Example sentences of "[coord] it [is] only when " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a few moments to adjust — one moment one is dry , wearing dry swimming trunks and walking about , and the next one is progressively getting wetter ( including the swimming trunks , which somehow seems particularly inappropriate ) — and it 's only when half a length or so has been swum that the whole thing seems ordinary again . |
| 2 | And it stays like that throughout , so the baby does not use its mechanism to control the temperature , it 's kept at that constant degree of warmth and it 's only when the baby comes out that it has to start looking after itself . |
| 3 | It 's with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for it is , because you never , and I I think those three little rules there only apply only nouns have an apostrophe , pronouns never have an apostrophe and it 's only nouns ending in s , have an apostrophe and it 's only when they own the thing that follows , except when they , when they do n't end with an s , but you know the exception of men 's , women 's , children 's and sheep . |
| 4 | He saw something erm he saw a cat and he zoomed out the front door and he was gone and it 's only when he lost sight of the cat he thought about where he was |
| 5 | The fragmented narrative cultivated by Vargas Llosa , for example , is intended to replicate the way in which we experience real life , in that events and information are presented to us in a disjointed fashion and it is only when we have lived through the reading experience that we are able to piece it all together with the benefit of hindsight . |
| 6 | These older boards still sail perfectly well in lighter winds and it is only when you start improving to stronger wind conditions that the difference becomes apparent . |
| 7 | Friendship as well as marriage is a two-way affair and it is only when both parties have the opportunity to share problems , experiences and ideas and to give as well as take , that the relationship is a success . |
| 8 | But it is only when the parent quark and radiated gluon themselves have relatively high energies that the jets from each can be clearly distinguished . |
| 9 | Material objects may become temporary substitutes for important relationships , like the mauled soft toy or ragged piece of blanket in childhood , but it is only when relationships with ‘ things ’ rather than people become an established pattern for ‘ shutting out ’ that there is cause for concern . |
| 10 | But it is only when we see conversion as a miraculous , radical and gracious act of God , that there is an adequate basis and motivation for church growth . |
| 11 | Birds , fish and invertebrates provide some fascinating instances of the use of tools , but it is only when we come to the mammals , and particularly the primates , that tool using begins to approach anything like its full potential . |
| 12 | Where there is more extensive liver damage there may be ascites , but it is only when there is massive invasion , comparable to acute fascioliasis in sheep , that death occurs . |
| 13 | The front of the machine sports some graceful curves , but it 's only when you take a peek round the back that you get some inkling that this one is different . |
| 14 | But it 's only when they 're in a crowd but course , among that crowd are some that are bad and some that are good get carried along with them , that 's |