Example sentences of "[noun sg] then [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subjects who characteristically had dominant alpha EEG rhythms when awake were most suitable for this task , as the level of alpha rhythm then acts as a good indicator of alertness . |
| 2 | Each side then loses something if there is an attempt to meet at a mid-point . |
| 3 | Go round this side then stands there holding her tummy You can see it ca n't you . |
| 4 | If the electorate then considers that the governing party has broken its promises , or that the opposition party has since worked out more acceptable policies , it will vote out the established governing party and give the opposition party a chance . |
| 5 | The employee then puts his or her case in a similar manner . |
| 6 | Early and limited spraying in spring then kills most of the remaining weevils and the fleahoppers , without decimating the natural enemies of bollworm and budworm . |
| 7 | The media department then works out how the client 's money should be spent . |
| 8 | The Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry then has complete liberty to accept or reject these recommendations , and to decide whether , and how , they should be acted upon . |
| 9 | A higher pound then makes exports dearer and imports cheaper , so that the balance of payments deteriorates . |
| 10 | The carbon then decays : and as C has a half life of 5570 years , it is suitable for dating organic remains . |
| 11 | The trainer then has to decide whether the horse is being rather stubborn and refuses to work because he does not want to or because there is something preventing him from relaxing and settling down . |
| 12 | But in the advanced technologies , up to our own time , it has been almost impossible for working companies to have direct access to their relevant means of production , and a third form of the division of labour then appears , and in capitalist conditions becomes stable and regular . |
| 13 | A sensible division of labour then suggests itself . |
| 14 | Once the source text is understood , the translator then has to tackle the task of producing a target version which can be accepted as a text in its own right . |
| 15 | As the car then goes down the line , past various work stations , all the components are fitted to the car in turn . |
| 16 | In parallel with the scalar series , exp ( - A ) is the reciprocal of exp A. If , as in ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) , we have a polynomial or series in a scalar quantity{ gl } and the corresponding function in the square matrix A , we may multiply the scalar function by I to obtain the two matrix functions unc Subtraction term by term then gives unc where Q is a function we need not evaluate here . |
| 17 | The reasoning then comes through his narration of having an impairment . |
| 18 | The study then compares NT to Unix on 80 functional areas falling into three categories : user environment , operating environment and development environment . |
| 19 | The study then describes the underlying technologies of multimedia and goes on to evaluate the implications for such fields of use as education and training , business and professional applications and leisure and entertainment in the home . |
| 20 | The Priest then responds ‘ Who then sir ? ’ . |
| 21 | The priest then tries counting to five before number six can respond ‘ Not I sir ’ . |
| 22 | THE SECRET HISTORY Donna Tartt Already a US best-seller , this brilliant first novel starts with a murder then backtracks to explain why five Greek classics students at an exclusive college kill their classmate . |
| 23 | The rest of the extract then examines how changes in the style of policing and law enforcement affect criminal statistics . |
| 24 | The recorded rate of crime then remains on a rough plateau until the end of the 1930s . |
| 25 | In 1989 he was tipped to succeed Mr King when Mr Brooke was appointed , and despite his disappointment then has continued to covet the job and interest himself in Irish affairs . |
| 26 | The wool-sucking then starts up once again , unabated , and it is impossible to keep up a permanent ‘ treatment ’ of all potential woollen materials . |
| 27 | We just passed the revenue , the capital , the revenue then goes on the base budget , is called the revenue consequence of capital expenditure and all the fire officers ask for is enough to build a fire station and the cost of running it is automatically going onto your bill . |
| 28 | The trestles and loading poles are removed and the entire weight then rests on the tripods and wires . |
| 29 | Man kills girlfriend then shoots himself |
| 30 | When the relay contacts open , transistor TR6 switches off and the oscillation then depends only upon the small charge remaining on capacitor C8 and the value of resistor R29 . |