Example sentences of "when [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When stopped for the first offence , he claimed the cruise control on his BMW was set at 98mph . |
| 2 | When pressed for a favourable reply the pontiff put forward a set of propositions which would have to be accepted by Napoleon before the ceremony could take place . |
| 3 | When calculated for an individual subject this measure corresponds to the point on a confidence rating scale where the subject is indifferent between targets and distractors . |
| 4 | Again , quote Country Living when booking for a 10 per cent discount . |
| 5 | Michael Joyce was an entrepreneur rather than a builder by trade , though his son elevated this to ‘ architect ’ when applying for a German military passport in 1941 . |
| 6 | He used the same technique as when looking for a lost golf ball and took a line on a large house on the Ramsgate front . |
| 7 | To sum up , when looking for a choral text , choose words which are simple , direct , and poetic . |
| 8 | ( And finding examiners is not always easy either … when looking for a Polish one , I was recommended the very student who needed one ! ) |
| 9 | If you are single and ambitious , then your career pattern and development will be important to you , and any prospects for promotion in the longer term are a significant factor when looking for the right opening . |
| 10 | And do n't forget that the hilltop you cast your eye over when looking for an old route would have caught the eye of a medieval traveller as a good place to rest — and to lose coins . |
| 11 | This is also the first thing we can tell about a person when meeting for the first time . |
| 12 | Also , because of his terrible sense of direction , he would get lost when hunting for the wrong things and Endill had to spend much of his time searching for him , almost getting lost himself . |
| 13 | This measurement may , therefore , be of clinical value in the assessment of a patient with impaired renal function when seen for the first time . |
| 14 | In the seventeenth century , people stopped writing in Latin even when writing for the learned , and various attempts were made at making up universal languages . |
| 15 | b , Mature males have a higher mortality when searching for a female than on a female 's web . |
| 16 | However , when searching for a particular route from the ‘ z ’ , a linear search must be employed to establish whether it exists or not , which slows down the search time compared with the 26-way tree where all 26 routes are allocated . |
| 17 | When searching for a particular string , it is immediately apparent at any node , whether the required route from that node exists or not by checking the relevant bit of the 26 flags . |
| 18 | When searching for the right adjective , bear in mind that your effect on the reader will be stronger if you can create physical sensation , if you can make the reader conjure up a colour , a texture , a smell or a sound , rather than using a word like ‘ soothing ’ , or ‘ lovely ’ or ( worst of all ) ‘ evocative ’ . |
| 19 | The ability to lock the rope quickly is also very useful when searching for the next stance , or else in performing diagonal manoeuvres . |
| 20 | Long leases , on the other hand , rarely have any such clog on the right to assign , mortgage , etc , and in general ought not to ; in the event of a draft lease ( when acting for the original lessee ) you should always delete the offending provision should it occur , and always have it in mind when perusing the draft . |
| 21 | If you want to use aromatherapy oils when caring for an elderly relative , be prepared to pay for the best . |
| 22 | Coal-and gas-powered stations are more economical when used for a shorter period . |
| 23 | By means of technical methods known as single , double , and triple tonguing extremely rapid but clear staccato production is obtainable , which is most sure and effective when used for the rapid reiteration of a single note , e.g. : |
| 24 | As a forensic argument , of course , it has been successful ; but I sometimes fed a residual bitterness that one of these defence counsel , when speaking for a true work of literature , did not build his act on simple defiance . |
| 25 | In Scotland during the past year we have witnessed the distasteful spectacle of Dounreay scouring the planet and touting for business as the nuclear prostitute of the world , seeking to sign as many contracts as possible to dispose of other countries ' spent nuclear fuel while the clock ticks away towards the 1994 deadline set by the Government when funding for the 250 MW prototype fast reactor will cease . |
| 26 | This will be particularly important when recruiting for the new and necessary organisational structures which will be required to address the changed requirements now established by the Education Reform Act 1988 . |
| 27 | He had the Jaguar prize firmly in his sights when opting for a steady clear round in Tuesday night 's Rover Classic , instead of attempting a time which might have made it more difficult for Nick Skelton to win on Burmah Serenade . |
| 28 | He lost his first-team place and then broke a finger when fielding for the 2nd XI . |
| 29 | When introduced for the first time , technical terms can be helpfully identified by having inverted commas round them . |
| 30 | He had maintained that position when asked for a third time after being put into an ambulance . |