Sentence examples for seems only when from inspiring English sources

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He played it straight, it seems, only when he was dickering about his pay.

Government becomes harmful, it seems, only when setting a floor under workers' wages.

It seems only when he is personally caught, on camera, repeating that Smethwick slogan from 1964 – "If you want a nigger for a neighbour vote Labour" – will the doubters be convinced.

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The election had turned into a fugue of litigation, which would end, it seemed, only when a judge — or a judge's spokesman — announced a winner.

Debt, it seems, only matters when there's a Democrat in the White House.

Sex on the cinema screen, it seems, only mattered when it wasn't there.

So it seems only right when the Crusaders triumph with a last-gasp volley of custard shots.

However radical change seems only feasible when atrocities justify it in order to avoid repetition.

It seems only yesterday when "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) was the order of the day.

Furthermore, the additional beneficial effect of exercise on metabolic complications seems only relevant when accompanied by certain amount of weight loss [ 19, 20, 23].

It seems only fitting that, when he chokes on his breakfast one day, Katherine should make no move to help.

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