Example sentences of "[adv] when [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not once did the other man interrupt the litany , and it was only when a rapping on the door , announcing Chant 's return , interrupted the flow that Estabrook remembered there was anyone else alive in the world tonight beside himself and his confessor . |
| 2 | It is only when a substance is matched with a patient according to the Law of Similars that it becomes Homoeopathic . |
| 3 | Of course arpeggios and passage-work generally can freely pass through this part of the compass : it is only when a passage turns and returns on itself within these narrow limits that it becomes both really awkward for the player and uninteresting in sound . |
| 4 | It is only when a remedy is taken over an extended period that proving symptoms are likely to occur . |
| 5 | It is only when a glimpse of brown forest is seen through the snow that one can be sure that the coast has been crossed . |
| 6 | She did n't hear the car coming up the lane behind her , barely even registered it as it passed ; it was only when a car door was violently slammed that she looked up , and froze . |
| 7 | It was only when no parking places were to be found anywhere near the hall that it became clear that this was not normal . |
| 8 | However , it was only when the driver turned to the left up the quays that the real damage wrought by the 1916 rising could be clearly seen . |
| 9 | It 's only when the peak has been conquered that thoughts turn to the delicious things that used to be in the foil-covered dishes , and the question of how best to prepare the spam . |
| 10 | It was only when the organ developed from that pipe and with the organ the tradition of fugue-writing could a genius like Bach arise . |
| 11 | And it 's only when the child is two or three , or beginning to talk or whatever , that 's when the mums come around . |
| 12 | ‘ It was only when the doorbell rang and two more couples joined us that I realised what he had in mind . ’ |
| 13 | It is only when the United States persuades Israel that it can not continue to deny the choice of representative that the Palestinian people have made — however reprehensible that representative may seem — that any meaningful international dialogue towards peace can take place . |
| 14 | Belgacom , the Belgian state phone company , is terrified that the government , which is in such a panic to cut its budget deficit as required by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty that it tendered its resignation to the king , who declined it , will rush to raise cash by privatising the phones : ‘ It is only when the company 's reorganisation and internal restructuring is complete that a new change to its statutes could be undertaken , ’ the board said , warning ‘ It takes time to transform an administration into an efficient and dynamic company . ’ |
| 15 | It is only when the frequency and magnitude of each behaviour is sufficiently marked and sufficiently prolonged to impede the child himself in his daily life or cause distress to his family or community that it can be defined as disorder ( Rutter et al. , 1970 ) . |
| 16 | It was only when The Sun newspaper displayed it on a girl in a highly provocative pose that she realized how easily the purity of the image could be sullied . |
| 17 | It 's only when the rest of the Ireland pack were fit and aware enough to stay with the Ulster skipper , did those same critics realise what a good player he really is . |
| 18 | It is only when the friends of the deaf demand a better deal that the deaf will get it . |
| 19 | It was only when the bottles of wine had been firmly put away and the last glass drained that they got the message . |
| 20 | It is only when the parents begin telling us about the brilliance of their own revolting offspring , that we start shouting , ‘ Bring us a basin ! |
| 21 | It was only when the headmaster had finished reading the list of names that the hubbub started . |
| 22 | It was only when the government started to cut drug prices after 1980 , because it wanted to stop health bills rising further as the population greyed , that the drug makers were pushed into thinking about export markets . |
| 23 | It was only when the Government decided to shadow the Deutschmark that it dropped its commitment to sound money . |
| 24 | The sociological fantasy that pop musicians could be some sort of organic intellectuals was remarkably stubborn ; it dominated initial left-wing responses to punk , and it was only when the material basis of the fantasy — youth as class — broke down in the late 1970s recession , that different ways of conceiving pop politics began to be attractive . |
| 25 | He was on stage for most of the first act , and it was only when the curtain fell for the interval that he could concentrate on anything other than the play . |
| 26 | And it is only when the vote is over that we will know how the MMB will be run in the coming year , and if there will be any change in the way decisions on the future of the board are taken . |
| 27 | It is only when the body 's own powers are insufficient to deal with these disturbing factors , that medical intervention becomes necessary . |
| 28 | No matter how good the theoretical preparation , it is only when the student works in the ward that she is required to translate knowledge into practice . |
| 29 | It was only when the war created new economic and social needs and highlighted existing problems that a universal scheme of family allowances gained sufficient additional support to be accepted and implemented . |
| 30 | ‘ It was only when the police asked them to turn the noise down that any of us had any chance of sleep . ’ |