Example sentences of "then [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The items were then examined by a judging panel which included , service manager for International in Denmark . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sodomy is then compounded by a somnambulistic , almost involuntary murder , in which Bryant deals the blows . |
| 6 | Unlike previous qualifications , NVQs will not be acquired by means of set examinations , which are then marked by college lecturers and then verified by a visiting assessor . |
| 7 | Not designed to last , they get made , released , then replaced by a new gimmick a year later . |
| 8 | Lenin 's ‘ new model of socialism ’ , they argued , had been put into effect during the 1920s , but then replaced by a Stalinist system which had ‘ created an alienation of the individual from ownership , from power and from the results of his work ’ . |
| 9 | The second route to compliance is to produce a technical construction file for the equipment which is then assessed by a DTI-appointed body . |
| 10 | My thoughts are then interrupted by a tired and strained voice : ‘ … forty-eight , forty-nine , fifty … . ’ |
| 11 | With the refractor , the light from the object to be observed is collected by an object-glass ; the light is brought to focus , and the image is then enlarged by a second lens termed the eyepiece . |
| 12 | It is then vetted by a second report writer and if there is any divergence of view , the opinion of a third report writer will be sought . |
| 13 | When a sound start was then followed by a sparkling 80 from Richards , a classical 84 from Hooper and a thumping 72 from Marshall , with even Ambrose making 43 , we knew exactly what was what , and when Richards declared on the fourth evening at 448 for 9 , leaving England with a day plus 51 overs to survive , there were probably not many people who thought they would make it . |
| 14 | These conferences were then followed by a Green Paper which contained a diagnosis of curricular problems in schools , namely , the lack of attention to basic skills and the lack of awareness in schools of the economic needs of the country . |
| 15 | My idea of heaven is a meal starting with champagne and smoked salmon and then followed by a whole series of pudding trolleys rolling up one by one ! ’ |
| 16 | The doors were then blocked by a dozen or more police . |
| 17 | He was then befriended by a young mother of two , , who took him shopping every week and suggested that he should go along to the centre . |
| 18 | These were then debated by a working party of representatives from each faculty , who transformed them into ‘ a palatable form for staff to use ’ . |
| 19 | The basic test for remoteness of damage remained the same until 1961 and was then changed by a Privy Council decision . |
| 20 | Turning off from the north-south highway some twelve miles north of the Makaa , the track leading to the cabin had been made first by loggers and then improved by a quarrying company some forty years ago . |