Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] when the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no elections after 1794 when the town was occupied by French troops of the Revolutionary Army for , in 1805 , under pressure from Napoleon , the emperor Francis II gave up his imperial title and became just plain old Emperor of Austria . |
| 2 | The CICB offer lists dates after 1986 when the father was jailed for sexual abuse . |
| 3 | It was just after nine-thirty when the telephone rang . |
| 4 | The lists also show that the Elizabethan era was a period of considerable economic change as the woolstaplers were replaced by the butchers and the tanners ; cattle rather than sheep became the basis of local wealth , especially after 1541 when the disappearance of the Wyggestons removed a family which had dominated the town 's economy for two or three generations . |
| 5 | The leases that were granted in the heady days of 1989/90 when the brewery company landlords invited rental bids from tenants , saw them hungrily bidding up to 12 per cent to 15 per cent of the anticipated turnover . |
| 6 | Bradstreet again served as governor until May of 1692 when the governor appointed under the new royal charter arrived . |
| 7 | Pakistan were 699 for five in reply to India 's first innings score of 509 when the game was called off 10 overs into the final hour with Shoaib 203 not out . |
| 8 | Hastings , like Dover , was to provide 20 ships out of a total of 55 when the king demanded . |
| 9 | He was given a rapturous reception by a flag-waving crowd of 5,000 when the result was announced shortly after midnight . |
| 10 | Bill Glazier was Palace 's aptly named and superb goalkeeper throughout most of our sojourn in Division Three , 1961–64 , and he was ever-present during our praiseworthy recovery under Dick Graham in the second half of 1962–63 , then in the magnificent promotion season of 1963–64 when the number of goals conceded was easily the lowest in our Division . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | All Home Improvement Loan borrowers who are resident in the UK , in employment and who will be under the age of 65 when the loan expires are eligible . |
| 13 | He was followed by Dr Marcello Caetano , a law professor , who remained in power until the popular Revolution of 1974 when the army overthrew the dictatorship . |
| 14 | The Department of Energy sprang a surprise in the autumn of 1989 when the paper it produced for the ‘ responses ’ group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that , with more efficient use of energy , Britain could cut its consumption ( and hence carbon dioxide ) by 60 per cent by 2005 or 2020 . |
| 15 | It became the permanent home of the German race with the exception of 1959 when the race was staged at Avus , and 1970 when Hockenheim was used for the first time . |
| 16 | Although the break was a nasty one , McCracken came back successfully at the beginning of 1921–22 when the Palace made their debut in Division Two and he played more games for us in that division than anyone else during our four year tenure there 1921–25 . |
| 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 | The town was an important Roman centre and the cathedral incorporates a Roman building which occupied the site in 1019 when the cathedral was begun ( 334 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ In London , in 1934 when the knowledge of the power of the atom was a dream in very few minds , ’ Dr Tariq said , ‘ there was a Hungarian refugee . |
| 20 | The earliest mention of the church is in 1115 when the church and titles were given to the Abbey of St Martin in York . |
| 21 | Although the actual game has been going for over 65 years there was a slight change made in 1943 when the event became a charity match to raise funds for the specific purpose of the prevention of blindness . |
| 22 | But perhaps the biggest thing in popular music took place in 1948 when the LP was introduced ; an innovation of immense importance for the industry and public alike , and not least for Leonard who set about acquiring an enviable collection . |
| 23 | There were times in 1971 when the crowd became quite bad-mannered , for example clapping when Lee missed a putt . |
| 24 | It is relevant that these districts are large , in some cases similar to old counties , and that rural areas contained negligible numbers of oil workers in 1971 when the energy industry was not a census category . |
| 25 | A similar attitude was shown in 1986 when the Law Lords stated that the Trustee Savings Bank and its assets belonged not to depositors but to the state , shortly before the Bank was floated on the Stock Exchange . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The town has many picturesque corners and interesting buildings although it sustained much damage by fire in 1799 when the town was fought over by French , Austrian and Russian armies . |
| 28 | More than £1.2 billion was handed over last year , although the amount is due to decline until 1998 when the levy will be discontinued . |
| 29 | ( The basic rate of income tax was cut from 33 per cent to 30 per cent in the 1979 Conservative Budget — the ‘ Incentive Budget ’ — but further cuts were not made until 1986 when the rate was cut to 29 per cent , and thereafter to 27 per cent in 1987 and 25 per cent in 1988 ) . |
| 30 | It 's the same late '60s Jag and the same Twin that he had in 1980 when The Birthday Party first broke . |