Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] then the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , they claim that if syntactic analysis is guided by semantic cues then the relative difficulty of different syntactic forms should not be constant .
2 If you have to rely solely on public transport then the rural life may not be such a good idea , unless everything that you have to be near is within your area .
3 If one accepts this interpretation then the third-person form would not have the negative connotations defined so sharply by John Lyons .
4 Well perhaps we did n't come this way then the other day .
5 If the load is to move a fixed distance then the high gear ratio requires the motor to move a large number of steps and for the load movement to be completed in a reasonable time the motor needs to attain a high stepping rate .
6 If it is found to be impossible to reconcile such differences then the public interest and the maintenance of professional standards must be the primary considerations .
7 If it is found to be impossible to reconcile such differences then the public interest and the maintenance of professional standards must be the primary consideration .
8 You have a personal statement then the joint statement .
9 We were we had n't been home a couple of two or three weeks then the big war started , nineteen fourteen .
10 If the answer is that they are idealistic categories generated through consciousness of ideal relations then the idealistic basis of these specific examples of ‘ ideological forms ’ can be understood .
11 In one way he was glad to be interrupted — superstitiously afraid that if of his own volition he decided to leave the miraculous spot then the unique mood would not follow him and he would be like a man without a shadow .
12 If the phase current is established at its rated value then the maximum voltage ( Vce max ) across the switching transistor occurs in the instant after the transistor switch is opened .
13 If we choose a different set A , containing kind-of-coat but omitting form-of-fur and length-of-beak , and if the possible values for kind-of-coat are shaggy fur straight fur short feathers long feathers then the whole classification can be completed with just simple concepts because the function kind-of-coat is total .
14 For instance a thin stream of liquid , from a tap which is being turned off , will reach a diameter at which it pays it to break up into separate drops simply because these have less aggregate area then the cylindrical stream .
15 if you prefer the romantic side then the cheap version seems to be the best .
16 If your army includes sixteen or more Trolls then the possible number of units goes up by 1 for every extra 5 models , eg 16–20 Trolls = up to 4 units , 21–25 Trolls = up to 5 units , 26–30 Trolls = up to 6 units and so on .
17 If you have made cloth with quite a coarsely textured yarn then the resulting quality is possibly rather stiff .
18 Thus if the confidential information was published in full detail then the initial recipient would not have a head start .
19 If the motor is to operate at a higher speed then the induced voltage is larger and the applied voltage must also increase , so that current flows into the winding over the extended speed range .
20 If your army includes sixteen or more Snotling bases then the possible number of units goes up by one for every extra five bases .
21 If the money had been spent on social and industrial problems then the American economy might well have grown at a higher rate than it has , and technological innovation might have been more rapid in areas which directly contribute to trade .
22 Glass , like other substances , contracts as it cools and if the outer parts of the glass be cooled and hardened before the inner parts then the outside will , of course , contract more initially than the inside but , since the inside is still soft , it will yield in the early stages of cooling .
23 If you stay in the same place then the whole process of sexual reproduction means that indeed there are uniform populations which are hybridizing with one another and then barriers to other hybridizing population , but not if you move about .
24 After the war there was a potential problem for the owners of the means of production : if the state reduced military expenditure then the effective demand for the high technology goods — aircraft , tanks , computers etc. — which they were now geared to produce , would decline and the problem of underconsumption and high unemployment might return .
25 If it goes as high as an additional half a million each year then the structural management fund will not last through the three years .
26 If a body acting under statutory authority takes an irrelevant consideration into account or ignores a relevant consideration then the resultant decision will be ultra vires ( Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corp .
27 He said that if they had not gained the upper hand then the old Völkisch parties would certainly have picked a fight with Poland .
28 Application of an electric field to a polymer can lead to polarization of the sample , which is a surface effect , but if the polymer contains groups that can act as permanent dipoles then the applied field will cause them to align in the direction of the field .
29 In a company , accountability will be to a Board of Directors , if it is a local authority then the Chief Executive is accountable to the full Council and the Principal of your College is accountable to the Board of Governors ( see figure 24 ) .
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