Example sentences of "only [verb] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strike was only broken when the children were publicly flogged and their parents sent to jail . |
| 2 | The spell was only broken when the Captain looked over her head , saying : |
| 3 | Consequently , the pattern of dividend payouts for firms which follow some target may resemble a ratchet effect which is only broken when the firm 's performance is bad for several consecutive periods . |
| 4 | The servants used to say that she only cries when a Carew is about to die . |
| 5 | Getting to her feet , angry and hurt all over again , she moved jerkily about the small room and only halted when Leo came up behind her and placed his palms on her shoulders to still her . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | One patient was only diagnosed when he presented with small bowel lymphoma . |
| 8 | For shares , capital gains and losses are only recognized when the share is sold , and this is directly under the owner 's control . |
| 9 | There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason . |
| 10 | There are no balance sheets because there are no assets or liabilities in the books : sales are only recognized when cash is received ( so there are no debtors ) ; purchases are only recognized when cash is paid ( so there are no creditors ) ; there are no stock adjustments because the accounts are not concerned with recording usage , only with the fact that cash has been paid for purchases ( so there is no closing stock figure ) ; there are no fixed assets , for the same reason . |
| 11 | In fact , they seem to get a good price for their equity , because they only sell when they sense that investors feel lucky . |
| 12 | One senses temperature so that the look is only heated when temperatures fall below freezing point . |
| 13 | She ran through the woods and only stopped when she reached the fence between the woods and the Botanical Gardens , which spread for a great distance along one side . |
| 14 | Tolbukhin 's forces advanced into the British Zone and only stopped when , on 9 May , they met troops of Gen Keightley 's 5 Corps . |
| 15 | Will and I ran like the wind and only stopped when we reached the river . |
| 16 | He sorted through Blanche 's things deliberately , one by one , and only stopped when he came to the building-society books she had purloined and Marek 's exercise book . |
| 17 | It relies on the idea that the passage of time by itself does not cause prices to change , and futures prices only change when information arrives . |
| 18 | ‘ It was as if The Wedding Present only formed when I joined , which was nice in a way , ’ says Charman . |
| 19 | Mowbray 's hand fell to his sword hilt as he realised that great brass tongue only tolled when the Tower was under attack . |
| 20 | With fixed exchange rates , an inflationary impulse from the exchange rate can only arise when there is a devaluation of the domestic currency . |
| 21 | Under the social security system no unemployment benefit is paid and entitlement to supplementary benefit will only arise when savings are below a predetermined level . |
| 22 | Therefore , losses will only arise when and will be at a maximum when S = 0 and will be equal to E — C. The result is shown by the hatched line in Fig. 7.7(a) and is the equivalent of a written put . |
| 23 | However , this confidence is only justified when the check is done systematically and correctly . |
| 24 | The causal theory could be telling us that a belief is only justified when caused ( directly or indirectly ) by the facts . |
| 25 | The pungency of mustard is only realised when it is mixed with cold water ; salt , vinegar and hot water inhibit the flavour , producing a milder condiment . |
| 26 | Many years ago I was taking notes in a legal matter and only realised when I was transcribing them that police commissioner and police constable have the same initials . |
| 27 | Following this move of the ducal seat the palazzo fell into disuse and disrepair , a state from which it only recovered when the Spanish governors took it over many years later . |
| 28 | The slander spread like wildfire and was only checked when the drunk who invented it confessed in a magistrates court . |
| 29 | The mainstream critics ' thankless task ( their privilege ) is only completed when every last cultural product is herded into this universal corral of taste where , to quote Bourdieu once more , ‘ the most classifying privilege has the privilege of appearing to be the most natural one ’ . |
| 30 | Only eat when the work is over . ’ |