Example sentences of "then [vb -s] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chapter then turns to a detailed analysis of the behavioural determinants of consumer demand . |
| 2 | The more normal ‘ indirect ’ system has two water circuits : a primary circuit which is heated in the boiler and then circulates to a heat-exchange unit inside the hot water cylinder before returning to the boiler to be reheated ; and a second circuit which runs from the boiler to the radiators . |
| 3 | This comic expansiveness even leads Robbins to insert a chapter ( 111a ) which he then renders as a no-go area , having first defined poetry as an ‘ intensification or illumination of common objects and everyday events ’ : |
| 4 | then subsides to a wonky plateau , |
| 5 | ‘ If this is thrown out and the company then goes for a public inquiry , we will fight them all the way . ’ |
| 6 | The signal then goes to a second amplifier/filter of the same configuration also with a corner frequency of about 0.3Hz . |
| 7 | At large values of a , the chaotic solution returns directly to a single periodic solution , which then splits into a symmetric pair of solutions that undergo a period-doubling cascade back into chaos . |
| 8 | The key word then features in a large illustration for the child to colour in . |
| 9 | In the Nuclide Luminoscope® ( Fig. 6.1 ) , the beam then passes through a focussing coil , which carries a variable DC voltage to give control over the beam size impinging on the specimen . |
| 10 | It too can no longer be presented in a teleological form as an account of a historical process which begins with primitive ‘ stateless ’ societies , then passes through a definite sequence of class societies in which the state comes into existence and develops , and concludes with a higher form of communal society which is again ‘ stateless ’ . |
| 11 | The light then passes through a small transparent section of the protective outer coating ( the cornea ) , and continues via a lens which focuses it on the back of the retina . |
| 12 | This then results in a new set of relationships with the family of the potential partner . |
| 13 | This then results in a functional domain that can be directly mapped on to the relevant geometric domain . |
| 14 | He then shades in a substantial area of the triangle 's pinnacle , and explains , ‘ That 's our target area ; the selected , high value-added , growth niches . |
| 15 | Then plans for a final surface solution could be made together with a grant application to the Shell Better Britain Fund for financial assistance . |
| 16 | Subjects who characteristically had dominant alpha EEG rhythms when awake were most suitable for this task , as the level of alpha rhythm then acts as a good indicator of alertness . |
| 17 | Here we have the notion that as the system of technology ( the domestication of animals and the formation of herds ) develops , it becomes incompatible with the social system , especially the system of inheritance and familial authority , This growing incompatibility , or contradiction , then leads to a revolutionary change in the social system , in this case the change to father right , a system which according to Morgan and Engels was better adapted to pastoralism . |
| 18 | In summary , the detailed empirical work outlined above has enabled another general law to be formulated , the principle of circular and cumulative causation , in which the key factors are : an initial reduction in farm employment ; which is followed by a deterioration in the age structure ; which is in turn followed by a reduced rate of natural increase which then leads to a reduced population which in turn leads to reduced demands for rural services and thus a reduced demand for rural employment which then triggers another circular decline ( Hodge and Whitby , 1981 ) . |
| 19 | So when th axons depolarize , under the influence of the opening of sodium channels , the opening of the deray delayed rectifier then leads to a repolarizing phase which occurs precisely because the equilibrium potential for potassium is held relatively negative . |
| 20 | A further increase in b gives a return to a symmetric pair of periodic solutions that undergo period doubling into chaos , which then leads into a new periodic solution . |
| 21 | The group then reassembles for a few days to allow everyone to present their trial training session . |
| 22 | 8 He then counters with a left reverse punch to the face . |
| 23 | The 45 they 've decided to pluck from this last collection if ‘ Suck You Dry ’ , a glorious slab of grunge that opens with the innocent sound of a tambourine beating time and then explodes into a vampiric rocker that comes across like the successor ( at last ! ) to ‘ Touch Me , I 'm Sick ’ . |
| 24 | Wilko then replies in a calm voice with what he s said . |
| 25 | The experimenter then waits for a certain amount of time and repeats the experiment to see how well the rat has remembered what it has to do . |
| 26 | Calls a low-level procedure getframe in turn for each half of the image and then waits through a specified decay period , the exposure . |
| 27 | Water is pumped up a tall central stem and then tumbles into a small bowl . |
| 28 | He then sinks into a melancholy lethargy . |
| 29 | Yet raping a woman when you have just drugged her senseless is every bit as premeditated as the rapist who hides behind a hedge then jumps on a passing woman . |
| 30 | He then progresses to a simple upper body garment , such as a sleeveless vest or loose T-shirt . |