Example sentences of "then as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First as a diplomat , later as Foreign Minister in 1959-66 and then as Chancellor he shaped the foreign policy priorities of post-war Austria . |
| 2 | The line of Pancras Way ( once known as Longwich Lane , then as King 's Road ) follows the pack-horse track on the banks of the river Fleet . |
| 3 | We were really mixing with the stars then as Chris Tarrant came into the canteen ! ’ |
| 4 | He began trading as E. S. Gibbons , then as E. Stanley Gibbons , and later as Stanley , Gibbons & Co . |
| 5 | Then as memory returned she closed her eyes , her sigh ending in a groan . |
| 6 | He asked the doctor for some medicine , then as Whitman turned to fetch it , felled him with a tomahawk . |
| 7 | They appeared in law school classrooms and law review articles , then as lawyers ' arguments in particular cases at law , then as judicial arguments in dissenting opinions explaining why the majority opinion , reflecting the orthodoxy of the time , was unsatisfactory , then as the opinions of the majority in a growing number of cases , and then as propositions no longer mentioned because they went without saying . |
| 8 | In 1760 he was employed , first as carpenter and then as clerk of works , at the building of Kedleston Hall , Derbyshire , under Robert Adam [ q.v. ] , an experience which constituted his architectural education . |
| 9 | Then as Ronni looked into her face , she nodded wisely . |
| 10 | If the mechanism made us faint , or vomit , or have a heart attack , then as cavemen we would have made very easy prey every time we encountered an animal we feared . |
| 11 | Wherever he went , first as prior at Canterbury , then as abbot of Peterborough , and finally as bishop of Rochester , Ernulf was associated with the revival of an interest in pre-Conquest traditions — with the revival of Anglo-Saxon liturgical practices at Canterbury , with the collection of Old English laws at Rochester , and perhaps with the renewed interest in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle at Peterborough . |
| 12 | In the novel itself we meet the Russian people , the folk , only once , and then as inflictors of suffering , in Raskolnikov 's half-dream ( which is also half-memory ) of a little mare being tortured and finally clubbed to death by drunken peasants . |
| 13 | She served as its honorary secretary and then as chairman . |
| 14 | In the last 800 years , they have been knighted , ennobled , given prestige diplomatic posts in Washington and Paris and taken high political office , first as Whigs , then as Liberals . |
| 15 | They appeared in law school classrooms and law review articles , then as lawyers ' arguments in particular cases at law , then as judicial arguments in dissenting opinions explaining why the majority opinion , reflecting the orthodoxy of the time , was unsatisfactory , then as the opinions of the majority in a growing number of cases , and then as propositions no longer mentioned because they went without saying . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's eight years — firstly as assistant then as coach — of quite a lot of enjoyment . |
| 17 | Very broadly , what happens is that the budgeted amounts of expenditure are credited to appropriation accounts and then as expenditure is incurred debits are set against these credits . |
| 18 | He paused , and then as Robbie made no comment , ‘ So , ’ impatiently , ‘ will you write to your mother ? |
| 19 | When the Liberals returned to power he held office , first as comptroller to the household ( 1905–9 ) , then as under-secretary of state for India ( 1909–10 ) , and finally as parliamentary ( patronage ) secretary to the Treasury and Liberal chief whip ( 1910–12 ) . |
| 20 | If we wish to reflect on the nature of the body we must in succession examine the body first as being-for-itself and then as being-for-others . |
| 21 | Then as councillors at Tameside , Manchester , stood with heads bowed , he swiftly added : ‘ I am still owed £187.66 . |
| 22 | Then as nurse Neil McGregor looked on helplessly Peter Sigsworth attacked a fellow patient before being restrained by six members of staff . |
| 23 | First , if the specimen is subjected to axial stress — as well as the twist , then as Biot ( 1939 ) has shown , Equation ( 5.3 ) needs to be modified so that where is the applied torque and I the second moment of area of the cross-section with respect to the twist axis . |
| 24 | Then as David got up to order another drink she found that her anger towards him was dwindling ; after all , she could hardly accuse him of being uncaring when she was only too aware of the caring nature of his activities . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , if you 're sure you 're not suffering from any after-effects from the accident , I wo n't keep you any longer , ’ said Rachel with a brief smile , then as Jimmy stood up to leave she said casually , ‘ By the way , have you been to see Len ? ’ |
| 26 | It grew in two ways : initially , as more people got TV sets , and then as programme hours increased . |
| 27 | Then as Andrea , 21 , kept a bedside vigil their home in Cumberland Street , Darlington , was ransacked by thieves . |
| 28 | Then as dawn came up , he had fallen into a deep , dreamless sleep , waking suddenly to find his Aunt Bridget looking down at him . |
| 29 | She was first noticed playing opposite Harrison Ford in Blade Runner , then as Michael Douglas ' wife in Wall Street , and finally in her steamy love scene with Kevin Costner in No Way Out . |
| 30 | United 's luck changed then as Martin went off with an ankle injury , to be followed a few minutes later by Stoke defender Chris Hemming , a clattering tackle on Derning brought the red card out of the referee 's pocket and boos for Hemming . |