Example sentences of "[conj] then as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manzù 's girl is thus described by Trier first as an artefact , and then as a person ; his terms of reference are the characteristics of two other sculptors . |
| 2 | Instead he went to work for Famous Players-Lasky , first as a subtitle writer and then as a screenwriter . |
| 3 | He had already gained experience of some of the economic problems of the post-war economy in his role as minister at the Board of Trade , from April 1921 to October 1922 , and then as Chancellor of the Exchequer from October 1922 until May 1923 . |
| 4 | He wrote a cross against Gareth 's name , and then as an afterthought , a question mark also . |
| 5 | From 1538 , Mary , widow of Francis of Orleans , duke of Longueville , and then aged twenty-three , spent her life first as the wife of James V , when she fulfilled her function as queen by producing two sons , only to see both of them die , and then as queen dowager fighting to maintain her daughter 's interests . |
| 6 | While children are notoriously prone to insert small objects into their ears or noses , the dawn of adult sexual awakening heralds a second phase of insertion in both males and females , at first in an exploratory fashion and then as an adjunct to masturbation or to heighten sexual pleasure . |
| 7 | Paco Rabanne has had two lives in his present incarnation — that of the revolutionary 60s dress designer , and then as the name behind one of the world 's most successful men 's fragrances . |
| 8 | Dorothy saw wartime service in the Woman 's Land Army , first in the timer corps and then as a tractor driver . |
| 9 | He even had on a collar and tie , which I 'd never seen before and which he would tug at every now and then as if it were too tight . |
| 10 | No scene , perhaps , in The Lord of the Rings is more moving or more suggestive than the one in which Sam and Frodo , in Mordor , see the wind changing and the darkness driven back , and then as if in answer to prayer come upon a trickle of water : ‘ ill-fated ’ and ‘ fruitless ’ in appearance , but at that moment seemingly a message from the world outside , beyond the Shadow . |
| 11 | Ward spent the best part of two decades living in Taylor 's shadow , initially as a player at Lincoln and Watford and then as his assistant at Vicarage Road and Aston Villa . |
| 12 | It was at the latter that Fleischmann worked , initially as a fellow sponsored by Ia , the major chemical company , and then as a lecturer . |
| 13 | She spends much of the opera in disguise , first as a ‘ doctor ’ who ‘ revives ’ the Albanians ( who have pretended to kill themselves when rejected ) by means of an enormous magnet ( thanks to Dr Mesmer ) , and then as the notary who is to perform the marriage ceremony . |
| 14 | And so did Lynne 's stage career — first as a singer and then as a comedienne . |
| 15 | The late meal was eaten in comparative silence , and then as the clock on the mantelshelf struck ten o'clock Carrie slipped on her coat . |
| 16 | From 1974 onwards it evolved as a unit of account , first when its value was linked to a basket of currencies and then as the IMF denominated its growing balance of payments financing in terms of the SDR . |
| 17 | What is indisputable is that as an undergraduate and then as a research worker for Child Poverty Action Group , far from regarding such evidence as ‘ defeatist talk ’ you not only accepted it but added to it . |
| 18 | It has an illustrious past , first as a grand private mansion and then as a hotel and has been visited by many crowned heads of Europe and many great literary figures such as the poets Milton , Shelley and Keats . |
| 19 | The record of debates within the Association reveals the gradual emergence of " literature " ( sometimes used as a synonym for " poetry " ) at first as an essential feature of English , and then as its primary constituent . |
| 20 | Take a day off now and then as a reward . |
| 21 | Gold was certainly used as a decorative inlay for bronzes as early as Shang times , but precious metals only began to be highly valued in China comparatively late and then as an outcome of influence from inner Asia and the west . |
| 22 | But Dierdriu only said , ‘ And so you went away , and Grainne stayed , and when you came back to Tara , first as a soldier in the Fiana and then as its head , I could not bear to send you away again , Fergus . |
| 23 | As Tara 's Crown Princess and then as its High Queen , she knew something of the Castle 's history . |
| 24 | He was ordered complete rest and convalesced abroad for eight months before resuming work as consultant for the Skipton–Lancaster railway , at first jointly with Charles Vignoles [ q.v. ] and then as sole consultant . |
| 25 | On returning to England he served as a staff captain in the War Office and then as an assistant secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence , an appointment which was to alter completely the course of his career . |
| 26 | The third section of the essay , then , examines the role of the state — first , in the restructuring of Berlin 's modernizing urban fabric and then as the central antagonist to the city 's ‘ Secession ’ movement in the visual arts . |
| 27 | It is quite another matter to be told what taxes to pay and how much unemployment is to be suffered and then as an afterthought to be informed that there is to be no democratic redress . |
| 28 | Pete Bushell is the second Engine Driver , who before joining the railway in 1981 , worked as a British Rail Fireman on Steam Engines at Stafford and then as an Engine Driver at the Granville Pit , Donnington . |
| 29 | Middlesbrough developed in the middle of the nineteenth century as a coal port and then as a major centre of steel and chemical production . |
| 30 | A long-standing Mitterrand ally , he worked as Secretary-General in the President 's office from 1981 and then as Minister for Social Affairs and National Solidarity in 1982-84 . |