Example sentences of "when we [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we use a term like ‘ light-speed ’ we are , therefore , really using it as a kind of shorthand to refer to the velocity of any form of electromagnetic radiation . |
| 2 | It can not come off , but we aré such masters of philosophical self-deception that it can seem to , and then ‘ it can seem as if the rules of grammar are in a certain sense an unpacking of something we experience all at once when we use a word ’ . |
| 3 | I.A. Richards has defined metaphor like this : " In the simplest formulation , when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word , or phrase , whose meaning is a resultant of their interaction . " |
| 4 | If the reason is not self-evident , it soon emerges when we imagine an appropriate part of to be placed in the verbal position . |
| 5 | When we receive a linguistic message , we pay attention to many other factors apart from the language itself . |
| 6 | It is in this vast area of the unknown that transcendent beauty resides , When we clothe an object in the garments of this unknowable , our souls respond and we are moved . |
| 7 | What is apt to happen when we strike a solid is that a whole series of stress waves radiate from the point of impact and move off into the body of the material . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's always like this , ’ the host explained , ‘ when we roast an ox . ’ |
| 9 | When we fix a date , we 'd like you to be bridesmaid . ’ |
| 10 | What are we after when we burn a fuel ? |
| 11 | When we form a clear and distinct idea of the irrational sides of our nature , they are transformed and become in a soberer form part of the patterned plan of our life . |
| 12 | One of them will melt when we reach a thousand . |
| 13 | Possibly it 's the very thing we all draw on , unconsciously , when we judge a character . |
| 14 | How much more quickly does my hon. Friend think that we might achieve a balance between exports and imports when we introduce a minimum wage , increase taxes on investment , increase personal taxes and allow the trade unions to ride rough shod once again ? |
| 15 | Recruits refused to search for these food sources , even when we put a food source in a boat in the lake at the indicated spot . |
| 16 | The ones that gave of carbon dioxide when we put an acid to them . |
| 17 | Why run away from home when we 've a fascinating country of our own ? |
| 18 | We 're going to have a period , before toys start coming in with the EC label , when we 've a gap with very little to sell . |
| 19 | This tendency to give a realist answer when we request a phenomenalist ( appearance-based ) answer - which Piaget called ‘ intellectual realism ’ — is also very easy to see in children 's drawings . |
| 20 | Yet , when we dig a little deeper , we find simply another style of moral paternalism lies buried beneath the surface . |
| 21 | When we perceive an object there is an idea of it ‘ present to ’ our mind . |
| 22 | The question of the distinction between ‘ mind ’ and ‘ brain ’ is a controversial one ; is there , for example , an ‘ I ’ that is fooled by contradictory signals from the brain when we witness an illusion ? |
| 23 | Equation is seen , for instance , when we recognize a picture of someone we know ; and qualification was at work when a cave painter added the last few touches which made his bison look more energetic and more nearly alive than the others already on the rock face . |
| 24 | unnamed that is not true and I do agree with Mr that when we make a decision to close some homes that they should be named to avoid the terrible indecision which exists at the moment . |
| 25 | Clearly when we make a planning application we have to er finalize that . |
| 26 | An interesting adaption of our 10 day holiday to Alsopahok in Hungary occurs when we make an overnight stay in the Vienna Woods area , thereby giving you plenty of time for sightseeing in Vienna itself . |
| 27 | But we are given an insight into the limitations of their cognitive capabilities when we observe a spider responding to a vibrating tuning fork by attempting to wrap it up for food . |
| 28 | Few of us worry about security when we write a cheque . |
| 29 | When we analyze an event we try to break it down into forces , links and parts . |
| 30 | When we draw a picture of a planet 's orbit we show the Sun , of course , and a single line around it in the shape of an ellipse . |