Example sentences of "when it [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it meets real resistance the army will recoil and break . ’ |
| 2 | It hardly seemed to augur well for the firm 's chances when it goes head-to head with the likes of Brown Boveri ASEA or GEC Alsthom . |
| 3 | The House was , as I recollect it , in a rather more highly charged mood than is usual when it discusses European matters . |
| 4 | The research is a learning process and is most productive precisely when it changes prior views and expectations . |
| 5 | The rows may be triggered by a seemingly trivial incident , but it is not felt as trivial when it symbolizes past conflicts and needs . |
| 6 | I am quite sure that the Moderator and his colleagues will be able to withstand any theological attack directed by the Rev. Ian Paisley , but when it approaches physical violence this is another matter . |
| 7 | It may be argued that there is nothing too morally reprehensible about this in many areas of our public life : but when it affects life-and-death issues , such as Northern Ireland , the idea of making legislation on internment , for example , subject to back-room bargains struck at Westminster , is one which would stick in the throats of many voters . |
| 8 | Iceland says that when it resumes commercial whaling , as it intends to do , it will withdraw its objections to the cull grenade ban . |
| 9 | " The history of the Russian people " , wrote Shchapov from prison a month later , " fills our heart with the belief and the hope that sooner or later a time must come for the Russian people when it acquires political self-consciousness and , as a result , political self-government " . |
| 10 | In May , 1991 , the Digital Information Group 's Software Industry Bulletin reported that SelecTronics expects to report a ‘ significant loss ’ for its financial year ended 31 March and that it is restructuring its business so that it manufactures handheld devices only when it has firm orders from its distribution channels . |
| 11 | An area of mystery is rational to God , but faith must suspend judgement and not press human reason to answer questions when it has insufficient information . |
| 12 | At the other extreme , ‘ I dislike it ’ turns out to be highly questionable when it implies diminished awareness : |
| 13 | Toyota plans to make them at Georgetown when it doubles annual car output from 200,000 to 400,000 in the next few years . |
| 14 | Rubin , the designers of all Soviet nuclear submarines , says leakage of plutonium from corroded nuclear torpedoes is not expected to start until 1995 or 1996 , but when it starts strong currents could disperse the contamination over distances of up to 100 kilometres . |
| 15 | It is least successful when it makes stereotypical assumptions about women : that they behave in certain ways because they are mothers , or because they do n't work outside the home , for example . |