Example sentences of "is [adj] when [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The counter-arguments , which would uphold the principle of correspondence , are that breach of that principle is unnecessary when the amplitude of the crime of manslaughter lies beneath murder , and also that the definition of grievous bodily harm includes a number of injuries which are most unlikely to put the victim 's life at risk .
2 However , since the concentration of solvent is lower when the concentration of solution is higher , there is a net flow towards the concentrated solution .
3 Back channel behaviour , which can also include nods and sentence completions is used when a participant wants to indicate to the person speaking that he should continue .
4 The contract is complete when the customer puts his money in the slot .
5 ( 2 ) A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in other customary manner ; and until such announcement is made any bidder may retract his hid .
6 ‘ A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in other customary manner ; and until the announcement is made any bidder may retract his bid . ’
7 Section 57(2) goes on to state that a sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in some other customary manner .
8 If the motor is moving in the negative direction the excitation cycle is complete when the index register reaches location ENDLOW and the next cycle is initiated by shifting the register to point at location ENDHI .
9 It is rare for a tribe to spend more than a few months in any one place ; consequently , any rug that is unfinished when the tribe moves has to be fastened tightly to the loom and transported in its entirety to the next encampment .
10 Although it is possible when a program is used for individual tuition for it to collect data on pupil performance , this is only one mode of diagnostics .
11 A higher quality of timely competitor intelligence is possible when the corporation 's intelligence resources are identified and centrally co-ordinated .
12 Pip then arranges , secretly , to buy his greatest friend , Herbert a partnership in a shipping firm but Pip 's wealthy lifestyle is upset when the convict , Magwitch , returns from Australia where he had been transported to .
13 Altruism is reciprocal when the assistance rendered to an individual by another is returned in an appropriate interaction , usually at a later date .
14 ( c ) The reaction is spontaneous when The reaction is thus spontaneous at temperatures above 1106 K.
15 However , the effect of paternal age is clear when the age of mother is controlled .
16 Clustering is easier when every function and predicate which we might consider applies to every conceivable training instance .
17 There may be slight damage to the tips of leaves actually in contact with the fleece but this is acceptable when the alternative of the crop being ‘ cut to the ground ’ is considered .
18 The effect is similar when a District Health Authority pays a private hospital to perform operations on NHS patients .
19 The main advantage is that no ACT is payable when a company issues additional shares to a shareholder in lieu of a cash dividend .
20 This is payable when a copy of a writer 's or composer 's song is made mechanically ( or these days electronically ) .
21 It is noticeable when a resident withdraws from meals and sociability ; the attention lavished on a dying resident is noted on the subtle residents ' grapevine .
22 This effect is noticeable when a stream of sunlight passes into a darkened and dusty room .
23 When a character in a book is real : it is real when the novelist knows everything about it .
24 Most mothers imagine their children 's wedding , but it is sad when a parent puts pressure on her son or daughter to marry .
25 It 's sad , you know ’ — she turned about and looked at Peggy ‘ It is sad when a mother outshines a daughter , and aims to do it to the extent of trying to fascinate her son-in-law .
26 Referring issues to a named firm or company can run into similar problems but , again , it is appropriate when a dispute has already arisen : see 8.2.4 .
27 Thus an intervention notice is appropriate when the board concludes , on the material before it , that the interests of investors require the practice about which the board is concerned to cease immediately pending further investigation of the allegations .
28 It is striking that the form reserved for inanimates is used , as is appropriate when the item qualified is a relation , despite the presence of the animate noun [ m .
29 The whole development cycle is streamlined when the programmer can visualise and monitor program execution .
30 If a relative is sick when the dolphin appears it will give a sign whether or not that person will recover or has already recovered .
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