Example sentences of "when it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Panetta thought not only that , at present , the mood in Congress is running against ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement , but that the administration would have difficulty when it sends its health-care proposals to Capitol Hill this month . |
| 2 | BSDI made its motion on the basis of legal procedure claiming USL would first have to charge it with trade secret and copyright infringement , a charge USL subsequently made when it expanded its suit to include the University of California at Berkeley ( UX No 396 ) . |
| 3 | As things stood when he became minister , the empire created wholly new regiments and divisions when it expanded its forces in wartime . |
| 4 | This appears to have been the conclusion reached by the Israeli government when it launched its air attack on Iraq 's French-built research-scale Osiris reactor at Tuweithah near Ctesiphon in June 1981 . |
| 5 | Marks & Spencer also came a cropper in France when it launched its yoghurts over there . |
| 6 | Deconstruction is the form it takes when it turns its attention to specific texts . |
| 7 | The same report also , when it turns its attention to taking stock , extends itself to pupils . |
| 8 | If the centrality of the military is clear in the relatively open policy-making process of the United States , it is less so in Britain and the old Soviet Union ( and now Russia ) , whose continued high spending levels on the military make it clear that the military will be no less active if and when it perceives its interests threatened . |
| 9 | And when it came its execution was planned with the perfectionist 's precision that was already Kylie 's hallmark . |
| 10 | A slow down in the bathroom business — identified by MB when it announced its results last week — affected City confidence in Caradon . |
| 11 | Sun is clearly demonstrating to Bill Gates some of the black arts on which the Unix industry has cut its teeth — more of which Microsoft can undoubtedly expect to face when it launches its Windows NT challenge . |
| 12 | BRAINTREE Choral Society forsakes its home town for Coggeshall 's St Peter 's Church when it presents its spring concert on Saturday , March 27 , conducted by Professor Chris Green . |
| 13 | At the beginning of the 1750s very few Englishmen in America had pushed even as far inland as the East India Company had done when it founded its port up the Hughli river at Calcutta . |
| 14 | Cap Gemini Sogeti SA said yesterday that it was making the offer for the remaining 28.8% of London W-based software and computer services company Hoskyns Group Plc as it promised when it bought its majority stake from GEC Siemens Plc . |
| 15 | When it constructs its tunnel underground the rabbit , naturally enough , takes the line of least resistance . |
| 16 | When it established its quality awards scheme last year , ICI C&P was in good company . |
| 17 | When it runs its progress will be logged via its error log file , an example of which is given in Figure 2.2 . |
| 18 | What evidence is there , however , that , after nearly 22 years of sustained terrorist atrocities , the Provisional IRA is any nearer to achieving its objectives than when it started its activities in 1970 ? |
| 19 | Coats Viyella says St Austell in Cornwall will lose 290 jobs when it closes its Van Heusen shirt factory there in February . |
| 20 | Council 's papers , though not its proceedings , seem to be proving more open than the Institute ever intended when it introduced its sunshine policy last summer . |
| 21 | We can not imagine that this inevitable development is what IBM sought when it hid its mainframe price list . |
| 22 | The shares have soared in recognition of its prospects after the successful gamble in last year 's Channel 3 licence auctions , when it retained its franchise unopposed with a bid of just £2,000 . |
| 23 | When it opened its mouth a slow drip of slime curled from the wet void ; the mouth-tusks glistened . |
| 24 | During the electoral and economic crisis of 1935 the Party had accepted no new members , but when it opened its books again in September 1936 membership shot up to 29,819 . |
| 25 | When it opened its doors in 1971 , it was the realization of a long-desired wish to provide Wales with a comprehensive system of agricultural education whereby a high-level institution would be added to the existing colleges of agriculture and horticulture . |
| 26 | The Society was certainly an initiator and active propagator , and when it turned its attention more towards foreign missions , the loss of momentum was noticeable . |
| 27 | Already the club have learned they will receive in the region of £8,500 towards travelling costs when it makes its debut in the Courage National League Division Four next season . |
| 28 | The business to which the goods are sold ( if it is registered for VAT ) , when it makes its return to Customs and Excise , claims back the VAT which it has paid on the goods , which is known as the input tax . |
| 29 | The weakness of this is that it fails to view the implications of the spending when it makes its impact but only when the spending actually takes place . |
| 30 | Kerkut arranged it such that whenever the leg touched the liquid an electrical circuit was completed and the cockroach was shocked , ; when it withdrew its leg from the liquid the circuit was broken and the shock ceased . |