Example sentences of "then [pron] be a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my costume gets ripped then I 'm a wreck for the rest of the performance unless they do something . |
| 2 | First you were a little girl and then you were a teenager with long silvery-fair hair and long , slender legs . |
| 3 | But then there are a lot of wedding fairs and it 's in the end you know , brides I mean there ca n't be any keener than brides , they just go to extremes in their preparation . |
| 4 | Then there are a lot of changes that went place took place in locomotion. erm mammals , in other words , learnt to gallop and their elbows rotated backwards and their knees rotated forwards . |
| 5 | If such a will were to become evident , then there are a number of steps that could be taken . |
| 6 | Then there are a number of predictions made in Marxist literature , such as the transition from socialism to communism , which it is impossible to subject to any meaningful test , and which are not even developed analytically . |
| 7 | If you want to go back to basics and try to assess the sort of person you are , and the kind of working environment best suited to you , then there are a number of exercises you can do with an honest friend . |
| 8 | If we are concerned with the variation in taxation and benefits according to ‘ ability to pay ’ , then there are a number of difficulties in the choice of index to measure this . |
| 9 | If this is the perceived basis of conservatism , then there is a problem for these Young Conservatives : by and large they were not ambitiously greedy , nor were they the ‘ high-flyers ’ the councillor had talked glowingly about . |
| 10 | In my opinion , where the medical cause of death is accompanied by concurrent events which themselves may be a cause of death , then there is a case for considering that the death is ‘ unnatural ’ and an inquest should be held . |
| 11 | Which is the usual sort of Christmas menu , and then there is a choice of er starters and also desserts , cheese and biscuits and celery , coffee , tea or dinner , and dinner mints . |
| 12 | Then there is a presence in the water with her . |
| 13 | Then there is a hiatus in the profile , with the period 5500 — 2000 B.P. missing , possibly as a result of drying out ( Walker , 1983 ) or , more likely , as a result of prehistoric peat-cutting before 2000 B.P. ( Birks , 1987 ; Whittington and Ritchie , 1988 ) . |
| 14 | Then there is a suit in Miami over a missing $6 billion ( £3.4 billion ) from Panama 's treasury . |
| 15 | Then there is a cessation of acceptance and suddenly there is , er almost revulsion that steps in . |
| 16 | Then there is a range of measurements of the functioning of the physiological systems of the animal ; we can make measurements which tell us how hard a time the animal is having trying to cope with the conditions which are imposed upon it . |
| 17 | However , if the assumption of growth is removed , then there is a change in the experience of those involved in the process which leads to a change in expectations . |
| 18 | On the other hand , this treatment is correct only if there are no redistributive effects on demand : for example , if , then there is a change in the gross factor price ratio ( /r ) , and the standard assumption is not correct . |
| 19 | If so , then there is a sense in which homophobia may feed itself , securing the framework ( sexual difference ) which promotes and intensifies its displacement as anger . |
| 20 | If you want to make a point if something 's you want to make more emphasis than others then there is a hierarchy to these colours on this transmitted light . |
| 21 | If it can be accepted , as empiricists do , that the process of empirical verification involves a separate and distinct process of consciousness than that of generating the ideal categories in the first place , then there is a basis for distinguishing between ideology and another form of knowledge , ‘ science ’ . |
| 22 | Then there is a fee for preparing paperwork . |
| 23 | Often , several make contact with the wall and then there is a tug-of-war between them . |
| 24 | Then there is a wail from ahead , a roar and a burst of light ; the face is gone for ever . |
| 25 | So often I wonder whether it 's my right to capitalise … on the grief of others , but then I justify my own particular thoughts by feeling that if I can contribute a little to the understanding of what others are going through , then there is a reason for doing it . ’ |
| 26 | Then there is a need for rules which legitimate the intervention of one state in the internal affairs of another where this is a matter of urgent humanity . |
| 27 | Then there is a group of offences which prohibit sexual activities with young people , whether they appear to consent or not : whilst there is little dispute about the need for some such offences , there is room for disagreement on the proper boundaries of the criminal law and on the role of prosecutorial discretion . |
| 28 | Then there is a group of more technical reasons which make statistical modelling and extrapolation more difficult , and inhibit attempts to overcome a shortage of resources for direct measurement by statistical estimation of soil losses . |
| 29 | The road passes through rock galleries , then there is a view of the 90m ( 295ft ) Staubi waterfall . |
| 30 | Then there is a report by Whitehall scrutineer , Sir Derek Rayner , which is highly critical of the way the government has handled energy conservation . |