Example sentences of "then [vb -s] [art] [adj] " 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 | This then produces a reasonable working drawing in both the front and side views . |
| 3 | So suppose that the result of the stress caused by shocking an animal in this way is the production of some hormone — for instance a peptide — which then produces the freezing behaviour . |
| 4 | The machine correlates the reports of all the agents and then relays the next set of instructions . |
| 5 | This then constitutes the physical interpretation of a geodesic in curved space–time , namely the path of a body in free fall . |
| 6 | This latter then circulates the fixed nitrogen to the rest of the plant . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The manager then splits the undisclosed £20,000 with his counterpart at the selling club or the player 's agent . |
| 9 | He begins with the mind as ‘ white paper ’ ( following Locke ) , describes ‘ external sensible objects ’ , then records — as , for example , in the ‘ sense of unknown modes of being ’ after the boat-stealing incident — what he felt at the time , and then adds a later ‘ reflection ’ or meditation upon the event from the point of view of the author writing in 1798–1805 . |
| 10 | Two hundred pounds , it 's a good one , double decker with all sorts of , and then adds a forty five per cent mark up on it , so it starts at two hundred pounds , then adds |
| 11 | It then adds a remarkable visual display , writhing its body in a sinuous , undulating movement , exactly like a crawling snake . |
| 12 | ‘ Yeah , well , in my head , ’ she says dismissively , then adds a wry smile . |
| 13 | The first chord in the left hand can be read as F , E , and G , so that G is a substitution note for A. This bar then contains a 9th chord on D ( which is itself omitted ) — the dominant chord for the final bar . |
| 14 | Antony then concludes the first part of his speech with an impressive display of emotion . |
| 15 | With its other claw , the shrimp then holds the disoriented fish and fires a barrage of ‘ shots ’ at its head before settling down to dinner . |
| 16 | The pistol shrimp then holds the disoriented fish in another claw , and fires a barrage of sound shots to its head before settling down to a quiet meal . |
| 17 | The teacher then holds the little girl 's hands , so she ca n't point , shuts her own eyes and says to the child : |
| 18 | The bank then transfers the appropriate amounts to the creditors ' banks , and deducts the total amount paid from the trader 's account . |
| 19 | Applying an external alternating magnetic field then causes the implanted ceramic to heat up . |
| 20 | The danger of adopting a systems approach uncritically is that it is assumed that it is sufficient to identify system structures and to portray the multitudinous variables involved in a particular system which then reinforces the first law of ecology as graphically described by Commoner ( 1972 ) that everything is connected to everything else . |
| 21 | This then has a knock-on effect on interest rates throughout the economy . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 23 | You will find that each sheet then has a small black mark in the centre of the long side , and this can be set against the centralising mark that your punch must have ( if it does n't , do n't buy it ) . |
| 24 | 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 ? |
| 25 | Each segment then has a basic cost rate for a standard spot , in each of the time lengths allowed . |
| 26 | A girl of 13 is wooed by a 47-year-old man and then has a physical relationship with him . |
| 27 | The project manager then has a special staff to assist him . |
| 28 | Where the Commission opens proceedings , it then has a further four months in which to issue a final decision . |
| 29 | At the beginning of the motor control routine the microprocessor loads the target position into a downcounter , Starts the constant frequency clock and generates a direction signal for the excitation sequence circuit , but then has no further involvement until the target is reached . |
| 30 | He drives 12 miles to work and then has the usual round of home visits . |