Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it beyond imagination , in these days of biological engineering , to conceive of a time when embryos will be implanted in a man 's body , and develop , and be born — perhaps by caesarian section ? |
| 2 | And thirdly , and certainly not erm least , we hoped ourselves to benefit at a time when the Government cutbacks were just come into force , which were requiring us to raise erm more income from non-government source . |
| 3 | Military conscription has always been a useful way of soaking up young people and even though Russia is suffering from a decline in the birthrate the sudden release of a large number of men on to the civilian labour market might be difficult to absorb at a time when Gorbachev is trying to raise productivity . |
| 4 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 5 | The most unlikely moment for Claire to talk about a day when she and her brother went walking across the land of a man who believed he 'd come back from the dead as a fox . |
| 6 | people used to talk about a time when the volcano also spat flames and rocks into the sky , like the strangers ' guns , when the black strand on the northern promontory of the island was formed by the mountain 's spewing . |
| 7 | In the bond market , the Bank does not actively try to sell at a time when prices are falling ; indeed its spokesmen have often asserted that it can not sell in such conditions , that the views of investors in the short-term are predominantly extrapolative and that few will wish to buy stock when the price is falling . |
| 8 | Frog eggs are about one to two millimetres in diameter and , like the chick , have enough yolk to enable them to grow to a stage when they can feed themselves . |
| 9 | Hilary lingered , and managed to seize on a moment when Bill Clough was talking to Greg to exchange his low words with Rose . |
| 10 | You know grandma 's going to go to a wedding when she goes away ? |
| 11 | The customary gallery of managers and scouts assembled to watch on a night when a chill , blustery wind made the measurement of passes difficult with the result that the match and Rovers in particular took time to warm up - until the 20th minute . |
| 12 | So , as Forster points out , AMV has the cash resources to expand at a time when many target companies are temptingly priced . |
| 13 | ‘ I wonder how long we are prepared to vacillate at a time when Britain , and all that Britain stands for , and human civilization , are in peril ? ’ |
| 14 | I think one wants to go at a time when people still want you to stay , rather than stay until people want you to go . |
| 15 | This problem is more likely to arise at a time when the patient is unconscious and can not be consulted . |
| 16 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |
| 17 | Because the individual moving into a local community is not concerned with the congestion costs that this implies for existing residents , her decision to move will be determined by the difference between and and there will be no incentive to move at a point when is equal to . |
| 18 | Such a discussion is more likely to occur after a meeting when some of the players are having a post mortem , and of course , when the ‘ other side ’ is not present . |
| 19 | Futurologists love to speak of a time when the equities of international corporations will be traded 24 hours a day in one electronic marketplace |
| 20 | Futurologists love to speak of a time when the equities of numerous international corporations will be traded 24 hours a day in one electronic marketplace . |
| 21 | For , in the book of Daniel ( 12:4 ) there is a prophecy that seemed to speak of a time when many would pass to and fro and knowledge would be increased . |
| 22 | He was not a lady 's man in the accepted sense , rather he championed and encouraged single women to travel at a time when it was still considered bad form for a respectable young lady to take a shopping trip to London unchaperoned , let alone visit the Continent . |