Example sentences of "when its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter are particularly helpful since cholesterol becomes harmful when its chemical structure is changed through oxidisation . |
| 2 | And the Treasury showed its true colours and relative power when its economic authority was challenged by the government 's attempt to develop a more direct planning role through the formation of the Department of Economic Affairs in 1964 under George Brown . |
| 3 | But Britain will only succeed when its political leaders start treating voters as informed citizens with shared concerns , not as ignorant consumers to be manipulated . |
| 4 | The first of these Tracking and Data Relay Satellites entered orbit on board a space shuttle earlier this week , but later ran into trouble when its second booster failed . |
| 5 | But when its current owners moved in in 1970 the kitchen was still very much the same . |
| 6 | Scotland 's health minister , Lord Fraser , announced yesterday that the Scottish Health Service Advisory Council will be disbanded when its current work programme is completed later this year . |
| 7 | Their vacant seats would be taken up , with effect from Jan. 1 , 1991 , by Austria , Belgium , Ecuador , India and Zimbabwe , all elected for the standard two-year term by the General Assembly when its 45th session ( opened on Sept. 18 — see pp. 37731-32 ) ended its general debate on Nov. 1 . |
| 8 | One of them recently ran out of petrol and had to do a 45-mile round trip for fuel when its total allocation for the whole shift was only 28 miles . |
| 9 | Its artistic value was underlined by the support of the country at large when its regular broadcast on BBC Radio 3 came under threat . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) Reid remarks that ‘ a man born blind , if he were instructed in mathematics , would be able to determine the visible figure of a body , when its real figure , distance , and position , are given . ’ |
| 11 | In 1940 the old Burwell drainage commission finally accepted voluntary dissolution when its ancient pump engine collapsed beyond repair . |
| 12 | How can any horse fail to be screwed up , when its first contact with man is fifth degree burns , starvation , and flagellation ? |
| 13 | Apple Records got off to a fine start when its first release , Hey Jude , sold three million worldwide in its first month . |
| 14 | Next recently announced that it will be addressing this imbalance when its new Donegall Place store opens . |
| 15 | This year the company is disposing of the subsidiary at a consideration of £2.1m when its net assets are also £1.8m . |
| 16 | This is not , as Young ( 1981 : 328 ) asserts , because they are ‘ well calculated to be ineffective ’ , but rather because they have not been framed with a crucial issue in mind — how far can a national state regulatory agency effect the operations of a transnational corporation , particularly when its parental state is one of the two world imperialist powers ? |
| 17 | Thus land development was important for capital when North Shields was being put together as an industrial town and it seems to be important again when its industrial base is being taken apart . |
| 18 | It could be another sign that EASE is in for a tough few months , ironic when its annual report due to be published soon , will show that it made its first modest profit in 1992 . |
| 19 | The implications of concentration of provincial press ownership are greater when its geographical variation is taken into account . |
| 20 | Indeed I shall be arguing that the drama will only be effective when its inner structure is felt by the participants . |
| 21 | Earlier this year the Foundation withdrew from a similar scheme in Coventry when its proposed centre was again the victim of an arson attack . |
| 22 | Item 5 includes remembering that items are of different sizes , and may sometimes be shelved in different sequences : a simple enough thing when known , but the cause of much misunderstanding when its full implications ( including the need to consult catalogues ) are not realized . |
| 23 | Publicity is no good for my business , especially when its bad publicity . |
| 24 | OATS had previously been part of the scholarship scheme , but dropped out about fifteen years ago when its commercial pilot training activities took precedence . |
| 25 | Though America 's economic hegemony ended 20 years ago , the consequences of this were little appreciated within America , for the country 's military and geopolitical power went unchallenged until 1989–91 , when its old enemy threw in the towel . |
| 26 | To begin with , it is more likely to get an early warning of the cheetah 's approach , for even when its own head is down grazing , other heads are up and scanning the surrounding country ready to sound an alarm with a snort . |
| 27 | With the Labour government unable to control a majority of seats in the Commons , it was occasionally vulnerable to policy defeats on the occasions when the other parties were able to unite or when its own backbenchers staged guerilla attacks . |
| 28 | However the time taken to re-charge the capacitor is proportional to the charging time constant , so if a high resistance is used the capacitor may not be completely charged when its stored energy is next required . |
| 29 | Larkin has told how Lawrence was one of his favourite novelists when he was young , along with Isherwood , Maugham and Waugh , and many in and after the Second World War were to ponder the strange , radical genius of famed humility of social origin and ambiguous political stance who had helped keep the realistic spirit alive and potent in an age when its intellectual prestige stood low . |
| 30 | ’ A little consideration will , I hope , show you your mistake , and prove that a petition may be graciously accepted , when its particular object is not granted . |