Example sentences of "and then [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United Kingdom was an original party to the Convention but did not accept the compulsory jurisdiction of the Commission and Court until 1965 and then only for a three-year term which , however , has so far been regularly renewed although not without some hesitancy prompted by the embarrassment and ignominy of being condemned by the Court on a number of occasions . |
| 2 | Don ‘ t There 's no reason for launches higher than 200 metres ( 650ft ) and then only for a parafoil type which needs the initial fall to take in air and inflate . |
| 3 | At a time when only the Northumbrians , and then only for a time in the reign of Eadberht ( 737–58 ) , minted coins of pure silver , southern England experienced a decline in the quality of its sceattas . |
| 4 | The wind group , as we have said , less frequently stands alone , and then only for a few bars at a time . |
| 5 | Looking south , Huy could just make out the shape of the wall surrounding the palace compound , and remembered that quiet and contentment existed in reality for very few , and then only for a fraction of the time one spends under this sun . |
| 6 | One such extravagence became a holiday haunt for painters and poets and then home for a family of seven . |