Example sentences of "[adv] when [noun sg] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meetings are effective only when reflection leads to action . |
| 2 | Only when income settles at £1,020 can we say that the full multiplier effect has taken place . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , if incidence starts to fall while outcidence remains stable , prevalence continues to rise , albeit at a decreasing rate , and begins to fall only when incidence drops below the level of outcidence . |
| 4 | Only when man aspires above his station and wants to be like God does he fall to a lowlier position in which all his relationships are soured . |
| 5 | But in practice the distinction is not always so clearcut , especially when doubt moves in the direction of unbelief and passes over that blurred transition between the open-ended uncertainty of doubt and the closed-minded certainty of unbelief . |
| 6 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |
| 7 | However when software crashes without much of a clear message it can be difficult to work out what is at fault . |