Example sentences of "when we [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more dangerous is it when we insist that a man of two thousand years ago meant what we mean in so contentiously abstract a sphere as religious faith . |
| 2 | When we consider that a typical input/output operation is thousands or millions of times slower than a typical internal operation ( such as the addition of two numbers ) , and that there may be other tasks to which the computer could turn its attention while such an operation is going on , then we can see scope for redesigning the computer in this area . |
| 3 | The nearest human equivalent to purring is smiling , and we also make the same mistake when we say that a smiling man is a happy man . |
| 4 | When we say that a ring round the moon means rain , we refer to a connection in nature . |
| 5 | When we say that a flag at half-mast means that someone has died , we refer to a social convention that death shall be marked in this way . |
| 6 | When we say that a child enjoys the security of a familiar story structure , what tools have we for analysing that structure ? |