Example sentences of "then a [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I 'll have to do an internship first , then a stint as a registrar before I can even think of looking around for a practice of my own . ’ |
| 2 | According to John Dunster , then a scientist with the AEA and now chairman of the NRPB , the main radioactive cloud travelled south-east across most of England and on over Europe . |
| 3 | If the spontaneity is not there , then a word from the teacher may be all that is required . |
| 4 | If all context-tables are combined into a single library then a change in the properties of a context can be effected just by changing its context-specification within the library . |
| 5 | The equilibration procedure can be achieved either by changing the temperature or the pressure of the system , and the amount of this change is then a measure of the activity of the solvent in solution . |
| 6 | The movement of the solvent reservoir is then a measure of the osmotic pressure of the solution . |
| 7 | On a molecular level , the ratio is then a measure of the average volume of the polymer relative to that of the holes . |
| 8 | It took him two days , making three journeys a day — down the slippery path through the forest , then a mile along the river-bank , across the permanent bridge and up through the fields to the village . |
| 9 | It was immediately succeeded by snorting and choking , a silence , then a repetition of the howl . |
| 10 | In a placing the issuing house buys the shares from the issuing company , and ‘ places ’ them with investors , mainly institutional investors ( although if the placing is for more than £2 million , then a quarter of the issue has to be sold to the public ) . |
| 11 | Just then a knock at the door broke into her thoughts . |
| 12 | Pips sounded , then a voice on the other end sighed . |
| 13 | And then a voice from the back said , ‘ Where the hell am I ? ’ |
| 14 | I wrapped one strip around the twisted knee , then a second over the calf muscles below , keeping them in place with the elastic bands . |
| 15 | It is easy for resentment and bitterness to develop , and then a withdrawal from the relationship , when retirement could be a very exciting and enjoyable time of life . |
| 16 | Thus 8.6 per cent of records will require a full revolution of the home track , then a pick-up of the address required from a tag , then an average of R/2 while the record is located . |
| 17 | Mr Miller finished writing down the details and said ruefully , ‘ I was going to give you coffee and then a tour round the rest of my animals , but there 's no time left . ’ |
| 18 | It had been founded as an irregular unit for service in the Western Desert by Colonel David Stirling , then a subaltern in the Scots Guards . |
| 19 | And the bookshop also brought another figure of the future on to the perimeter of the circle , Michael de Freitas , later Michael X , and Michael Abdul Malik , then a frontman for the racketeering landlord Peter Rachman . |
| 20 | Then a mark on the back of the card caught her eye . |
| 21 | In 1914 he enlisted in the Pembroke Yeomanry but two years later was seconded to Signals , then a branch of the Royal Engineers . |
| 22 | Well you see the , the , the great Soviet experiment is a good example is n't it of , of a whole civilization was based on a o o on a kind of great social experiment was based on ultimately on erm unsound principles and then a part of the scenes . |
| 23 | Then a part of the rocket fell away . |
| 24 | If he is asked to count the buttons on his shirt or see how many colours are in the pattern of his sweater , then a look in the mirror might help with this too . |
| 25 | Michael Howard , then a Minister at the Department of the Environment , reported an opinion poll as having found that one-quarter of people who had not previously voted in local elections intended to vote in future as a result of the community charge ( interview on This Week , Next Week , 21 February 1988 ) . |
| 26 | This group included the veteran politician Mbiyu Koinange , who had participated in missions to the British Colonial Secretary in the early 1950s , and Dr Njoroge Mungai , then a minister in the Kenyatta government . |
| 27 | If Ulster ever ends up being ruled from Dublin , then a child on the Shankill throwing stones at the Irish army ( which would then be the provos in new uniforms ) , would be a hero and not a terrorist . |
| 28 | And then a bit of a roundabout route coming back , trying to get a variety of road , and any areas of the drive which we can look at , we will , discuss amongst ourselves , practise one or two things , maybe one or two little techniques . |
| 29 | Not , however , a balanced diet made up of a bit of one and then a bit of the other , but an integration between the two . |
| 30 | The efficiency of the separation process is then a function of the dependence of the retention ( or elution ) volume V R on the molar mass M , and a reliable relationship between the two parameters must be established . |