Example sentences of "when a [noun sg] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 2 | There must be a temptation , when a child has been so dreadfully deprived , to overcompensate , to lavish ‘ kindnesses ’ upon her and to be lax about discipline . |
| 3 | This is particularly the case when a child has already developed guilt feelings around its own sexuality or sexual matters in general , or where the sexual atmosphere in family or community is repressive or easily shocked . |
| 4 | It may be extremely difficult to discern when a decision-maker has ‘ commenced ’ his inquiry , and to prevent the courts from ever looking beyond the formal invocation of the finding ‘ furnished tenancy ’ is too limited . |
| 5 | Second , there are often two different passives available when a sentence has a sequence noun + adjective following the verb ; for instance , the fourth example of the previous set can be linked either to ( 4 ) or to ( 5 ) : ( 4 ) the packages registered were sent by our lawyer ( 5 ) the packages were sent registered by our lawyer It is intuitively obvious that ( 4 ) corresponds to the postnominal attributive interpretation of ( 3 ) ( c ) , but ( 5 ) to the other intensional pattern introduced here . |
| 6 | Similar problems occur when a sediment has been completely replaced , particularly when replacement has destroyed the original texture . |
| 7 | When a computer has a number of data.types , many operation codes are used up in providing the same arithmetic operation for operands with different formats . |
| 8 | Conversely , when a buyer has many potential sources of supply , and a seller has few potential customers , the buyer should be able to extract a good deal . |
| 9 | When a film has only three minutes to sell itself , at least you can be sure it 's not going to waste time trying to sell you anything else . |
| 10 | Injury is more likely when a joint has become stiff either with age or disuse . |
| 11 | Aerial ULV sprays will be most suitable when a pest has to be controlled over vast areas at the same time ; in the control of tsetse fly , for example , and in forests , to control pine beauty moth in Scotland . |
| 12 | Scotland 's normal practice in qualifying groups is to pick up points early on and then drop some later when a cushion has been inflated to break their fall . |
| 13 | The SSPCA freely admits that feeding livestock on the hills runs contrary to the accepted practice in many hill farming areas but it is of the opinion that the time has come when a stand has to be made . |
| 14 | Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident . |
| 15 | When a man has nothing more to lose , he can become very dangerous . |
| 16 | When a man has cut down a bamboo it becomes a straight pole with a cylindrical hole down the middle , but that is not how it appears in the wild . |
| 17 | What have we come to in this country when a man has to prove his innocence against some fluid , movable charge ? " |
| 18 | When a gentleman has had a particularly good meal , Bogtrotter , he always sends his complements to the chef . |
| 19 | When a document has been saved it should be cleared from the screen before typing in a new document and not merely deleted ( which introduces the danger of unknowingly overwriting the file just saved ) . |
| 20 | When a government has to choose between internal priorities and external largesse , selfishness prevails over charity . |
| 21 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 22 | When a government has a clear Commons majority such defeats are unusual . |
| 23 | The nature of a painter 's technique is never scrutinised so closely as when a work has just been cleaned , and at the heart of the exhibition will be eight of the fourteen Titians in the Louvre 's own collection that have just been freed of their treacly , dark varnishes and retouchings . |
| 24 | Land may be offered for sale when a builder has gone into liquidation . |
| 25 | He found that when a hen has decided where to nest , she works her whole body about to mould a comfortable shape , then pecks up more loose stuff to tuck in around her . |
| 26 | erm , this is a , a case which er deals with er the issue of the suspension of a measure based upon community law , whether a national court , when a measure has been based upon community law has power to suspend it , now my Lord the er issue in was erm involved er the er decision of er the German government er to give effect to er a community regulation in the sugar sector which er required er that levies should be er obtained from sugar companies , so it was a very direct er implementation of community law erm in that sense different to the matter before your Lordship , but we rely on it by analogy and in , in this case my Lord er you will see it 's in the supplementary bundle of authorities , the extra bundle because , before your Lordship , in that case your Lordship will see er between paragraphs fifteen and thirty three er the er European court indicating that where a measure that has been based upon a community er , er law is challenged before a national court that the national court er should er only er engage in the er , er suspension of such a measure , erm if there is serious doubt er this is erm my Lord er at er paragraph twenty three of the case er and we say that er if you look at the criterions they are not dissimilar from those that have been adopted by the House of Lords as a matter of English law in the case |
| 27 | Even when a worker has a job in the productive social sector , his or her output varies considerably between the different republics and provinces . |
| 28 | When a country has a persistent shortage of foreign exchange , two kinds of policy question arise . |
| 29 | Today 's accident has prompted calls for greater caution to be exercised on the water , especially when a bore has been forecast . |
| 30 | This kick is especially useful when a fighter has been knocked to the ground and his opponent is closing in for the kill , although in training it is learned from a standing position . |