Example sentences of "when [pron] write [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I wrote to the Department of the Environment , the reply was that this was the Lord Chancellor 's responsibility . |
| 2 | Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . |
| 3 | Neighbours may also attend by asking the inspector in advance — it is a good idea to include this request when you write to the inspector outlining your objections . |
| 4 | ‘ Like when you write to the Inland Revenue , ’ said Otley . |
| 5 | Where any action needs to be taken , make a note in the margin ; eg when the replies contain information that should be passed on to your client , put a marginal note " Buyer " ; when the reply indicates that there is an error in the abstract supplied to you , mark it " Abstract " ; and tick these marginal notes as you take the necessary action , for example , when you write to the buyer , or amend your abstract . |
| 6 | Christian attorney Constance Cumbey goes a step further in The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow when she writes of the ‘ coming age of barbarism ’ , and describes the New Agers as a ‘ viable movement that truly meets the scriptural requirements for the Antichrist and the political movement that will bring him on the world scene ’ . |
| 7 | But I could n't agree more with Philippa Davenport when she writes of the formality that seems to have overtaken marriage celebrations , particularly in England ( page 47 ) . |
| 8 | Mary Warnock provides a scathing analysis of the government 's attitude to higher education when she writes of the contempt that the government has for universities and their staff : |
| 9 | Couple of points that were made in relation to this particular report was the backing by the employee side , erm , to the wages board initiative that took when we wrote to the government saying that we felt that the abolition of the wages board was not in the best interests erm , of the people of Lincolnshire . |
| 10 | When we wrote of the new system at the time of its introduction , we did not mention the technical problems . |
| 11 | Two books in the recent past ( Pope and Weiner 1981 and Thackrah 1985 ) both contain veiled indications of the problems these civil service academics encounter when they write about the police . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 13 | Sweeney Agonistes also recalls Eliot 's childhood when he wrote of the ‘ South Pacific ’ . |
| 14 | Paul Oldfield topped the lot in Melody Maker when he wrote of the track ‘ Living And Learning ’ that it ‘ made me think of a man who favoured The Jasmine Minks and My Bloody Valentine , but whose bedroom was so damp that miraculous spores and mildew afflicted his brown suede and paisley . ’ |
| 15 | When he wrote to the Prince of Canino five months later he had a little more time to describe the achievements of his two years ‘ in the wilds of Australia ’ : |
| 16 | Later that month industry minister Edward Leigh signalled a hardening of the Government 's position when he wrote to The Northern Echo outlining its case . |
| 17 | He must have supposed himself to be using a language absolutely purged of metaphor when he wrote at the grand climax of the Discourse on method |
| 18 | When he wrote in the last fragments |
| 19 | Before sleeping I wonder what Pascal had in mind when he wrote in the Pensées : ‘ Time heals griefs and quarrels , for we change and are no longer the same persons . |
| 20 | The need for such a policy was recognized by Adam Smith when he wrote in the Wealth of Nations in 1776 : ‘ People of the same trade seldom meet together , even for merriment and diversion , but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public , or in some instances to raise prices . ’ |
| 21 | Jacques Fouroux maintained a sane approach when he wrote after the Paris quarter-final : ‘ It 's true that since the beginning of the World Cup the refereeing has played a significant role in the outcome of the game , but it would be chauvinistic to say the same about the way Mr. Bishop has refereed . |
| 22 | Listen what Paul says when he writes to the Romans in chapter five he says , for why we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly . |
| 23 | The author warms to his subject when he writes of the Peninsular War . |
| 24 | At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter |