Example sentences of "[adv] when it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept of honour , artificial as it can often seem , can be an abiding emotional force in fiction , but only when it is demonstrated fully and specifically through believable characters as well as believable action . |
| 2 | Only when it is exposed to chemicals that harden the tissue and inhibit decay , a method known as fixation , is the brain easily studied and only then will it reveal the complexities of its organization . |
| 3 | In particular , a stimulus can come to acquire associative strength as a CS only when it is represented in the A1 state in company with another active node — excitatory conditioning will occur when the US node is in A1 ; inhibitory conditioning when the US node is in A2 ( see Chapter 1 ) . |
| 4 | New tonofibrillae become attached to the epicuticle only when it is growing . |
| 5 | Electoral reform can , it seems , be realistically expected only when it is initiated by a minority Conservative or Labour government as the price of survival exacted by a party or combination of parties holding the balance of power . |
| 6 | Vision comes alive only when it is shared . |
| 7 | Only when it is actualized through classroom activity can it have an effect on learning . |
| 8 | A surplus is an embarrassment only when it is subsidised : unsubsidised , it becomes an export success . |
| 9 | They also claim that forgiveness produces reconciliation only when it is preceded by repentance . |
| 10 | Appropriate feedback is vital in the patient 's relearning process , so he receives praise only when it is deserved : if he fails in any way , the physiotherapist remains encouraging and positive about it , but shows him how and why he went wrong , or she may simply leave that task for the moment and return to it later , when the patient can concentrate and get it right . |
| 11 | ‘ Only when it 's misdirected . |
| 12 | Only when it 's ringing . |
| 13 | His basic idea was to empty arteries and veins of their blood and replace it by something ‘ fluid enough when it is injected to run into the branches of the vessels , will afterwards quickly grow hard ’ . |
| 14 | More fundamentally , however , because the suggested analogy at once breaks down when it is recognised that the public interest immunity presently in question is not , or at least not principally , confidentiality-based . |
| 15 | Even in narrow legal terms , possession and use can not be separated absolutely ; but the notion of mere ‘ possession ’ breaks down when it is considered in its military and political context . |
| 16 | I ca n't afford to turn it down when it 's offered . ’ |
| 17 | Though she has every confidence in the Trust , and particularly in John Sales , the Trust 's Chief Gardens Adviser , it is no easy thing to relinquish control of your life 's work — especially when it 's situated right under your nose . |
| 18 | But against the sky , especially when it 's beginning to get dark … |
| 19 | Where an odour has multi-sources this problem is exacerbated especially when it is created by two or more chemicals coming together neither of which individually amount to a nuisance . |
| 20 | There is the special delight Britons have in gossip , especially when it is hinted that politics are spiced with sex . |
| 21 | We bring these habits to video too — especially when it is treated as a substitute TV . |
| 22 | The Council was clearly implying that ( as Newman saw ) Scripture itself works sacramentally , especially when it is made actual by effective reading and preaching in the liturgy . |
| 23 | Given the difficulties involved in this kind of work , especially when it is based on ‘ official ’ data ( see Chapter 3 ) , this may seem rather dubious . |
| 24 | Strains in glass — as in most other transparent solids — become visible in polarized light and sunlight is partially polarized especially when it is reflected from non-metallic surfaces such as a road or the paintwork of a car . |
| 25 | That scepticism about language - especially when it is divorced from the purposes of daily life — has become a hallmark of much contemporary thought . |
| 26 | He was one of those people who are instantly popular , and I felt sure he must know and relish his power over others , the power that only exceptional physical beauty can give , especially when it is allied with intelligence and strong animal magnetism . |
| 27 | Finally , fast motion can , after all , express speed , especially when it is used subjectively , as in so many car chases — the one in The French Connection , 1971 , is a better example than most , and includes similar speeded-up shots of the subway/elevated railway . |
| 28 | It could be claimed that it is unacceptable for public money to be used to fund the Commissioner , especially when it is remembered that legal aid is not available for legal representation before Industrial Tribunals , for example , for unfair dismissal claims . |
| 29 | In February 1980 the Afghan Foreign Minister argued that ‘ the presence of foreign troops in a country , especially when it is requested by that country , is basically not against the principles of non-alignment ’ . |
| 30 | So when it is argued today that the sexual deviant challenges sexual difference by denaturalizing it through parody , the realization of the early modern transvestite that both the deviant and the difference are effects of culture rather than nature is being revived and sophisticated . |