as reds , blues etc , and the word ‘ stain ’ was used when colouring woods to natural wood shades . |
| 2 | This technique might be used when there is no data available for estimating the total market size for a product . |
| 3 | The Frenchman handed me an aluminium tin , similar to the one my mother used when she was baking scones and shaking flour onto her baking board . |
| 4 | Nathan was intrigued by a polar bear trap used when the Norwegians saw the big white bear as target rather than as tourist attraction . |
| 5 | When prototypes have satisfied the OR Staff , production is carried out by the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence , using commercial contracts of a number of different types such as ‘ fixed price ’ , ‘ single tender ’ , and the much criticised ‘ cost-plus ’ , which is used when the technical risks are too high , the contractors able to tender too few , or the time too short for normal competitive tendering . |
| 6 | Unpasteurised milk , such as used for Gospel Green cheese , will curdle naturally through the action of the bacteria that is present when the milk is heated , but the addition of the starter culture , which must always be used when cheese is made from pasteurised milk , hastens the process . |
| 7 | Not only because both are unbiblical but because both misunderstand the way language is used when we grope to make sense of experiencing God . |
| 8 | Both here and in Chapter 8 , the scientific notation ( 14 C ) will be used when referring to the isotope itself , and the word ‘ radiocarbon ’ when discussing the dating technique generally . |
| 9 | This can be useful in situations where a set number of allowable words or phrases may be used when adding data to a specific part of the record . |
| 10 | This log I 'm about to carve is alder , a resonant wood , used when making the sound box of a harp … ‘ |
| 11 | This concept can be used when the point moves along curved paths to describe more complex areas and volumes . |
| 12 | it can be used when other processes can not , eg when excavation is impossible , such as leaking storage tanks located under major buildings or highways ; |
| 13 | Local capital is not assumed subordinate because the local bourgeoisie has certain economic and political advantages , which can be used when dealing with multinationals . |
| 14 | Compost is always used when digging the beds for the division of perennials in the spring . |
| 15 | Other more coercive measures are almost bound to be used when participation breaks down — a general issue which will be returned to later . |
| 16 | In some instances degreaser concentrates can be used when heavily diluted as hard surface cleaners . |
| 17 | You must master the characteristics of your implements and power sources until you can handle them instinctively in all conditions , and you must keep them well maintained so that they are always ready to be used when the right moment occurs . |
| 18 | This can be used when riding a young horse but if the horse is correctly taught from his early breaking and training is not usually necessary . |
| 19 | These are only used when you can sail the board competently in a Force 4 . |
| 20 | Turning to the use of fuels for IC vehicles which do not use up vital oil reserves or which may be used when oil is no longer available , the use of hydrogen has been suggested as one of the answers to future transport fuel needs . |
| 21 | At the time it was found that a major drawback in dual-purpose cattle was that they often failed to breed true : the offspring tended towards either the beef or the dairy type of the breed 's dual-purpose spectrum , partly because of breeders ' preferences but partly , it was believed , because the dual-purpose breeds were effectively hybrids : if they had begun to show too great an emphasis on dairy characteristics , extreme beef sires were introduced to draw them back to their dual-purpose role , and likewise extreme dairy sires were used when they became too beefy . |
| 22 | Although rejected by the conference , it is noteworthy that the system is now used when the carboxyl group is attached to ring and for some acids ( eg citric acid is 3-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid ) . |
| 23 | This technique is only used when a person is dangerously ill and his own blood would not have time to develop the antibodies . |
| 24 | Some writers use an engineering analogy and point out that the words ‘ stress ’ , ‘ strain ’ , ‘ tension ’ and ‘ pressure ’ are used when the load becomes too great and a breaking point is reached ; it is the point where the strain is so great that metal ceases to bend and it snaps . |
| 25 | The first system is used when the husband is armigerous and the wife , although of an armigerous family , is not herself an heraldic heiress . |
| 26 | Multi- stage sampling can be used when the population is made up of a number of sub-units . |
| 27 | Rather than having to go out to find people and ask them to be interviewed or to complete questionnaires , it may seem very attractive to have them safely on a panel where they can be used when needed . |
| 28 | All the energy that lions used when running on Taylor 's treadmill they generated with their metabolism . |
| 29 | It can be used when studying specific paddle strokes such as the low brace , forward paddling and bow rudder but is best used as an average overall measure of the paddlers style . |
| 30 | On the French side a fully bolted , gasketed design built within the tailskin of the machine is used when the TBMs are working in closed mode . |