Example sentences of "when it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brewin was sold to management by Scandinavian Bank for about £6 million last year , when it made pre-tax profits of £1.4 million on turnover of £14.4 million . |
| 2 | Public interest research group New Consumer added more pressure in March when it launched Changing Corporate Values , a revealing survey of 128 UK suppliers of consumer goods and services . |
| 3 | , they , remember last , end of last winter when it got mild after the cold spell , they were building their nests and then we got all that cold weather again , all the , all the fledglings were dead . |
| 4 | Well we travelled through the night mostly , we got to erm no we got to no-man 's land that 's when it got bad . |
| 5 | A CRANE caused traffic chaos in Belfast yesterday when it got stuck under a bridge . |
| 6 | ‘ ( 1 ) … in relation to an institution in respect of which a payment falls to be made under section 58(1) above any reference in this Act to a depositor 's protected deposit is a reference to the total liability of the institution to him immediately before the time when it becomes insolvent , limited to a maximum of £20,000 , in respect of the principal amounts of and accrued interest on sterling deposits made with United Kingdom offices of the institution . |
| 7 | I do n't like the idea of great numbers getting together , that 's when it becomes dangerous |
| 8 | For corporation tax purposes , a dividend is treated as paid on the date when it becomes due and payable ( s 834(1) , Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ) . |
| 9 | The offer will be priced next month when it becomes clear what percentage of the Treasury 's stake will be sold . |
| 10 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 11 | Management board chairman Hans-Olaf Henkel said that transfer reduced its extraordinary loss to $562m last year when it had extraordinary expenditure of $1,134m . |
| 12 | The Express has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964 when it had 4.2 million circulation — and the deadly decline continues this month . |
| 13 | Growth was most rapid in percentage terms around 1831 when it reached 1.55 per cent per year and in absolute terms around 1870 . |
| 14 | So we have a story that may or may not be a story ( it had already appeared in The People back in January , when it raised few eyebrows ) , and a news reporter who suddenly finds himself giving press conferences rather than attending them . |
| 15 | Housing had been the responsibility of the Urban Renewal Authority ( URA ) since the early 1970s when it achieved independent recognition through federal legislation . |
| 16 | So the normal man in the street wo n't see a great deal until very much nearer the time when it opens next spring . |
| 17 | It was an excellent vehicle for an emerging West European voice on defence issues as distinct from a NATO position in order ( with France still outside NATO ) to establish some kind of common ground at a time when it seemed possible that the two superpowers might actually manage to reach an agreement on levels of nuclear armaments that might not take Western European interests into account . |
| 18 | From the beginning of 1984 when it seemed probable that Lord Hailsham would soon resign as Lord Chancellor , Sir John was widely discussed as his probable successor in the Thatcher cabinet . |
| 19 | But they were withdrawn immediately after the election , when it seemed likely that interest rates would fall , and succeeded by bonds offering a lower return . |
| 20 | ‘ This was blown out of the water by the Supreme Court in 1990 , when it said Irish unity is a constitutional imperative . |
| 21 | Newark Castle was of strategic importance during the Civil War when it withheld three sieges by Parliamentarians . |
| 22 | Permission was granted , however , for the weekend of June 27/28 when it operated all the advertised service trains on both days . |
| 23 | In this article Peter J. Clarke , Manager , International Trade Services , AIB , traces the history surrounding the Letter of Credit from just after the First World War , when it reigned supreme , to the present day . |
| 24 | We 'll ask Linda this time , when it says good plans , sell , require , retain . |
| 25 | and he says to them , the thing is when it goes wrong |
| 26 | Right you can have some in a minute when it goes flatter . |
| 27 | One result would be that the Government could not time a general election to its own advantage , going to the country at the moment when it feels most popular ; so general elections might result in a change of Government more often . |
| 28 | Time Warner has been looking for a high-technology partner since 1991 , when it sold smaller stakes in TWE to two Japanese firms , Toshiba and ITOCHU ( then known as C. Itoh ) . |
| 29 | The Feminine Mystique , which dared to put the silent question , did not see the light of day until 1963 , when it sold three million copies , but it was already being written and its audience was waiting . |
| 30 | By the late 1920s when it became possible to send cars away to Hendon for a thorough overhaul , they were all in really tired condition . |