Example sentences of "when the [noun sg] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Library orientation and instruction should be available when the user feels an interest or need to visit the library . |
| 2 | Some changes may come in the ‘ bottom-up ’ review now bubbling through the Pentagon ; others could be brought in when the organisation gets a new boss . |
| 3 | When the trader owns a small proportion of the voting shares the lack of voting rights may be an insignificant loss but , as the proportion of the company 's shares held by the trader rises , the voting rights start to become valuable . |
| 4 | Provided you do n't mix friendships with finance — especially on the 4th when the Sun makes a decisive aspect to your ruler Saturn — then this looks like being a month when you are fussed , feted and fawned over . |
| 5 | If , when the jury returns a verdict of murder , the Judge has no option but to pass a sentence of imprisonment for life , it will rest with the Home Secretary to decide when the prisoner shall be released on licence . |
| 6 | It is important to realize that when the speaker uses an ethical statement to express an attitude , the hearer who agrees or dissents is not agreeing to , or dissenting from , any claim to the effect that the speaker has the attitude . |
| 7 | The pair of rotating arms can be easily lifted off , when the unit becomes a standard fountain . |
| 8 | When the phone rings a third time answer it . |
| 9 | Malt whisky is distilled twice ; and only when the spirit reaches a high enough standard is it collected by the stillman in a spirit receiver . |
| 10 | When our body dies , however , our conscious mind dies with it ; so that , when the spirit enters a new body , it enters a new conscious mind with a clean memory-slate . |
| 11 | But when the Slave takes a human form it is always a bad thing . ’ |
| 12 | This would seem to be especially true when the foal exhibits a characteristic that is clearly opposite to how the dam herself has behaved from the time of her birth . |
| 13 | ‘ the parental right to determine whether or not their minor child below the age of 16 will have medical treatment terminates if and when the child achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed . |
| 14 | ‘ In the light of the foregoing I would hold that as a matter of law the parental right to determine whether or not their minor child below the age of 16 will have medical treatment terminates if and when the child achieves a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed . |
| 15 | This could be happening when the child uses a video game or watches a TV screen . |
| 16 | When the question quotes a statement and asks for a discussion of it , do not be afraid to criticise the statement if you think it is open to criticism . |
| 17 | When the microcosm presents an experience of the macrocosm , it is dramatic indeed . |
| 18 | In July rumours of a rift are fuelled when the princess spends an evening without her bodyguard , playing bridge with Old Etonian James Gilbey at his London flat . |
| 19 | When the text has a reader it ceases to be a mere object and takes on anthropomorphic form ; it has a voice or voices ( the ‘ codes ’ ) , it creates its own history ( the history of the already-read content ) , it ‘ plays ’ , ‘ creates ’ , ‘ lies ’ , etc . |
| 20 | Conversely , when the chart shows a large ‘ hole ’ and numbers like 1025 , the high pressure promises calm . |
| 21 | When the chart specifies a time outbound such as the 3 minutes on the adjoining pattern , such time is meaningless unless allied with a specific speed to produce a specific distance . |
| 22 | Diana and Charles will be together this evening with other royals when the Queen hosts a dinner on board Britannia for leaders attending the European summit . |
| 23 | It is the convention today that when the Queen issues a proclamation dissolving Parliament ( on the advice of her Prime Minister ) she also issues a proclamation summoning a new one . |
| 24 | When the retailer receives an answer to his enquiry , giving the information he requested , he may decide to write to the manufacturer again , asking for a quotation for a large quantity of the product . |
| 25 | When the council receives a planning application it often consults people who might be affected such as neighbours , other residents and community groups . |
| 26 | A modern categorisation is this : ( a ) killing by omission when the law imposes a duty to act ; ( b ) killing by gross negligence or by recklessness ( there is debate whether the former form has survived the introduction of reckless manslaughter in the 1980s ) ; ( c ) killing by an unlawful act , also called constructive manslaughter ; ( d ) killing where there is provocation ( see Chapter 2 ) , diminished responsibility ( see Chapter 11 ) , or a suicide pact . |
| 27 | When the government makes an award it normally provides all but about a quarter of a per cent of the extra needed . ’ |
| 28 | Even when the government runs a budget surplus the Bank of England will still have to manage the national debt ( the accumulated borrowing from the past ) . |
| 29 | Even recovery from something as basically physical as a broken leg will be more rapid when the patient has a determined and optimistic outlook on life . |
| 30 | When the individual produces a germ cell ( egg or sperm ) , one of the two genes , chosen randomly , is transmitted to that cell , and hence to the offspring . |