Example sentences of "when it [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drama is a piece of literature that only works when it 's given threedimensional form . |
| 2 | but a when when somebody when it 's becoming apparent that somebody is I would n't say is not interested in your little complaint that you 've got and that that they 're they 're trying to change to subject it 's difficult to keep them on it |
| 3 | It looks as though it 's going too fast even when it 's standing still ! ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes the tides run fast an' sometimes a man gets the feelin' 'e can swim across from shore ter shore with ease when it 's runnin' slow . |
| 5 | ‘ It often does that when it 's feeling bored , ’ said Masklin to Gurder . |
| 6 | When it 's growing wild and bold , these flowers give a spangled mauve colour to a field . |
| 7 | ‘ The need for proof is essential because many organisations fail to recognise bullying , even when it is causing serious disruption within their workforce . |
| 8 | What we mean by this is whether a syntactic analysis is carried out even when it is rendered unnecessary for sentence comprehension by the presence of semantic or pragmatic factors . |
| 9 | Footballers and all other competitive sports people stay out but cricketers scurry back inside just when it is getting interesting . |
| 10 | The Council was clearly implying that ( as Newman saw ) Scripture itself works sacramentally , especially when it is made actual by effective reading and preaching in the liturgy . |
| 11 | Expressed in this way the hypothesis does not do justice to the variety and complexity of literate practices , undervalues the character of oral practices , and sets up a ‘ great divide ’ that they themselves reject when it is made explicit . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid they feel rather frustrated when it is made clear to them that this is far from the case , ’ he added drily . |
| 13 | Just as green wood , when it is put into the fire , weeps tears of water in the heat because it is still green ( for if it were dry it would not weep ) , so does the heart weep when it is made green again by the renewal of grace , after the desiccating dryness of selfishness has been drawn out of the soul . |
| 14 | ‘ That form of music definitely works best when it is kept simple , which does n't , of course , mean that it 's easy to do ; being inventive within a restricted format is one of the hardest things to do . |
| 15 | The incidents came at a time when Sellafield was already facing prosecution for allegedly not taking proper safety precautions at its high-level waste processing plant ( see above ) and when it is seeking new authorisations for discharges into the air . |
| 16 | But it too uses passive tests most frequently when it is studying female subjects . |
| 17 | Indeed , it must be fully aware of what is happening to it when it is playing dead . |
| 18 | When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers . |
| 19 | But what happens to a noble family when it is found guilty of high treason ? ’ |
| 20 | The last time anyone saw her was shortly after 7pm , when it was getting dark and she was returning to catch the cable car . ’ |
| 21 | The last time anyone saw her was shortly after 7pm , when it was getting dark and she was returning to catch the cable car . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Against the deep blue of the sky just when it was getting dark , ’ said Jane Postlethwaite enthusiastically . |
| 23 | They could let down extra wires to hold the branch and winch it up when it was cut free . |
| 24 | This practice ended when it was declared unlawful by judicial review in 1985 ( R v Hallstrom ex parte W ) , although under Scots law it continues with monitoring by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland . |
| 25 | It was indeed very difficult to find somebody non-Jewish reading the Bible in Greek even when it was made available in that language . |
| 26 | The redoubtable Ethel must have been shocked when it was made clear she was down-graded to five , the same as Gracie Holt . |
| 27 | This follows the visit to St Petersburg in early January of Lynda Chalker , Minister for Overseas Development , when it was made clear to hear that as well as food shortages there were also shortages of medicines and associated equipment for use in hospitals and clinics . |
| 28 | The potential investors had been briefed in advance by Cuban officials on June 9 at the Mexican resort of Cancún , when it was made clear that almost all foreign investment was welcome , including in areas such as oil exploration , nickel , capital goods , textiles and agriculture , and that current rules limiting foreign ownership to 49 per cent of a company could be lifted . |
| 29 | This procedure was followed when a minor inheriting property claimed to have become of age , or when it was thought necessary to determine legally that someone had attained the age when he or she was allowed to marry . |
| 30 | If that is the case , when Brent council was at its most extreme , when it was spending enormous sums of ratepayers ' money and destroying services , why , at every turn , did the hon. Gentleman 's party support the Labour party through thick and thin ? |