Example sentences of "when it [verb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hanson yesterday began the break-up of the Consolidated Gold Field 's empire when it sold ARC Construction to its management for £6.3million . |
| 2 | When Labour opposed sequestration of union assets it meant , ‘ strike freely ’ , when it said trade union immunities would be restored it meant ‘ strike often ’ , and when it approved of enabling secondary action it meant ‘ strike anywhere ’ . |
| 3 | well can you explain please as the man who devised these charges and assessed them and work them out how by some process of reason anybody reading that sentence gets the clue that when it says management charges will rise at a rate below the level of inflation , it refers to one pound fifty nine , how can you understand that ? |
| 4 | Continue approach , radar , when it picks bursts cue position in get transferred radio beeps that keep jam , to land , and two obstructions , |
| 5 | Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March . |
| 6 | During the affluent 80s when it seemed property prices soared higher each day , there was a lot of money to be made in real estate . |
| 7 | Having learned from his first assignment that the general effectively controlled the hostage situation in Beirut , Coleman now came to realize that , in a broader frame but in the same sense , Kenaan also controlled the nature and scope of narco-terrorism itself — ; or , at any rate , could do so when it suited President Assad 's purpose . |
| 8 | Unigram ( UX No 418 ) got carried away with itself when it identified AGE Logic 's new 32-bit X server as being for Windows NT . |
| 9 | No agreement had yet been reached on the name of the Polytechnic when it assumes University status in 1993 . |
| 10 | Especially when it meant spending money . |
| 11 | The focus of the next sections is on those areas where the Ellis-Beto doctrine is seen at its best , and when it dominated TDC policy for twenty-five years . |
| 12 | BAT inherited the Australian outpost when it bought Eagle Star in 1984 . |
| 13 | Did Siemens AG buy a pig in a poke — the German 's , ever literal , call it a cat in a sack , which of course is what a pig in a poke usually turns out to be — when it bought Atlantic Richfield Co 's Arco Solar Power subsidiary in Camarillo , California for $35.9m in 1990 ? |
| 14 | Denmark and Holland usually back Britain when it champions free-market causes ; yet , like Britain , they want the common agricultural policy to go on subsidising their large farms . |
| 15 | The fan , which was featured on the Antiques Roadshow when it visited Coulby Newham , Cleveland , has been mounted in a glass-fronted case and , although not especially valuable , has now been put into other hands to keep safe for posterity . |
| 16 | It took a moment for the truth to sink in , but when it did Herr Nordern jumped . |
| 17 | ‘ Just as well your particular brand of persuasion came to a halt when it did Dr Vaughan . |
| 18 | Previous page : Greet visitors or intruders with a passive infra-red light , which comes on when it senses body heat at night . |
| 19 | As the sun shrinks it rotates faster , and flings off its outer , much cooler shell when it reaches escape velocity . |
| 20 | The move could force the city of Albuquerque to spend US$250 million cleaning up its water waste so that the Rio Grande is clean enough to drink in religious ceremonies when it reaches Isleta Pueblo , 20 kilometres downstream from the city . |