Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] when " in BNC.

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1 She said people should have a choice when to shop , and for many , other days of the week were inconvenient .
2 There must come a point when educators and business leaders share and learn about the transferability of technology from one domain to another .
3 If more blocks are added to the pile in the drawing in the same manner as those already there , there must come a moment when the whole pile will tip over .
4 ‘ There must come a time when it is called to a halt , ’ Lord Donaldson said .
5 There must come a time when so much head of water is piled against the beach that at certain points it is enough to initiate return seaward flows , which are the rip currents .
6 But except for that small minority who are going to spend a lifetime in academic pursuits , there must come a time when education for the great majority needs to become more vocational , more concerned with professional training ’ .
7 Yet each development officer thought she would end up with far more paid support workers than was actually the case ; one surmise , for example , was that there might come a time when they had 30 clients on their case load each with two paid carers .
8 Private practitioners recognised that there might come a time when alternative sources of income would be required to replace or supplement the high-return , conveyancing market .
9 But there might come a time when it no longer matters .
10 The drawing suggests that there might come a time when the system does not recover at the bottom of its dive but continues heading downwards to collapse .
11 Thus , given that there might come a time when forces were available for deployment in the Middle East , it made sense for American diplomats to encourage what friends and allies they could to hold the line in the interval .
12 OK , so they 'll come a time when I 'm not challenging the world record .
13 But it does seem that if you keep re-delivering the right kind of goods , there 'll come a time when the customers start queuing all over again .
14 As my French was better than Brian 's , we agreed that I would do the talking and that I 'd choose a moment when Mazzin was in one of his camarade moods so that neither of us would be starting from a point of anger .
15 He could remember a time when he had fallen asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow , and when he had always had a healthy appetite .
16 ‘ Personally , I thought there would come a time when people would say ‘ What 's the point of saving if interest rates are so low ? ’
17 However , his co-chairman Lord Owen , appointed by the European Community , warned that peace talks could not go on forever , saying there would come a time when action had to be taken by the international community .
18 Indeed the durable models from England listed by Capelle and Vierck ( 1971 ; 1975 ) are mostly later in the period , and may signify a period when larger scale replication was possible ; put the other way , a time when individual designs were no longer necessary , and the functional aspect was becoming more important .
19 On the subject of granny flats , if you are caring for elderly parents there may come a time when a little bit of outside help could make all the difference .
20 There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones .
21 There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and I certainly could n't fake it — but at the moment I relish people putting their hands round the door and saying , ‘ You call that music ? ! ’ .
22 There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and it 'll certainly be sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones .
23 There may come a time when I ca n't find any new records that I like — and I certainly could n't fake it — but at the moment I relish people putting their hands round the door and saying , ‘ You call that music ? ! ’ .
24 T HOSE with a vested interest in rubbishing the Prince of Wales 's new Institute of Architecture by tarring it with the brush of eccentricity will have a field-day when they learn that the founder of the international chain of Hard Rock Cafes , Isaac Tigrett , is to sponsor a Russian student to attend the Institute for five years beginning this autumn .
25 The equipment — in perfect condition after lying hidden for 50 years — will chronicle a time when each factory had its own firefighting force specially trained to deal with the Luftwaffe 's terrifying weaponry .
26 " When we have exhausted all means of diplomacy , the Executive Committee will fix a date when the seaman will take a vacation .
27 There will come a day when you are aware to understand .
28 There will come a time when that joke is n't funny anymore .
29 There will come a time when you will want to fish with two rods , which means you will have to buy another rod and reel .
30 There will come a time when you need to go through your notes and weed out what 's no longer required .
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