Example sentences of "then it [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She argued that , if she could show that what was regarded as normal behaviour in the United States in fact varies from one society to another , then it followed that such behaviour could not be the result of people 's biological characteristics but rather of their culture . |
| 2 | Then it seemed that all of a sudden Rosie was n't so merry : her laughter was forced , and she did n't wisecrack as you were passing her , until Peggy felt she must seek the reason . |
| 3 | If this is the case , then it suggests that remarkable similarites exist between the vertebrate smooth muscle ( 9 ) and nonmuscle MHC genes ( 11,21 ) in terms of their ability to generate isoform diversity by the mechanism of alternative splicing . |
| 4 | If natural selection were given its head , and an infinite amount of time to work in , then it seems that all lineages would tend inexorably towards ‘ perfection ’ ; where perfection was defined as perfect adaptation . |
| 5 | Well , I mean , I think , er from , I mean certainly I do n't know how you feel chairman , but my view of this has changed if what Mr says is correct , then it seems that this seems , that this is the , the basic sort of day to day decision making erm , group , erm , and far more central to the purposes of W R A D than previously appeared , and there would seem to me therefore to be some case of paying an attendance allowance or else erm , deferring the decision erm , until we have even more information , but I think , if it really is the , the , the sort of decision making bit then attendance allowance ought to be paid . |
| 6 | I do n't believe it was a coincidence , and if it was n't — ’ he had finally sorted it out — ‘ if it was n't then it means that Sardinian shepherds dressed themselves up as Sardinian shepherds to do a kidnapping . |
| 7 | But if political mobilisation is seen as the key strategy with litigation as a contributory tactic , as Scheingold suggests , then it follows that legal challenge should not be conducted in isolation from other forms of pressure-group activity . |
| 8 | If harmful insects can protect themselves from attack by displaying special markings that warn away predators , then it follows that harmless insects can benefit by mimicking them . |
| 9 | If value consensus is an essential component of all societies , then it follows that some form of stratification will result from the ranking of individuals in terms of common values . |