Example sentences of "is [adj] when [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is sad when boredom is the reason for married couples losing interest in sex .
2 When dog occurs in a sentential context in which the specific interpretation entails the general interpretation , we can not be sure which sense is operative when reference is made to a male dog : the two senses under these circumstances are effectively inseparable .
3 On one type the switch-off is automatic when water ceases to flow and the proportioner must be re-set before more chemical can be drawn again .
4 Good quality hay is vital when grass is no longer present .
5 Yet confrontation is difficult when discrimination is invariably subtle and discreet .
6 Management is harder when risk factor stratification shows that a person is at increased risk but does not have a likely or predominant mechanism at which treatment can be targeted .
7 From this graph it can be seen that recall values are generally higher towards the beginning and end of the word list when recall is immediate and that the latter recency effect is absent when recall is delayed …
8 Like T. canis , the life cycle of T. cati is migratory when infection occurs by ingestion of the L2 in the egg and non-migratory after transmammary infection with L3 or after ingestion of a paratenic host .
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