Example sentences of "then a [noun sg] be " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Some would argue that while nuclear power reactors exist , then a repetition is inevitable .
2 If you spend much of your time dealing with figures then a spreadsheet is invaluable .
3 If this is achieved then a sentence is produced otherwise failure is announced .
4 So long as someone knows you 're down there and comes to dig you out , then a basement 's always best , even if the rest goes down like a pack of cards . ’
5 Mind you , then a child was responsible at seven years of age .
6 Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed .
7 Where the needs of discourse or the story require more specific information then a modifier is used : ‘ the boy ’ becomes ‘ the small fat boy ’ or ‘ he obtains the ticket ’ becomes ‘ he secretly obtains the ticket ’ .
8 Then a sighting was reported .
9 If a record is terrible , then a minute is too long !
10 On a 300dpi page printer spot colour separations , ie solid colour , is possible but to get the best results for full colour work then a typesetter is required .
11 ‘ I do n't know what you mean , ’ he said , and then a girl was by their table with her notebook .
12 If — as happens too often — the new methods are even more inconvenient than the old then a change-over is difficult , because to the basic inconvenience of the new pattern must be added the inconvenience of learning it .
13 Then a render is trowelled on in two coats .
14 We got the words up there and timed it right and everything and then a rehearsal was done .
15 Hence if a trigram was not present in the corpus then a probability was generated for it based on the bigrams , and if the bigram was absent the probability was based on the unigram .
16 If the selling price is greater than the cost price , then a profit is made .
17 The payments on a lease will normally be lower than on a contract allowing for the purchase of the asset , although sometimes the difference is small and then a rebate is made when the term of the contract finishes and the plane is sold .
18 If you want volume , then a weave is the answer .
19 Then a body-bag was laid beside the corpse , and what remained of Simon Cormack was gently lifted from where it lay and placed on the spread-out plastic .
20 If Option 3 is entered by selecting Y then a reminder is given : —
21 But then a Swan is the boat to appreciate .
22 Until I was four years old this sort of behaviour continued , then a brother was born and when I saw him , my first frightened question was : " Can he read ? "
23 I mean if you think that an atom is , as we said , typically ten to the minus eight of a centimetre , then a nucleus is typically ten to the minus twelve of a centimetre , so that 's four orders of magnitude down , so the nucleus itself , if you scaled the whole thing down by a factor of ten to the four , the neucleus itself again is made up of a fair amount of free space and loss of particles inside it .
24 The process repeats itself in the second test-tube and then a drop is removed and used to seed the third test-tube , and so on .
25 Then a car was heard pulling up at the gate ; either the bridal car or their uncle had come .
26 If there is no reply at the delivery address then a card is left , giving the recipient a range of options for receiving the parcel .
27 Then a rumour was spread that he had said Mass in the old Roman form at the funeral of Edward VI .
28 However , in instances whereby an originating office makes a request for assistance that would result in more than simply providing a favour' then a fee is appropriate and its level should be determined directly between the two offices concerned .
29 The method of line fitting adopted in this chapter involves joining two typical points : the X -axis is roughly divided into three parts , conditional summary points for X and Y are found in each of the end thirds , and then a line is drawn connecting the right-hand and left-hand summary points .
30 Firstly , deep relaxation is used , then a tape is played giving new instructions and overriding the data currently present in the left side of the brain .
  Next page