Example sentences of "then [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are then traced on a touch-sensitive drawing board to make digital data signals which are dumped in the computer memory . |
| 2 | The items were then examined by a judging panel which included , service manager for International in Denmark . |
| 3 | Thus it seems likely that the winter population and a substantial passage in February and March are largely composed of stellata ; passage of this species continues through April and May , and is then joined by a large movement of arctica ; immer is always a scarce species . |
| 4 | These were then revised into a final report by the subcommission plus an appendix by Bouveault on the nomenclature of the compounds of the fatty acid series . |
| 5 | These ‘ centre-devised ’ modules are sent out to specialist advisers for comment and then checked by a small committee , the Catalogue sub-committee , to see whether it makes sense to have the proposal developed for inclusion in the Catalogue . |
| 6 | The enlarged opaque panel thus formed below each of these ‘ paired lancet ’ windows was then perforated with a new opening containing a steel-framed French window to admit light to each living-room of the outer ranges of ground floor rooms ( Plate 27 ) . |
| 7 | It was originally a large , stout , hardy draught animal at a time when beef came mainly from plough oxen once they were no longer in prime working condition ( typical of meat production in many countries even now ) and was then developed as a triple-purpose draught , meat and milk type but it soon evolved into essentially a beef animal and in that role its influence worldwide has been immense and far-reaching . |
| 8 | Norton 's Coin won four point-to-points out of ten runs over three seasons and then developed into a good chaser : by the time of his Gold Cup attempt he had won four of his fourteen races under Rules , including a valuable chase at Cheltenham the previous April . |
| 9 | The cockpit is then propelled by a large rocket and almost immediately stabilised by a small drogue , or parachute , which then pulls out the main chute , said Mr Brian Miller , of Martin Baker , the leading name in ejection seat invention and manufacture . |
| 10 | The two Comrades put their signatures to a scroll which was then placed in a stainless steel tube and sealed into the concrete foundations of what was intended to become a new conference complex . |
| 11 | Similarly , ox tongues were cooked in ‘ the kitchens ’ at Blackfriars , glazed hot , packed into glass jars with jelly , vacuum sealed with a rubber ring and a lid with a metal clip , and then placed in a cold store to set . |
| 12 | The assembly is then placed in a spring-loaded jig ( Fig. 4.5d ) under a pressure of about 1 kG cm -2 . |
| 13 | An infant suspected of having pyloric stenosis would usually be assessed by a house officer in the casualty department and then referred for a surgical consultation . |
| 14 | Quiss was led by the dwarfish scullions , through the banked ranges past gleaming tubs , boiling vats , open fires and grills past rows of massive , wing-nutted pressure cookers guarded by blast screens , under huge n-shaped pipes , bubbling and gurgling and leaking steam , and over the dainty , counter-sunk tracks of a narrow-gauge railway until eventually he saw a wall ahead , and was led up a rickety wooden staircase to a narrow gantry then stopped at a small wooden door set into the wall . |
| 15 | We passed two ruined abbeys , one with a tower and one without , and then stopped at a four-house township . |
| 16 | Sodomy is then compounded by a somnambulistic , almost involuntary murder , in which Bryant deals the blows . |
| 17 | The products are then co-condensed with a large excess ( typically a thousand-fold ) of the inert matrix material . |
| 18 | The contents are then sucked into a large tank on a trailer , which is taken to a local refuse treatment works , where it is emptied and thoroughly cleaned . |
| 19 | Bargaining is then confined within a small group , and there are no pressures from a large number of competing sources or bidders to oblige people to present their positions in a fully honest way . |
| 20 | The solid mixture is then dissolved in a small amount of the solvent and added to the top of the column . |
| 21 | Ruth covered his face and mouth with hot kisses as the fire , for a defiant instant , raged and then cooled in a delicious aftermath of cleansing , spring-water tranquillity . |
| 22 | Each fish is caught in the water , then carried to a nearby bank and delicately devoured . |
| 23 | After the anglers had departed the skipper of Ann Lynn , assisted by two other men , proceeded to unload sacks from below decks which were then carried to a waiting car . |
| 24 | The travellers were then carried in a northerly direction and with Spalding now on their right and Bourne to the left , the craft was stabilized by throwing out all the remaining ballast . |
| 25 | Sometimes the shape of a bedhead or a mirror or storage unit can be echoed over the object proper in 1920 's or 1930 's style and then exaggerated with a contrasting edge of another colour . |
| 26 | Urquhart stared at her for a moment and then shattered into a hearty laugh , much too hearty to be genuine to Blanche 's ears . |
| 27 | He crossed the road , thumped across a pasture , then dropped into a small valley where a tangle of thorns grew either side of a trickling brook . |
| 28 | He fell to thinking of the shape in the well-pit , and then dropped into a drowsy half-dream , in which El-ahrairah said that it was all a trick of his to disguise himself as Poison-tree and put the stones in the wall , to engage Strawberry 's attention while he himself was getting acquainted with Nildro-hain . |
| 29 | The input is then parsed into a tentative surface structure on which the transformations can be performed to determine the deep structure . |
| 30 | In looking for the means to undermine Chomsky 's position , generative semanticists were then attracted to a considerable body of philosophical thought devoted to showing the importance of the uses of language to an understanding of its nature ( work by Austin , Strawson , Grice and Searle in particular ) . |