Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] then the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court adjourned the matter until Thursday , ‘ but it is hoped by both parties that by then the current uncertainty and speculation concerning the future of Manchester will have been resolved ’ . |
| 2 | VAT was introduced in April 1973 and from then the standard rate has varied from ten per cent to eight per cent to fifteen per cent , and the Treasury is empowered to change the rate at any time . |
| 3 | Over 20 years ago , Japanese scientists were reporting that over 10,000 porpoises were being killed in the North Pacific each year in the drift-nets of the Japanese salmon fishery , and since then the drift-net fleet has grown considerably . |
| 4 | From 1976 to 1980 they were allowed to use 20 per cent of their contributions in this way , from 1981 to 1985 they were allowed to use 50 per cent , and since then the permitted ratio has been 60 per cent . |
| 5 | The festival at Cropredy started as a reunion concert when the band split up … they reformed six years ago and by then the annual event was well established … each year present and past members line up … |
| 6 | It was an hour later that they came back and by then the Jewish family had let me know exactly what was happening in Germany , and my game had become rather more serious . |
| 7 | In the Sixties , car ownership did rocket , but since then the social graph has levelled off . |
| 8 | But by then the Soviet Union no longer had any faith in the sincerity of a government which it believed had encouraged Fascism for many years . |
| 9 | But by then the political tide had shifted firmly against it . |
| 10 | But by then the military phase of the Emergency was nearly over , and apart from the odd border patrol , the Masai were given no further opportunity to distinguish themselves in battle . |
| 11 | — and finished the scene , but by then the outraged governess had flounced out of the room . |