Example sentences of "only [prep] the time of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only during the time of waiting , wrote Harsnet , during the time without hope , that these things assume significance , only during the time without hope that one is conscious of them , that one remembers them with despair , that one anticipates them with dread . |
| 2 | For mortality , the intensity of selection in a stable population ( r=0 ) remains constant during the pre-reproductive period because the consequences of death for reproductive success remain constant ; selection intensity starts to decline only at the time of first breeding . |
| 3 | They claim that he became the Messiah only at the time of his baptism — that is , his anointment or coronation . |
| 4 | Exercise raises the metabolic rate , not only at the time of activity , but also for a little while afterwards . |
| 5 | One difficulty with testing recognition memory is that inferences might be made only at the time of the recognition test . |
| 6 | However , although early Greek literacy must therefore also be labelled ‘ restricted ’ , the foundation was nevertheless being laid for future developments of the ‘ full ’ potential of literacy : ‘ It was only by the time of Plato that the language had changed sufficiently to express new ideas ’ ( ibid . ) . |