Example sentences of "is only when [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is only when women cross the line drawn by patriarchy and choose to do things on our own and when our collusion with racism , homophobia and class oppression can no longer be guaranteed , that real resistance and real possibilities begin to emerge . |
| 2 | In other birds a size difference is the giveaway : the wheatear is a summer visitor to Shetland , generally leaving in August or September , and it is only when birds of the race which breeds in Greenland , which are distinctly bigger , are seen that we know strangers are passing through . |
| 3 | As the play builds to its climax , loyalties are strained , and it is only when Alec decides to cast aside the chains of a lifetime 's obedience that his character truly comes to life . |
| 4 | It is only when sedimentation and subsidence coincide that the conditions will be right for the preservation of the vast thicknesses that constitute the stratigraphical record . |
| 5 | It is only when quantities have to be produced and time is short that activities need to be planned . |
| 6 | It is only when people are shown and offered things that excite their brains and imagination that standards go up . |
| 7 | It is only when politics leads to destructive conflict that we need to ask whether we should contain it . |
| 8 | It is only when improvement ceases but further improvement is possible , or the patient begins to deteriorate again , that the dose is repeated , as it appears that the initial dose has been exhausted and more is required . |