It is only when carbon is red-hot, that it is capable of separating the oxygen from the hydrogen.
On the contrary, when the moisture is well dissolved it occasions no humidity: it is only when in a state of imperfect solution and floating in the atmosphere, in the form of watery vapour, that it produces dampness.
It is only when a physician rises to a very large practice that he can afford to be inconsiderate.
Only when we have a preconceived idea of what we “wish to see,” are we unable to experience this feeling.
It is only when “knowledge of supersensible worlds” is thought of as bearing this character that it may be differentiated from old experiences of merely subjective mysticism.
Only when he has acquired the faculty of self-consciousness without the aid of such organs will the permanent ego also become perceptible to him outside his physical body.
I denounce the historical method, only when it claims to be the solely valid method of reaching truth, and so, leaves out the primary agency and determining influence of Christ.
Only when one is joined to Christ, can he understand the evolutionary process through which Christ has led the human race, or understand the Bible which constitutes the historical record of that process.
Only when that is quite impossible may we assume misunderstandings and seek them out.
People are visibly angry against themselves only when they do such things to themselves as they might do to other people; for example, beating, smashing, pulling the hair, etc.
According to Lotze, women hate analysis and hence can not distinguish between the true and the false, but then women hate analysis
only when it is applied to themselves.
Only when I thought vigorously that such a thing could not possibly be in my room did it disappear.
Then we slackened our speed and rode up so quietly that he saw us only when we were a few paces away.
Only when he had finished did they repeat together in a chorus the last refrain of his song.
Only when I dropped the flowers and guarded myself from him with my hands did he creep towards me.
This last, indeed, is vouchsafed to us only when we seek the good of others without personal aims: the joy of inward approval is the result of virtue, not the motive to it.
Only when he "plays" is man wholly and entirely man; only through art is the development of humanity possible.
An unreal and inadequate idea becomes false only when it is referred to an object, whether this be the existence of a thing, or its true essence, or an idea of other things.
Error is man's own fault; he falls into it only when he misuses the divine gift of knowledge, which includes its own standard.
Only when we have learnt all we can from this, shall we proceed to ask how magnetism comes into being.
It loses this quality, and assumes a quite different one, only when man, once the time has come for overcoming an illusion, insists on clinging to it.
Only when we give the three factors in our equation this meaning, does it express some concrete outer reality.
Only when this is recognized, can the records made be properly judged.
Only when it does become a habit, can the work required be properly performed, and the reward received.
Only when he feels that he is a part of what is taught, and that the teachers are a means of presenting to him the underlying principles of his own experience, will the worker be able to coöperate with all his energy.
It may be in some cases, but it is only when a man is wrecked that he is entitled to any allowance from the Society; we don't know when he is to be wrecked, and therefore he cannot get advances on the faith of a claim against the Society.
I do not take a note of all the transactions over the counter; it is only when a woman runs into debt that anything appears in the books.
It is only when I have it of my own that I sell to the shops.
It is only when a man actually does engage in the home fishing that he is obliged to deliver his fish to you?
It is only when he goes away from the merchant that he is asked for a cautioner.
Only when the æsthetic ingredient becomes predominant do we exclaim, How beautiful!
Only when memory is expressed and, in the common field of expression, finds itself corroborated by another memory, does it rise somewhat in dignity and approach scientific knowledge.
The breve is properly a mark of short quantity, only when it is set over an unaccented syllable or an unemphatic monosyllable, as it often is in the scanning of verses.
That conception is right, only when educated is taken adjectively.
Less itself is a comparative descending, only when it diminishes some other quality: less little, if the phrase were proper, must needs be nearly equivalent to greater or more.
The adverb no is used independently, only when it is equivalent to a whole sentence.
Only when in danger of inciting a national revolt or in fear of incurring the displeasure of his imperial master, the Roman emperor, did he stay his hand in any undertaking.
It isonly when we become dissatisfied with present conditions and attainments that we are spurred to effectual effort to make progress.
It is only when we make a proper appearance that we can have a proper influence, and so be effective for God.
It is only when he knows that the cause of his unrest is soul-hunger for God and the bread of life, that he begins to try to satisfy himself properly.
The sponge gives up what it has taken in only when it is subjected to pressure.
It is only when it begins performing evolutions in the air some distance away, and taking a half wheel to the right or left, that it has fallen a victim to the slice or pull.
It is only when a man has everything to lose and nothing to gain that he should become uneasy about his game.
Only when there is so much calculation to be done and it is so precisely accomplished does the golfer practise the real art of putting, and taste the delights of this delicate part of the game.
For it is only when we suspend our judgments and leave arguing and criticising, that the quiet gods of the moonlit shores of the world murmur their secrets in our ears.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "only when" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
