Example sentences of "it [was/were] only at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only at the last moment that the real or unreal nature of an escape project was finally determined . |
| 2 | The three others rose to leave and it was only at the very last moment that he added , almost casually : ‘ What message were you supposed to phone to the American Consulate ? ’ |
| 3 | We did n't know where it was and it was only at the end of the exhibition , when everything was being dismantled , that we found the piece hidden away and realised what had happened . |
| 4 | The EEC was attempting to do within its transition stage of fifteen years what Benelux did in three : and yet it was only at the end of its transitional period that Benelux had had to face up to serious difficulties in seeking to achieve its ambitions . |
| 5 | In fact , it was largely through the middle-class and scientific bias of the new provincial colleges that English Language , Literature , and History came to serve as a so-called " poor man 's classics " , and it was only at the very end of the century that Oxbridge became sufficiently concerned to begin to succumb to the then " national demand " for such studies and introduce new " Schools " and " Tripos " regulations that would allow the ancient institutions to take a lead in these new areas . |
| 6 | It was only at the end of McKerrows long tenure in 1940 that the Review was taken over by the Oxford Press . |
| 7 | Those engaged in classifying creatures in museums worked anyway with dead ones ; it was only at the very end of the nineteenth century that the collecting of dead animals and dead birds gave way to the careful observation of living ones , using binoculars . |
| 8 | ‘ I imagine , ’ Mr Renfrew said unexpectedly , ‘ that it was only at the end she felt the need . ’ |
| 9 | While excerpts were performed sporadically in various Parisian concert series or at the Opera , it was only at the Schola Cantorum that whole acts or even complète operas were given notably , in the first decade of this century , Castor , Hippolyte , Dardanus and La guirlande . |
| 10 | It was only at the beginning of July that she was again taken ill . |