Example sentences of "when [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The calves , when only a few days old , are tethered by the neck in a stall about 60 cms wide and 150 cms long , until they are too large to turn . |
| 2 | Some will show you what they are made of early on , when only a few inches ( centimetres ) high , others will be more reluctant , and will make you wait . |
| 3 | This method ensures that the file designer is not forced to provide very large embedded overflow areas on every cylinder , when only a few cylinders require them . |
| 4 | When only a few records were retrieved the default display would be full . |
| 5 | A high exhaustivity of indexing , then , is beneficial where a thorough search is required , but may be a handicap when only a few highly relevant documents are sought . |
| 6 | When only a few people are involved , a system of property rights may establish the missing market . |
| 7 | Companies are keen to adopt the ‘ open ’ moniker simply for that purpose : how many suppliers these days describe themselves as open systems companies , when just a few years ago they would probably have sneered at the term . |