Example sentences of "when [v-ing] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the May issue of Latch On her article on knots reminded me of another tip — when using a length of yarn for a contrast marker ( on tension swatches or to mark the position for the sleeves , for example ) , make a small slip knot in the end of the yarn and place this on the needle . |
| 2 | Try to avoid breaking glass when using a crowbar on the fixed sashes . |
| 3 | When using a camera at dusk , a photographer selects the lens with the smallest f-number . |
| 4 | angle of lead When intercepting a track to or from a radio beacon you must allow for the turn onto track from the intercepting heading . |
| 5 | He failed to control the ball when intercepting a pass from Chris Malkin 30 yards from goal and Pat Nevin nipped in and slipped away to guide a shot inside goalkeeper Kevin Poole and the near post . |
| 6 | When knitting a garment in all over pattern , the two facts i always take into account when positioning the N1 cam are firstly , the number of stitches in the pattern and secondly , the number of stitches required for the garment piece . |
| 7 | When drawing a line by eye , many people seem to try to follow rule 1 or rule 2 . |
| 8 | If you make a mistake when drawing a design on a pattern sheet do not despair , I have found that W.H. Smith 's ‘ Cover-up strips ’ will cover wrongly marked black squares . |
| 9 | I was dismayed by my own instant reaction when seeing a copy of a letter from the Director of Age Concern England to the Department of Health , asking for the age limits for blood donation to be extended above the present age limit of 65 . |
| 10 | His Carnival ( my own first choice when Building a Library for BBC Radio 3 ) , too , is alive with gaiety and passion . |
| 11 | When building a corpus of text the general maxim is that bigger is better . |
| 12 | The Motor Vehicles ( Tests ) regulations 1981 exempt among other motor vehicles most public service vehicles ; goods vehicles of an unladen weight exceeding 1525 kg ( about 30 cwts ) ( other than dual purpose vehicles ) ; articulated vehicles ; when submitting a vehicle for a test after prior arrangement or bringing it away ; where a test certificate is refused — taking it for repair by prior arrangement or bringing it away and also taking it , by towing to be broken up , and motor traders when repairing motor vehicles etc . |
| 13 | Locate books or magazines in the class or school library by using the classification system or catalogue , and use simple information-retrieval strategies when pursuing a line of enquiry , eg use ‘ search ’ reading , contents lists , indexes , to find a particular fact or piece of information . |
| 14 | It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company . |
| 15 | As tempers began to fray , the game deteriorated and Kevin Connelly , when disputing a decision with referee Hart , got his marching orders , reducing Town to ten men . |
| 16 | When transcribing a passage from piano score in which the two hands are spaced far apart , fill in the gap in your arrangement . |
| 17 | We shall return to this shortly when seeking a measure of infinitesimal strain . |
| 18 | Most owners tend to overestimate the worth of their businesses , especially when seeking a loan for improvements or for refinancing . |
| 19 | You have a particular responsibility when forming a judgement about the tolerability of risk . |
| 20 | International sales manager based in Houston , recognises that equipment sales is just the beginning when establishing a relationship with customers . |
| 21 | When saving a file for the first time a SUMMARY INFORMATION menu may be displayed . |
| 22 | The ASB should consider , however , when developing a standard on interim financial information , whether interim report users would be best served by full balance sheets and cash flow statements , or whether selected balance sheet and cash flow information , as suggested by Cadbury , would be equally acceptable . |
| 23 | Marine Syndicate 317/661 underwritten by Outhwaite underwriting agency experienced problems when writing a number of runoff contracts . |
| 24 | Such variations may be irrelevant to the programmer , even when writing a program in a low-level language , since the assembler deals with the detailed representation in the computer store of the sequence of instruction fields specified by the programmer . |
| 25 | The founder of Tiron , preaching celibacy in Normandy about 1100 , was nearly lynched by the clergy 's wives , as had been the archbishop of Rouen , no less , when promulgating a decree against them in 1072 . |
| 26 | Proof of this may be demonstrated by the relative lack of pleasure when smoking a cigarette with one 's eyes shut . |
| 27 | The Galileans ' decision to defend the first was motivated by the perceptual experiences that accompanied their telescopic sightings of Jupiter , and Kepler 's decision to record the second was likewise based on his perceptual experiences when directing a telescope towards Mars . |
| 28 | One suspects that the writers were not altogether clear in their own minds ; the monk of Croyland , for all his extravagant remarks about the northerners , also spoke in terms of the ‘ sovereignty of England ’ , when describing a prophecy among the Welsh , whom he certainly regarded as different , that they would recover it from the English , although they failed to do so in 1469 ( 14 , p.543 ) . |
| 29 | When fixing a design in place with egg white or glue , avoid getting the adhesive all over the picture as it will catch the light when dry . |
| 30 | This was partly for ease of administration by the development officers who had to take into account the cost of all the services received by the elderly person when designing a package of care , but primarily because this was a new initiative : by enabling the development officers to take on difficult and complex cases without being unduly restricted by considerations of cost , it was hoped to test the limits to this form of community care . |