Example sentences of "only [adj] when " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Readings were only normal when I was walking , perhaps because of the tendency of exertion to increase body temperature . |
| 2 | Children were to be subsumed within the dwelling to this notion of order : " Teach your children that a house is only habitable when it is full of light and air , and when the floors and walls are clear . |
| 3 | Now imagine we lift a marble above the table ( Fig. 1b ) we can call the raised-up position state A and table level , state B. Here , the object is only stable when it is on the table . |
| 4 | Charlie found that he enjoyed the responsibility of having to organise the section for seven days and was only sorry when his week was up and the task was handed on to someone else . |
| 5 | However , this is only possible when the coach really knows the karateka . |
| 6 | Why was this expansion only possible when trams , buses and cars were invented ? |
| 7 | In the World of God we find that union with God is only possible when the barrier to that union has been dealt with . |
| 8 | Thirdly , a firm plan of subsequent treatment is often only possible when information has been gathered from the general practitioner , relatives , friends , and other involved agencies as well as the patient . |
| 9 | Many would also say that real life is only possible when one has accepted the finiteness of life on earth as something that God uses to draw people into a closer union with himself . |
| 10 | Efficiency measures are only possible when outputs can be separated from each other and possess uniform characteristics . |
| 11 | Efficiency measures are only possible when outputs can be separated from each other and possess uniform characteristics . |
| 12 | Also , this form of search is only possible when the searcher can generate and then retract states , or store several states simultaneously , so it is not suitable with irreversible operators . |
| 13 | Scruton ( 1984 ) has argued that freedom for conservatives is only possible when subordinated to an organisation or arrangement which defines the individual 's aim . |
| 14 | Remember that Fermi resonance is only possible when a fundamental and a second-order band have the same symmetry and are close together in energy . |
| 15 | Such broad groupings are only possible when many separate thin section analyses are grouped together ; they are not applicable where the study is of one sandstone sequence from one particular area of a sedimentary basin . |
| 16 | However , close examination of the external stonework , only possible when scaffolding had been erected , revealed the extent of necessary repairs had been underestimated , and the contract had to be extended to June 1991 . |
| 17 | Such a credulity-straining coincidence is only possible when a dybbuk pulls the strings . |
| 18 | If I point to a particular item in a room and say " that " , we can say that the demonstrative encodes distance from the origo , whether actual or mental , and the coincidence of indexical and symbolic meaning is only possible when we know what object is being pointed to . |
| 19 | These duplicators are basically small printing presses and only economic when there is a regular flow of work calling for high quality printing . |
| 20 | This empirical emphasis is only sensible when the factors which policy makers think merit funding can be measured accurately enough . |
| 21 | At present microdialysis is only justifiable when there are compelling reasons for neurosurgical intervention and when the inclusion of the microdialysis probe does not add appreciably to the risks . |
| 22 | He tugged at his knife but had it only half-drawn when the huge taloned paw of the bear smashed his head as if it was a rotten apple . |
| 23 | It 's only funny when |
| 24 | Mr Bumble was only brave when dealing with poor , helpless people . |
| 25 | The present study shows that substantive uniformity , whether in the message that constitutes the text of the bill , or in the legal consequences attached to the recording , is only attainable when the various participants in the transactions arrive at a consensus with respect to the fairness of their rights and duties . |
| 26 | Relationships of this kind , including most of those between normal adults , give a place to emotions such as resentment , gratitude , forgiveness or disappointment which are only appropriate when we believe that someone 's behaviour towards us was conscious and intentional . |
| 27 | ‘ So the clip was only appropriate when both star signs matched . ’ |
| 28 | The disk is round to pentagonal , and covered in skin with occasional small plates , usually only noticeable when the specimen is dried ; disk diameter up to 35 mm . |
| 29 | For such times are not even necessarily the obvious ones , ‘ the visible sequences of events recorded by the chronicler ’ , they may be invisible , ‘ a complex ‘ intersection ’ of … different times , rhythms , turnovers , etc. ’ , only visible when their particular concepts are constructed and produced ‘ out of the differential nature and differential articulation of their objects in the structure of the whole ’ ( 101–03 ) . |
| 30 | However , because the Plan is linked to your repayments , premiums are only payable when there is any borrowing on your FlexiLoan . |