Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adj] when [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working on George 's local knowledge — his father 's home was less than an hour 's drive away — they planned to reach Miss Tuckey 's cottage at half past eight when the other committee members would have had time to digest and drive in from the countryside . |
| 2 | There was an interesting sequel to this in 1967 when a book written by Len Deighton was published and sections of it were serialized in the Sunday Times . |
| 3 | Thomas Gaisford , who later became Dean of Christchurch , Oxford , was only four years old in 1770 when the great cedar tree was planted which still stands on the hillside walk behind the house . |
| 4 | By 1953 the international situation and the French political situation differed radically from that of 1950 when the Pleven Plan was launched . |
| 5 | This underground showplace was unsuspected until 1923 when a Cambridge undergraduate named Long noticed a small aperture in the hillside and , upon investigation by crawling into it , soon found himself entering a more commodious passage which in turn led to a magnificent cavern drained by a dancing stream and liberally decorated with delicate stalactites and natural carvings . |
| 6 | This requirement was made explicit in 1946 when the Bank of England was nationalized . |
| 7 | She replaced John Cain , who had been Premier since 1982 when the ALP had regained power within the state after 27 years in opposition [ see p. 31634 ] . |
| 8 | The effects of post-war social trends became visible by 1952 when the number of Tutorial Classes and University Sessional classes declined relatively as the number of Terminal courses increased . |
| 9 | The damage became obvious in 1957 when the Midland lost its coveted position as Britain 's largest bank Barclays ' deposits of £1,346m edged ahead of the Midland 's £1,342m . |
| 10 | The Motive Power depot at Derby Road had been disused since 1966 when the last steam locomotives were withdrawn from service . |
| 11 | The parents were married in 1983 when the mother was 17 , and D was born in January 1984 . |
| 12 | He got involved in 1983 when the idea of using professional fund managers was in its infancy . |
| 13 | He ran Moors Bookshop in Bedford Place , Southampton , from 1964 to 1984 when the Forresters ‘ retired ’ to mid-Wales . |
| 14 | The writer and artist Gwen Raverat , a member of the famous Darwin family , was the last private occupant prior to 1957 when the house became college accommodation , being first let to New Hall . |
| 15 | Before turning to the detail of sections 12–15 it must be noted that under the original Sale of Goods Act of 1893 the wording of some of these sections was slightly different prior to 1973 when the sections were amended by the Supply of Goods ( Implied Terms ) Act 1973 . |
| 16 | Ross Pope , who wrote to me from Chichester , recalled the period from 1916 to 1920 when the family lived at Putney Hill . |
| 17 | This is bad but , for all the anxiety , it does not bear comparison with the jolts of the mid-1970s and the early 1980s , let alone with 1929–31 when the value of British exports almost halved . |
| 18 | Medical observation only started in 1981 , becoming more meaningful in 1983 when the virus was discovered . |
| 19 | Ostensibly , efforts at drafting the constitution had been under way since the mid-1970s , but real progress had only become evident in mid-1990 when a first draft was published for discussion . |
| 20 | These emissaries often bore gifts as well as eloquent words : since at least the early thirteenth century royal pensions were granted to promising or influential cardinalsto eighteen at least of the seventy-two who there were between 1305 and 1334 , to six alone in 1309 when the royal mission secured papal backing for Gaveston 's recall . |
| 21 | But the picture was further complicated in 1983 when the Worcester DHA proposed to close another psychiatric hospital , with a similarly small and diminishing resident population , St Wulstan 's , for which it had assumed responsibility . |
| 22 | MURRAYFIELD 's capacity will be reduced from 54,000 to 38,000 when the International Board 's first seven-a-side tournament is contested there from April 16 to 18 next year . |
| 23 | ‘ The dog 's heartbeat was down to 25 to 30 when the average is 75 to 80 for the needs of the body , ’ he said … |
| 24 | A further problem for Mulroney concerned Indian rights , a subject which had become highly political since 1982 when the new federal Constitution had " recognized and affirmed … the existing aboriginal and treaty rights " of the Indian , Inuit and Metis peoples . |
| 25 | Then she took him out to supper to celebrate , Philip and Pat joining in , and the evening became one of those when the participants have to pause , to say to themselves : Yes , this is me , it really is me Happiness sat with them at the table in the Seashell Fish'n'Chips ; they could not stop smiling , or Jim from laughing and sighing . |
| 26 | This was especially apparent in 1990 when the Trust recruited its two millionth member in August , and received an overwhelming response to the Enterprise Neptune Appeal for the purchase of coastline in Wales , Cornwall , Northumberland and County Durham . |
| 27 | This means that the cities of France are under-represented and there is a considerable right-wing majority , three-quarters in 1986 when the rest of France voted 52 per cent for the right . |
| 28 | Failing a test was defined as being seen or heard to carry it out incorrectly ( eg to say the time was twenty past nine when the watch indicated a quarter to four ) , or being unable to attempt it ( eg being unable to answer when asked to identify a particular coin ) . |
| 29 | Mr Heath , 47 , earned £3 million in 1989 when the international share dealing business was turning in record profits but ‘ a disagreement about strategic policy ’ has led to him giving up his directorships at the City 's oldest merchant banking group . |
| 30 | Police salaries adjusted for inflation went up from 983 million in 1979 when the Conservatives came to power , to 2,378 million by 1987 , a rise of some 47 per cent in real terms . |