Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | Becker hints at the inside model when he concludes , not without generating some confusion , that ‘ whether a given act is deviant or not depends in part on the nature of the act ( that is , whether or not it violates some rule ) and in part on what other people do about it ’ . |
| 2 | In many districts the normal response when one 's animal was missing was to visit a person well known to have connections with local thieves , and give him a chew of betel , a wad of tobacco , and five rupees . |
| 3 | How can I keep within the normal range when this sort of thing happens ? |
| 4 | Assuming that you wish to become one of the select few and possess a suitable radio , you should set up the collective pitch travel in a manner which gives a mirror image of the normal travel when the invert switch is operated . |
| 5 | The Hooded Cobra when erect is symbolic of amplified Kundalini Sakti , the Serpent Force . |
| 6 | Annie must have been tired , but she drove quickly and cleverly , overtaking on the narrow road when she could and leaving Ellwood stranded . |
| 7 | I had just checked into the hotel and come down to the sunken terrace when I saw armed men running in a crouched position by the swimming pool . |
| 8 | Certainly from the rapturous reception when he walked on court and the sympathetic response after a performance containing too many embarrassingly bad moments , Borg can rightly claim that people still want to see him play . |
| 9 | It only became the grandest villa when Henry Pease bought it and began work . |
| 10 | Leeman plugged away with constant strikes and both his colleagues joined in on the 17th end when continued Brackley accuracy brought the game to a premature conclusion . |
| 11 | Taylor had his own first hand problems with television during the European Championship when public relations , an accepted strength , became his Achilles heel . |
| 12 | ways of encouraging employers and providers to think about the European dimension when planning training and development |
| 13 | He was recently fined £500 by the European Tour when , after a first round of 74 in his defence of the Mediterranean Open , he refused to come in for the requested press interview . |
| 14 | MARK JAMES ( right ) enjoyed another red letter day on the European Tour when he scored his second victory of the season here in Tenerife . |
| 15 | And this an argument that 's often put forward by the National Farmers Union , and other agricultural lobby groups , essentially erm , er , , it 's saying to sort of er , the European Community when they 're price setting , look there 's no point in you er , reducing agricultural product prices , cos all that 's going to do is increase supply . |
| 16 | The pilot had been flying spare parts to the European frontline when the 2,500 mile trip from Newfoundland ended . |
| 17 | Lord Young , a former trade secretary , deliberately and seriously misled both Parliament and the European Commission when he pushed through the 1988 sale of Rover to British Aerospace , concluded an inquiry by a Commons select committee . |
| 18 | A Lancashire miner 's daughter , whose grandmother ‘ was very sprightly , very clean … very like prigmeat , you know , everything in its place ’ , remembers how one of her brothers moved into the next-door house when he married , and ‘ they helped with them when they were older . ’ |
| 19 | Where was the damn cat when she needed it most ? |
| 20 | Of all the Soviet nationalities , the Baltic nations looked the most likely to establish ( or as they saw it , resume ) their independent statehood in the 1990s ; their opportunity to do so came soon after the attempted coup when ( in September 1991 ) the USSR Council of State formally approved their independent status and they were admitted into the United Nations and other international organisations . |
| 21 | She was ready to be lulled asleep by the monotonous chant when they all stood up and repeated , ‘ God the Father , God the Son , and God the Holy Ghost . ’ |
| 22 | Aware that any serious tightening of short-term interest rates added billions to federal debt-service costs , even the feistiest central bank might hesitate to tighten the monetary screw when inflation threatened . |
| 23 | In a similar way , ‘ mat ’ might be a neutral word for you — unless , perhaps , you are a member of the Islamic faith when it may be associated with your religious observances , or ( at a lower level ) you may have just lost a great deal of money in an investment in floor coverings ! |
| 24 | ENGLAND 's women had no problem retaining the Triple Crown when they followed the 13–2 defeat of Scotland last week with a 10–0 victory over Wales at Birmingham on Saturday . |
| 25 | It 's a tall order as the descendants of England 's patron saint will be hot favourites to repeat their overwhelming victories of the last two seasons and lift the Triple Crown when the Welsh invade Twickenham in March . |
| 26 | The duchess may have discussed her plans to step into the political arena when she had dinner with her private secretary Jane Ambler and two mystery male companions the previous evening . |
| 27 | It was Law 's achievement to keep the extreme right within the mainstream of the political system when it might have felt the need to abandon party politics altogether . |
| 28 | But many borrowers choose an appealing discount deal as the sole criterion when they take out a loan . |
| 29 | Size alone can never be the sole determinant when considering types of provision for the 16–19 age group . |
| 30 | It is still much more common than not for teachers to do their teaching behind closed doors , unobserved by another adult , and to feel somewhat threatened on the odd occasion when they are being watched . |