Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun sg] [conj] then [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results show an initial period of maintained growth and then an oscillatory decline , presumably due to water stress . |
| 2 | In this treatment the vessel would have been wrapped in a zinc foil , placed in a solution of weak acid and then an electric current applied . |
| 3 | I was writing a lot of tunes around my studies of that culture and then the Gulf War broke out and so there was more stuff to influence me . ’ |
| 4 | He tried to distance the party from the question of public ownership but then the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , acknowledged the possibility of private Scottish companies operating under a Labour government . |
| 5 | I know how context influences the effects of alcohol and realise this was a highly artificial situation , but it was still difficult to ignore the terrible predictability of the road to drunkenness : its fixed stages — a brief and seductive period of social effervescence and then the rapid departure of self-consciousness and the ugly appearance of righteousness . |
| 6 | The German blitz was resumed in the early months of this year and then a fresh terror , the " flying bombs " , was directed against London in the summer . |
| 7 | Suddenly she was in shadow and only the upper sky was lit with fingers of smoky orange and then an acid burnt lemon from the disappeared orb , but she walked on round unfamiliar roads in what was rapidly becoming dusk . |
| 8 | A moment or two of renewed darkness and then the train was coming into Kensington High Street . |
| 9 | If you are wondering , for instance , why The Instant Calorie and Fibre Chart lists only three quarters of an ounce of shredded wheat and then an ounce or more of other cereals , ask yourself whether you have ever seen anyone eat one and a quarter , or perhaps one and one third , shredded wheats … |
| 10 | She went out of one door but then a sheet of flame came down and blocked me , so I had to look for another way out . ’ |
| 11 | Oh , he could just imagine Philip 's display of outraged innocence and then the letter would come from the Pope . |
| 12 | The next morning , Aj had said , he 'd be down with six tons of red shale and then the real work would begin . |