Example sentences of "then [vb pp] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , vendors rarely find this acceptable , if only because the fact that the guarantee is then given to a third party may mean it has to be dealt with as a separate note in the balance sheet . |
| 2 | The level of the solution is then adjusted to a few centimetres above the level of solvent in s by means of a levelling rod 1 . |
| 3 | Each fish is caught in the water , then carried to a nearby bank and delicately devoured . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | IPTG was then added to a final concentration of 0.1mM and induction followed at 26°C for a further 2 hours . |
| 7 | They drank some spirits in the Amsterdam , then repaired to a French restaurant on the Malone Road , where seats were booked . |
| 8 | This information was then transferred to a new map using Briggs ' Key to give an impression of where the second zone might possibly be ( fig 4 ) . |
| 9 | The mixture is then transferred to a fermenting vat where yeast is added and fermentation converts the sugar into alcohol . |
| 10 | They were held first in police cells in Katmandu for 3 weeks and then transferred to a permanent prison . |
| 11 | Beyond that , the official Libyan theory rested mainly on the proposition that the suitcase containing the bomb had been sent unaccompanied on an Air Malta flight to Frankfurt , where , undetected by Pan Am 's inadequate security arrangements , it was loaded on to a feeder flight to London and then transferred to a third aircraft for the New York leg of the journey . |
| 12 | They are then moved to a large pit , usually close to the spawning site , where they take a further 6–7 days to become free-swimming . |
| 13 | Chapter Ten commenced with a brief examination of the economic determinants of consumer demand , and then turned to a detailed analysis of the following behavioural determinants of consumer demand , namely : * individual motivation ; * individual personality ; * culture ; * life-style . |
| 14 | At that stage VAT will be due on importation , unless the vessel is then exported to a non-EC country . |
| 15 | The employers , i.e. the federal government , Länder ( states ) and local government , then agreed to a 5.4 per cent pay increase plus extra payments to the lower paid . |
| 16 | They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes . |
| 17 | They were then invited to a Departmental meeting , also attended by Access Unit staff , to discuss the report and any action which needed to be taken . |
| 18 | In fact , I took three — I figured this would give me some insurance — then retired to a new seat to watch the board . |
| 19 | This shape matrix was then compared to a stored dictionary of words to find the word most consistent with the shape information . |
| 20 | She backed in a gentle arc to face the open sea , and as Neil gunned the engine she jumped forward and then settled to a smooth , fast pace . |
| 21 | Simon had failed his eleven plus , and then gone to a Catholic school . |
| 22 | Mr Morley was at Cheltenham police station most of the day — he was then admitted to a local hospital . |
| 23 | A mixture of the beads and a sample is then subjected to a rotating field generated by a set of our electrodes . |
| 24 | She was also gagged and then subjected to a horrifying rape and torture ordeal in front of her children , he said . |
| 25 | The newscaster then switched to a trivial item about a cat who 'd been rescued from the roof of the houses of Parliament , and Kathleen flicked off the set and threw her sandwich in the bin , her appetite gone . |
| 26 | When the facts had been gathered , the Social or Economic Committee , as the case might be , prepared a report which was then submitted to a full meeting of the Association . |
| 27 | Derive expressions for the torque needed to hold 0 constant under the following conditions : ( i ) when the plates are connected to a source of constant voltage V ; ( ii ) after the plates have been rotated to their position of maximum capacitance , charged to voltage V , disconnected from the supply and then rotated to a new position . |
| 28 | Her nasogastric feed was then changed to a modular feed in which the carbohydrate was potato based . |
| 29 | He stayed in Clyro till 1872 , then returned to a further curacy under his father in Langley Burrell until 1876 , when he was appointed vicar of St Harmon , Radnorshire . |
| 30 | The late diamond dealer 's car was then flogged to a helpful fence in Durban and the proceeds from the stolen car and diamonds divided up among the team . |