Example sentences of "[conj] then by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like movement in general , movement of coal from the Forth increased pace through the 1800 's first by sail and then by steam . |
| 2 | Find first by measurement and then by calculation the sum of the internal angles . |
| 3 | Sum Find first by measurement and then by calculation . |
| 4 | Some time after 1066 , the estate came into the possession of the Heslerton family from whom it passed by marriage in 1336 to the St Quintins and then by marriage again to the Legard family who are the present owners . |
| 5 | Traditional varnishes dry by evaporation of the solvents and then by oxidisation and polymerisation of the oils and resins . |
| 6 | Often simple tunes are ‘ showcased ’ harmonically and texturally , with elaborate introductions , interludes and codas , and clever instrumental interplay ; often , too , syncopation is applied rather mechanically and ‘ dirty ’ effects take a clichéd form ( for instance grass ‘ growls ’ and glissandos ) ; most dance-band ‘ improvised ’ solos are , as Adorno points out , improvised in only a very limited sense : they use stock patterns and depart very little from the written tune , and then by way of ‘ spicy ’ effects rather than inventive melodic construction . |
| 7 | It is this concurrent development which provides the source of what much later is destined to become the relationship which binds man to his God , first , by the processes of evolution , and then by man himself struggling to bring into his life the enrichment available to him if only he can control the legacies of ruthless evolution . |
| 8 | they took all the goodness out of it and then by law they have to put it back again do n't they , to er |
| 9 | Saillard says the results of the group 's study would be used first by the participants and then by Sun . |
| 10 | In the tables which follow , and which illustrate the distribution of dated items first by century , and then by decade within the twentieth century , the findings of the 1969–70 and 1970–71 surveys are set alongside those of the present Call-slip analysis exercise . |
| 11 | A social was held on the Saturday night followed by an ‘ excellent cold meal served in a marquee on the lawn in front of the clubhouse , and then by country dancing to the ‘ Hambleden Hustlers ’ who induced many of the company to join them . |
| 12 | Cross Oare Water , go onto the farm track and then by road to Malmsmede . |
| 13 | This war was undoubtedly started as a result of a territorial dispute followed by invasion , and then by resistance to the invasion . |
| 14 | The difficulty with all policy-oriented research is that it begins by defining ‘ problems ’ and then by investigation helps to create that which lt wishes to observe' This type of research helps to create a cognitive revolution in its subjects and thus produces its expected findings . |
| 15 | A long thin garden of lawn and ornamental cypresses , enclosed by shrubs and then by iron railings , separated it from the boulevard between the cemetery and the church . |
| 16 | He was followed first by Hawkbit and then by Fiver . |
| 17 | For example , if we seek a document on the economic history of Germany and we know that works on history are arranged first by country , then by social process and then by period , it will be easier for us to find this document than if the subdivision was less systematic . |
| 18 | One of these is in essence the orthodox Christian one , expounded by St Augustine and then by Catholic and Protestant teaching alike , but finding its clearest expression in a book which does not mention Christ at all : Boethius 's De Consolatione Philosophiae , a short tract written c . |
| 19 | For the non-commercial parts of the operation , the Government 's present procedure for funding such investments , for example by Network SouthEast or London Underground , is to take into account , where appropriate , the wider non-user benefits — I gave the House examples of such non-user benefits — and to finance London Underground by grant and British Rail by passenger service obligation grant , which is a revenue grant , and then by loan sanction permission to borrow . |
| 20 | This was followed by perforation of the thin bone of the skull and mandible , and of such bones as the pelvis and scapula , and then by attrition of the edges of the teeth , but not breakage . |