Example sentences of "can only [verb] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | With fixed exchange rates , an inflationary impulse from the exchange rate can only arise when there is a devaluation of the domestic currency . |
| 2 | Security means defence against all comers and contingencies ; as such , it can only materialise when the world is purged of uncertainty . |
| 3 | A truly responsive adult education service can only exist when specialist staff are appointed or designated to take responsibility for this important area of work . |
| 4 | If you liken the body to a computer for a moment , the computer can only function when it has the correct date and commands fed to it ; otherwise it refuses to work or breaks down altogether . |
| 5 | As he put it to the 1955 Congress of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party , ‘ socialist ideas can only triumph when the peoples of Eastern Europe eat like the delegates at this Congress ’ . |
| 6 | Supporting players in the lineout can only move when the jumper has touched or caught the ball . |
| 7 | Schools can only succeed when there is dialogue within the staffroom — a dialogue which leads to a broad agreement on the direction in which the school should move , both in the present and in the future . |
| 8 | A new one has to be built from scratch but fabrication can only start when plans are eventually acquired from York . |
| 9 | The courts can only act when asked to by the Attorney General . |
| 10 | The Attorney General can only act when he is asked to . |
| 11 | Small-sized enclaves * can only survive when they are protected from crab predation by one means or another . |
| 12 | While Sunday provides the flash-point for our worship , this can only happen when our Mondays to Saturdays are filled with praise for God as well . |
| 13 | ‘ Although she told me she can only ring when her daddy is out as he does n't like animals … |
| 14 | Sometimes we have emerged after a four hour session praying for revival to gulp down the night air with such joy and satisfaction as can only come when we know we have been with God . |
| 15 | Peace can only come when the terrorists are thoroughly defeated by the forces of law and order . |
| 16 | For example , Althusser argues that revolutionary situations can only occur when the economic system is in crisis at the same time as the political and ideological structures are in crisis . |