Example sentences of "then [art] [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If rocks lie in layers , and are not grossly disturbed , then the lower layer must be older than the upper .
2 Tod looks first at the face ; then the breasts ; then the lower abdomen .
3 Example 58 , from Handel 's Messiah , is an early but outstanding example of a powerful accompaniment based on three rhythmic elements : Two elements only are used at first , the ‘ chord ’ rhythm of the upbeat quaver chord at the end of each bar , with its resolution on the first beat of the next bar , and then the higher quaver and semiquaver rhythm .
4 The smaller man was hit first , and then the taller man had seemed to move across to him , and then he had been hit .
5 If they had not , then the greater part of cosmology and theoretical physics would have had to be junked as so much useless scribbling .
6 In another text Ulpian states that , if it can not be discovered from the testator 's habits , his domicile , or the context in the will which denomination was intended , then the smaller denomination is to be understood .
7 There was a jumble of children 's voices , then the smaller child looked round the door .
8 By then the faster truck , La Resurrección , had pulled over and I had a blurred impression of brilliantly painted pictures of Bethlehem , the birth and the Virgin Mary as I passed it .
9 Then the older man lay back in his chair and looked at Dorian with half-closed eyes .
10 Mathilde and Jacob embraced in the manner of old friends and then the older woman held Katherine at arm 's length and scrutinized her .
11 Helen and Joanna sat in silence for a few moments , then the older woman said , ‘ Do n't you think it 's worthwhile going ahead , Joanna ? ’
12 There is then the further issue of funding for the university capital developments on the site once it has been acquired .
13 Er , the second issue is did the plaintiff , Mr ask Peter to get him out of the contract between exchange and completion er that is clearly in dispute but if he did then the further issue is this , were the defendants in breach of contract in failing to advise the plaintiffs at a stage as to the effects of national condition of sale twenty two two and a way out of the contract which was open to him .
14 Er , and then the further closure depending where the line is drawn , the further potential closure of an additional home , which is the one that er , Mr made reference to .
15 Then the brighter light of electricity drove out the ghostly moonbeams and she saw only her daughter , her child , flat out on her bed , naked , apparently bedecked in diamonds and rubies , a fierce tattoo of glass and blood .
16 This would depend inter alia on the type of appeal process : for example , if the appeal body was only entitled to a transcript from the original decision then the later hearing would probably be inadequate .
17 We were living in a spectacular era : Mussolini made war on hapless Ethiopia ; after the death of King George V came the brief reign of Edward VIII , his abdication and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson ; then the happier reign of King George VI .
18 Then the younger man appeared in the doorway of the hut and blew a long-drawn-out simple note on a horn .
19 And then the younger generation took the farms on .
20 The acquirer may take the view that if the limitations of liability give the seller a generous ‘ cushion ’ before a claim can be made , then no further qualification for materiality should be allowed .
21 They radiate some 2 yards out from this central point , and then no further effect is obvious immediately .
22 If this is satisfactory then no further action is required , as the fasting cholesterol will be lower than the random determination .
23 An insistent approach from a table close at hand ; a pause while some unheard throb shifts across the boat ; and then a softer reply from the other side .
24 If the rules are of an unusual or onerous nature , for example allowing the exchange to alter dates of performance , the purchase price , or delivery obligations at will ; then a higher standard of notification may be required .
25 If , as is likely , NHS employees then seek and obtain wage increases in line with other increases in earnings , then a greater amount of resources will be needed to fund them .
26 He was very different from the sort of person who gets a job and then a better job and promotion and a wife ; two children , a boy and a girl , a house , a better house , a car and all the rest of it .
27 If , however , the group to be studied is larger , then a wider range of methods will be necessary , and we are dealing with a ‘ community study ’ .
28 Then a wider range of ideas emerged and all kinds of fruitful areas for study , such as admission procedures , leaving arrangements , staff needs , links between home and school , etc. , were proposed .
29 But if the ground of challenge was unreasonableness , then a wider range of affected persons might be able to demonstrate sufficient interest because the notion of unreasonableness defines the limits of legal action ( and in one sense everyone has an interest in the government acting legally ) rather than the limits of individual rights .
30 In the UK , statutory maternity pay is 90 per cent of earnings for the first six weeks of maternity leave and then a lower rate of £39.25 for a further 12 weeks .
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