Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] rarely [that] " in BNC.

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1 It 's only rarely that a fellow will change his corner .
2 It 's very rarely that I have
3 It is very rarely that we know the age of a bride .
4 Unfortunately , it is very rarely that this question can be answered precisely .
5 Because I have also read other of Rosa Guy 's novels , I know that her style is continuous throughout her stories and it is very rarely that one of her books ends happily .
6 Most of science is built up on good solid craftsmanship and it is only rarely that the occasional blinding flash of world-shattering importance ever really occurs .
7 It is easy for adopted parents to feel hurt or rejected and it is only rarely that they and the child make the search together .
8 Because of socialisation it is only rarely that we have to puzzle out a meaning for an action which we come across in our normal social encounters — most actions seem perfectly intelligible to us the moment they occur — because we have learnt the rules by which others are playing the ‘ game ’ .
9 However , it is only rarely that the more esoteric operations are ever used , particularly in programs compiled from high-level languages .
10 It is only rarely that places become the heroes of operas , yet such is the case of Peter Grimes .
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