Example sentences of "occurs when a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A less obvious example of this failure to take protective measures occurs when a contestant believes that a scoring technique has been delivered , and so disengages and dances around the area waving a fist in the air . |
| 2 | Where roof-spaces are not well ventilated ( as occurs when a roof is reclad with a more windproof and watertight construction ) , the close-textured nature of the concrete tiles which contrasts with the relative porosity of clay tiles may encourage the formation of condensation on their undersides , encouraging dampness and rot in stagnant roof-spaces . |
| 3 | This means that if , for example , the cooking cycle is programmed for two-and-a-half minutes at a required temperature the machine will adjust to compensate for the fall in temperature which occurs when a frozen or chilled food will have been cooked for two-and-a-half minutes at the correct temperature . |
| 4 | This occurs when a politician , perhaps so senior that he is notionally responsible for the agency itself , makes it known that he would be very pleased if some particularly sensitive and hazardous intelligence coup could be attained , usually in order to enhance domestic political popularity . |
| 5 | Stage migration occurs when a peasant moves to a provincial town for some time and then on to the city . |
| 6 | Indirect sex discrimination occurs when a person applies to a woman : |
| 7 | We thought it possible that we might get an auto-immune reaction otherwise — similar to that which occurs when a patient rejects a heart or kidney transplant . |
| 8 | What sets the Pearce-Hall ( 1980 ) model apart is its prediction that a decline in associability occurs when a stimulus accurately predicts its consequences and that inconsistent consequences will attenuate or prevent the loss . |
| 9 | Fear of doors , entrances , gates etc. often occurs when a horse has been ( unwisely ) tied to a gate and has gone off with the gate ! ! |
| 10 | Similarly , indirect race discrimination occurs when a person applies a requirement which he applies or would apply to persons of a different racial group but : |
| 11 | repair by second intention occurs when a considerable amount of tissue has been lost and the wound edges can not be approximated ; a mass of new tissue is required to fill the gap . |
| 12 | A throw forward occurs when a player carrying the ball throws or passes it in the direction of his opponents ' dead-ball line ’ . |
| 13 | This occurs when a firm continually has to ‘ look over its shoulder ’ and concentrate on short-term performance targets in order to try and maintain its share price , rather than planning for the future . |
| 14 | The medical name for the start of this most fertile period is ovulation and occurs when a mature egg is released from the ovaries , ready to be fertilised . |
| 15 | It occurs when a writer applies a name or a descriptive term to an object to which it is not literally applicable ; when a word is carried over from its normal use to a new use . |
| 16 | Task analysis can be very expensive in skilled manpower , but in looking at cost/value it is important to include in value the increase in mutual understanding which occurs when a multi-disciplinary team conducts the analysis . |
| 17 | ‘ Purposive sampling ’ occurs when a researcher chooses a particular group or place to study because it is known to be of the type that is wanted . |
| 18 | This occurs when a third word is common to both definitions , e.g. ’ brick ’ is found in both ’ terraced ’ and ’ house ’ . |
| 19 | The first instance most commonly occurs when a group of students complete training at the same time . |
| 20 | ‘ Extortion by colour of office occurs when a public officer demands and is paid money he is not entitled to , or more than he is entitled to , for the performance of his public duty . |
| 21 | ‘ Extortion by colour of office occurs when a public officer demands and is paid money he is not entitled to , or more than he is entitled to , for the performance of his public duty . |
| 22 | This is the change in frequency of a sound that occurs when a source is moving relative to the listener . |
| 23 | A split infinitive occurs when a word ( usually an adverb ) is placed between the word ‘ to ’ and a following verb , as in ‘ to really understand . ’ |
| 24 | Hitting late occurs when a player has almost turned his hips and shoulders towards the target , with his hands past the ball . |
| 25 | Hitting late occurs when a player has almost turned his hips and shoulders towards the target , with his hands past the ball . |
| 26 | Industrial segmentation occurs when a micro-computer business applies differing marketing mixes to two markets , one of small private businesses , and the other of State secondary schools . |
| 27 | At this moment ( which occurs when a word 's recognition point is reached ) , the word can be identified , even if much more of the speech signal has yet to reach the word-recognition system . |
| 28 | This occurs when a student learns a word ( ie becomes acquainted with it ) in a rewarding situation while he either hears the native language word or is confronted with the object or event to which it refers . |
| 29 | Verb-phrase anaphora occurs when a verb-phrase depends for its interpretation on another verb-phrase occurring earlier in the spoken or written discourse . |
| 30 | Further studies investigate what occurs when a person is faced with a number of faces simultaneously from which one or more may be recognised . |