Example sentences of "and when a [noun sg] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when a man is in an ill humour he is fit company only for himself , neh ? ’ |
| 2 | Scientists can not be observing and experimenting all the time , and when a scientist is thinking about communication he is no less subject to the superficial attractions of the ‘ transporting ideas ’ model than the rest of us . |
| 3 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |
| 4 | The options for each decision need to be evaluated and when a decision is made the project plan for each aspect of the project should be updated . |
| 5 | Someone must plough the fields or milk the cows , but much of this endeavour takes place hidden from public view and when a tractor is glimpsed across a field it is often assumed that it is a farmer who is in the cab . |
| 6 | The housekeeping departments has to ensure that all rooms are prepared for the new arrivals and when a room is vacated the chambermaids have to change the linen and clean the room ready for the next letting . |
| 7 | Now the problem with that model of proceeding is that you then end up with you can end up with the exploitation of complain procedures for a wide variety of , not all of which you want to countenance , and some of the universities ' and colleges ' experience of trying to run complaint procedures in connection with sexual harassment has been deciding when to try to cool someone down and when a complaint is someone that should be run along with . |
| 8 | And when a club is in dire straits there is a tendency to be over-critical , but Everton are not just in trouble , they are in big trouble . |
| 9 | This transponder , about the size of a grain of rice , is injected painlessly into the back of the dog 's neck , and when a reader is passed across the skin the reference number can be taken . |
| 10 | There have always been fires on Earth , from volcanoes and lightning ; and when a plant is burnt it gives out only the carbon dioxide that it itself has taken up in life , so the net effect of burning biomass , at least on atmospheric CO 2 , is probably zero . |