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The phrase "apply only when" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to specify conditions under which a certain rule, guideline, or action is relevant or applicable.
Example: "These safety measures apply only when the machinery is in operation."
Alternatives: "valid solely when" or "relevant exclusively when".
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The performance guarantees, however, will apply only when customers buy everything from Oracle.
The oxygen- and hydrogen-transfer criteria apply only when oxygen and hydrogen occur in their typical oxidation states.
In today's highly leveraged and opaque financial markets, these traditional dividend restrictions apply only when it is already too late.
The S.E.C. was careful to say that its proposed rule would apply only when state laws allowed shareholders to nominate candidates.
By taking the easy way out, you showed your child that courtesy and respect are relative concepts that apply only when convenient.
Thursday's decision may apply only when the main reason for the creation of the crime lab report is to prove a fact at trial, Justice Sotomayor said.
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But that policy is applied only when it suits them.
They are applied only when necessary," Merkel said, referring to western sanctions on Russia.
Punishment should be applied only when it will further the greater good.
Fraud applies only when someone actively misrepresents a copy as an original.
The time penalty caused by the offline test applies only when an error is detected.
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