Example sentences of "then [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can recommend individuals for honours or awards — often the district postmistress who has spent fifty years behind the counter and then receives an unexpected OBE will have been suggested by the local lord lieutenant . |
| 2 | Initially the road winds through woodlands of birch and alder and hazel and oak uncharacteristic of the harsh Sutherland terrain and alongside a dancing beck ; it then crosses an open moor between the buttresses of Quinag and the waters of Loch Cairnbawn . |
| 3 | ‘ Yeah , well , in my head , ’ she says dismissively , then adds a wry smile . |
| 4 | This then has a knock-on effect on interest rates throughout the economy . |
| 5 | ‘ It is rather like copying the squirrel who collects nuts all through the summer when he can and then has a good store for the lean winter months . ’ |
| 6 | Why then has a divorced man , who cheerfully admits he is the wrong side of 50 and used to a fairly fancy-free existence , decided to play Good Samaritan to Bosnian refugees ? |
| 7 | Each segment then has a basic cost rate for a standard spot , in each of the time lengths allowed . |
| 8 | A girl of 13 is wooed by a 47-year-old man and then has a physical relationship with him . |
| 9 | The project manager then has a special staff to assist him . |
| 10 | Either a whole form is completed by a single coder who then has an overall picture of the response and may thus spot inconsistencies , or each coder concentrates on all responses to a particular question , thus developing considerable skill at that particular task . |
| 11 | To separate the proteins , one makes a small rectangular slab of inert jelly ( called a gel ) , from starch or acrylamide , puts a drop of a solution containing the protein mix at one end , then passes an electric current across the gel . |
| 12 | It then assumes a parliamentary intention that the steps which Parliament has enjoined or authorized for saving or minimizing tax shall not be effective if they are carried out for that purpose but are only to be effective if carried out for some other ‘ legitimate ’ business purpose . |
| 13 | The puzzle can be left on screen and the child then uses a light pen or joystick to indicate the hidden words . |
| 14 | First he has an Idea , say a sweet Melachrino-type string sound ; he then decides this will take an orchestra of say 24 players ( sidemen ) and then chooses a suitable conductor and arranger . |
| 15 | The program then chooses a neighbouring word ( the sense of which is unambiguous ) and determines the syntactic relation between this word and the word in question . |
| 16 | It then assigns a key worker to discuss the move with the child and his or her social worker and carers . |
| 17 | She scans our hand for a while and then adopts a worried look . |
| 18 | Her oldest son then gets a white girl pregnant , and the baby has to be aborted , as Government rules allow under these circumstances . |
| 19 | That can also be used to build up a market which then justifies a new plant or extension . ’ |
| 20 | It then takes a major blow to fracture it . |
| 21 | She turns on her back to get her breath , then swims a slow breaststroke out to the centre . |
| 22 | He rises slowly , but then delivers a fierce tirade of Which any Sergeant Major would be proud . |
| 23 | This then forms a solidified jelly impervious to water . |
| 24 | It then demands a mental fight to regain physical control . |
| 25 | 5 The defender then lands a reverse punch . |
| 26 | The court then fixes a pre-trial review , giving notice to the plaintiff and defendant and endorsing notice thereof on the third party notice . |
| 27 | He calculates the mass , orbit , etc. of this hypothetical planet and then asks an experimental astronomer to test his hypothesis . |
| 28 | The experimenter then puts a predatory species of fish , such as the pike , into each tank . |
| 29 | These return the parts — amended if they see fit ( and they often do , very substantially ) — to the full committee , which then recommends a revised budget to the house . |
| 30 | Then follows a long descent along a forest avenue to Loch Maree . |