Example sentences of "when they [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This occurs when the similarities are subtle or intricate , or when they require prolonged discrimination in order to make them intelligible . |
| 2 | An increasing number of ex-Service personnel and their dependants are now reaching the age when they require some form of supportive housing , and this number will continue to grow over the next decade . |
| 3 | Henry III 's damnosa hereditas made two sovereigns unequal when they became involved in the affairs of the surviving remnants of the Angevin Empire in south-west France . |
| 4 | They did n't all desert their girlfriends when they became pregnant , some have remained to provide crucial emotional and practical support . |
| 5 | About two-thirds of the mothers in this book were at school or further education college when they became pregnant , and about half of these were under sixteen . |
| 6 | Two explorers passing through the Chilean desert in 1974 discovered the banana could help keep them on the move when they became stranded because their car had drained of oil . |
| 7 | They were all playing a singing game when they became aware of an aeroplane droning overhead . |
| 8 | There were a few young men who developed female characteristics , unconsciously perhaps at first but certainly consciously when they became aware of the power that these gave them . |
| 9 | When they became engaged , his future mother-in-law said about her daughter , ‘ I hope you will understand her . |
| 10 | But production stopped in the Eighties when they became unfashionable . |
| 11 | when they became liable to pay the Poll Tax in Oxford . |
| 12 | They would need children to work the land when they became old . |
| 13 | It is the life force within us that is the cause of that denial , which makes it impossible for the healthy to imagine a time when it will have faded , which makes them tremble at the thought that , were voluntary euthanasia ever legalized , abuse would inevitably follow , and when they became old and ill , they would be at risk of being put away . |
| 14 | Considerable concern was expressed , for example by R. H. Tawney , about the numbers of boys going from school into unskilled jobs with little prospect of advancement , from which they might be dismissed when they became old enough to qualify for higher adult earnings . |
| 15 | Apart from Louis , however , most Novices moved quietly up when they felt ready for it . |
| 16 | So I 'm not a for a moment suggesting that some rules and regulations are n't needed and I think that er the trouble is that every rule and regulation that is passed in this house , there 's always an excuse for it and there 's usually a very good reason for it , but that is the problem that the government faces and it 's quite fairly er a problem the treasury face when they introduce these statutory instruments because er no one can disagree that fraud must be stamped out , all I 'm actually saying is that unfortunately upstairs we have a deregulation bill going ahead at all pace with hundreds of clauses and hundreds of new rules to try and red hundreds of new clauses to reduce the number of rules and here we are downstairs on the floor we have passing for very good reason perhaps , more rules and regulations and there are four more tonight and I believe that every government department Madam deputy speaker , has a minister specially appointed to keep an eye on deregulation and I just wondered although er my honourable friend on the front bench mentioned that er the even the D T I minister responsible for deregulation has looked at these , I wonder if there is a minister in the treasury , they 've actually put a minister in the treasury responsible for deregulation or is the ministry actually above deregulation because I think that er I got the impression that the that every ministry would have a deregulation minister and I think it would be rather useful to know who the deregulation minister is in the treasury . |
| 17 | The issue was resolved when they agreed that filming should continue . |
| 18 | This turned to despair when they discovered many male and female camp followers had not left with the army , but had decided to stay there . |
| 19 | When they discovered this famous Plowden sentence about the importance of the child at the top of this chapter , they welcomed it with a great sigh of relief . |
| 20 | This is the reason why toads , when they seize one end of a worm , methodically rake the length of it with their forefeet to remove any bits of sticks or earth that might be stuck to it . |
| 21 | If young people get used to the idea of the pub being a centre of the community , a place for sensible conversation and for sensible drinking , they are less likely to abuse the pub and its facilities when they become young adults . |
| 22 | The structural neglect of older people reaches its peak when they become frail or dependent . |
| 23 | ‘ When they become alarmed they go very quiet , waiting for something to happen so that they can run in the opposite direction . |
| 24 | Again for simplicity these variations will not be mentioned at this stage , but will be introduced when they become relevant to particular topics . |
| 25 | Only when they become international players do they become the responsibility of international coaches . |
| 26 | CHURCHES AND CHAPELS continue to form a major part of the work of SAVE , particularly the serious problem of what can be done when they become redundant and are closed . |
| 27 | This is the production of EM energy in certain solid crystals when they become compressed and stretched in particular directions ( an effect used in a crystal pick-up of a record player ) . |
| 28 | How can we help poor women to avoid neural tube defects when the appropriate supplements , even when they become available , are not going to be prescribable on FP10s but will have to compete with the rest of the family 's needs ? |
| 29 | I will try to ensure you receive a copy of both reports when they become available . |
| 30 | Further details will be given on these pictures when they become available . |