Example sentences of "when it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It acquired the shares when it sold a London property to EL last year . |
| 2 | In-service training is desirable only when it fulfils a felt need . |
| 3 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 4 | On few occasions has it shown less moral scruple than when it made a deal with Brezhnev to dispose of the Soviet gold . |
| 5 | When it meets a Tit for Two Tats player , on the other hand , Tit for Two Tats 's greater forgivingness nips this recrimination in the bud . |
| 6 | The common European toad , when it meets a snake , inflates its body and stands on tip-toe , a procedure that makes it appear to have grown suddenly and that seems to baffle most of the snakes that encounter it . |
| 7 | Again , it is not easy to be dogmatic in answer to the question whether a court is exercising a judicial function when it entertains a reference from the Attorney-General as to what the law is on a particular point . |
| 8 | A FAITHFUL dog foiled a knife attack when it bit a man on the arm as he threatened its young owner . |
| 9 | A soldier 's wife who stayed on in married quarters after her husband walked out has been asked to pay eight hundred pounds for trespass , the term used by the army when it considers a tenancy has become unlawful . |
| 10 | KKR said that if Hillsborough could not refinance the debt it took on when it launched a $2.4billion leveraged takeover in the building industry , it might have to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . |
| 11 | The management company makes an initial investment charge when it sells a unit to an investor and makes an annual charge on the value of the fund . |
| 12 | On enquiry they were told that the other had been lent to a local restaurant when it suffered a power cut . |
| 13 | In June this year AMP 's shareholding jumped to 18 per cent when it acquired a block of over 23 million shares , representing 13 per cent of Pearl 's equity , from FAI Insurances , a leading Australian insurance and investment group . |
| 14 | The medieval Church had laid down categorical rules about the impropriety of Christians enslaving other Christians but these rules were waived when it became a matter of enslaving black Africans . |
| 15 | when it gets a bit nearer . |
| 16 | Normally the foal receives affection from the very beginning of its life , first from its mother , and then , when it becomes a bit more adventurous and outgoing , from other foals and companions . |
| 17 | A HOSPITAL chief executive has quashed rumours that nursing staff will lose jobs when it becomes a trust on April 1 . |
| 18 | Marx argues that a social group only fully becomes a class when it becomes a class for itself . |
| 19 | A semantic relation may be set up either within a sentence or between sentences with the consequence that , when it crosses a sentence boundary , it has the effect of making the two sentences cohere with one another ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 ) . |
| 20 | A huge and environmentally devastating Alaskan oil spill , released from the Exxon Valdez , a tanker belonging to the Exxon Shipping Company , when it struck a reef in March 1989 [ see p. 36541 ] , was the first in a series of large-scale tanker spills during that year and at the beginning of 1990 [ see below ] . |
| 21 | Sadly the ‘ Parracombe ’ failed in its gallant attempt to reach Malta when it struck a mine off Cap Bon . |
| 22 | The United States widened its rift with the World Bank when it rejected a compromise on a capital increase for the International Finance Corporation , the arm of the Bank that deals directly with the private sector . |
| 23 | Its shares shot up 10 p.c last week and the company , Portugal 's largest quoted stock , is hoping to ride the tide of interest in the escudo when it launches a sale of shares and convertible bonds later this month to raise $300m of new capital . |
| 24 | Every step away from the cloister was a step further from salvation — bad enough in any case , worst of all when it meant a turning from the spiritual embrace of Christ to an impure love . |
| 25 | And he did n't know whether to grin or grimace when it produced a point-saver from Wright after a link-up between Steve Bould and Lee Dixon . |
| 26 | Geac maintains very conservative accounting standards and often writes off soft or non-cash assets when it buys a company to bring the acquisition 's books in line , he added . |
| 27 | Therefore , when it comes a cropper , there is a tendency among the rest of us to enjoy a quiet chortle , even if suspecting that all our wallets will end up lighter as a result . |
| 28 | It has even refused to injunct a magazine which had published an allegation it could not justify , where it might succeed at trial for other reasons : Soraya Kashoggi sought an injunction to withdraw " Woman 's Own " from circulation when it published a statement that she was having an extra-marital affair with a Head of State . |
| 29 | It was an electric car that first broke the 100 km/h barrier , when it set a world speed record of 104 km/h in 1898 . |
| 30 | When it modifies a diplomat 's limousine , O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt fills the petrol tank with fire-resistant foam , and adds about 1,800lbs of high-strength steel and glass that is 1.5 inches thick . |