Example sentences of "be only [adv] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My surprise does not arise from the possibility of a Government defeat over the social chapter but from the fact that it is only now that such a story has found its way onto the front pages . |
| 2 | Moreover , it is only recently that some have engaged in such strategic thinking at all . |
| 3 | And it was 1952 before that road was taken — by Hugh Kenner ; it was only then that responsible criticism of Pound became possible — everything before that belongs , as it were , in pre-history . |
| 4 | It was only then that Old Red noticed me in the car . |
| 5 | It was only then that evil men had begun to disturb the ancient arrangements which had the stamp of Gregory 's authority . |