Example sentences of "then it is " in BNC.

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1 All my life , he wrote , I have been preparing myself for this moment , but if I have prepared myself correctly then it is so that when the moment came I should not be encumbered with the sensation of having waited for it all my life , for such a sensation , wrote Harsnet , is too heavy a burden for anyone to carry .
2 Then it is necessary to give up much higher .
3 Then it is only a matter of banking the glider over until the feature is just below the wing-tip , steadying the glider and pressing the shutter .
4 Provided the blow does not cause actual injury ( and winding someone does not count as injury ) then it is likely to score .
5 First this is held downwards , then it is swung upwards to varying heights so that you have a split second in which to hit it with a suitable technique .
6 If that is the case , then it is possible that he also thought that the synagogue ritual , as well as the direction of their commercial life and benefactions should have been handled differently .
7 If he points to the empty box then it is probably fair to regard this as deliberate misinforming , as the ‘ implanting ’ of a false belief in another 's mind .
8 If this were true , then it is hard to see how impairments in face processing could be explained so economically in terms of the cognitive modules that functional models contain .
9 If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there , then it is constrained to be true .
10 If it is not the Women 's Tennis Association , spurred on by the vocal support of Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles demanding equal prize money at Wimbledon and the French , then it is the voices on the men 's side who want prize money for the top tier of their tournaments doubled to $2m .
11 If a high gloss or mirror finish is required , then it is necessary to use either a grainfiller to fill the pores of the wood , or to apply extra coats of finish , rubbing down between coats until the grain has been filled .
12 If wood is to be stained as well as filled , then it is possible with some makes to thin the filler with the wood dye , so that dyeing and filling can be carried out in one operation .
13 Once a user is convinced that the DSP chip is capable of fulfilling the system requirements then it is time to start the design for real , probably design of an embedded system .
14 If it is to succeed in partnering Jaguar , then it is important for GM to be seen as a ‘ good citizen ’ of the UK .
15 But by then it is too late .
16 Then it is time to make a tipping policy .
17 Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed .
18 I favour the approach that if the band is worth 2,000 people in a town , then it is smart to book the 1,500-seat venue .
19 If blasphemy was ‘ a way of affirming belief , then it is possible to see how Eliot 's most blasphemously despairing poem , ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , led up to his conversion .
20 because human subjectivity can not ultimately exist outside a division into one of two sexes , then it is castration that finally comes to symbolise this split … .
21 In retrospect then it is the final remark in that poignant description of Athman by the river which is the most telling : ‘ tor a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair ’ .
22 ‘ Property therefore means belonging to a tribe , ’ [ p. 90 ] and even then it is not land which is property with pastoralists .
23 If a link exists between body temperature and the sensation of fatigue , then it is reasonable to enquire if the abilities to fall asleep and remain asleep are also related to body temperature .
24 If the brake is not applied by the driver then it is applied automatically ; it is the frequency of these automatic braking incidents that is recorded as an error .
25 However , if you are looking for rhythmic changes in a single volunteer then it is the changes in performance , not the absolute level of performance , that are most important .
26 Then it is a relatively simple matter to descend and land in the field , though it can be fun when the only thing visible in the black outside the cockpit is the light of the marshaller 's torch ( just try judging how far away a solitary light is when you are next out on a moonless night ) .
27 Erika has been away plenty of times , and if Fräulein Silber thinks that it is the right thing to do then it is the right thing .
28 ‘ If the pelargoniums were overwintered in their old containers then it is best to remove them , shake off much of the old potting compost from the roots and repot in fresh compost — moderately heavy , with good drainage but not more than one-quarter peat or other organic matter .
29 Since then it is events rather than governments that have been in command .
30 If , as seems likely , the Czechoslovak economy has been largely stagnant for 15 years then it is hard to see how domestic resources could be enough .
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