Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] then [vb base] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it enough to give them details of exercise and sport and then assume that they will simply become more active . |
| 2 | What proportion of asylum seekers come into this country on visitors ' permits and then decide that they are in fear of persecution just as their permits come to an end ? |
| 3 | There is , of course , nothing wrong with trying to look your best , but for the born-again Weldon to refuse to see anyone unless she spent half the day in the hairdressers and then proclaim that she 's only doing it to further her career ( oh , please ) smacks of hypocrisy of the very highest order . |
| 4 | ‘ But you would n't want to pay one gang and then find that they 'd sold your father to another , would you ? ’ |
| 5 | Now I think that approach to health care is fundamentally wrong , because you measure the needs of a patient in one moment and then suggest that the needs of that , that the needs of that patient will continue to be the same in subsequent weeks or subsequent months . |
| 6 | ask each committee or team that meets regularly to calculate its running costs and then insist that these are halved . |
| 7 | One might labour for years and then discover that one 's thoughts simply concealed some devilish machine . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We thought it was stupid for him to fly all the way back to the UK and then find that we had a problem with Jones , ’ said Lions ' manager Geoff Cooke . |
| 9 | ‘ We thought it was stupid for him to fly all the way back to the UK and then find that we had a problem with Jones , ’ said Lions ' manager Geoff Cooke . |
| 10 | The job of the buyers is to assess the health needs of people in their area and then see that those needs are met as quickly and effectively as possible . |
| 11 | We do not , on the Cavell model , first discover certain truths about an object and then conclude that it is a person ; we first acknowledge the person and only inquire into facts later if necessary . |
| 12 | The diamond design shown in the opposite photograph is really an adaptation of the solid design ( see pp. 80–1 ) , although in this case you have to make a very definite outline with the leaves and then ensure that it is echoed in the shape that the flowers make in the centre of the design . |
| 13 | To interview only one club member and then say that he could be taken as representative of the whole club membership — perhaps several hundred in number — could not be substantiated . |
| 14 | But he says , it 's no need to be expensive but he said , do n't go out and buy a set of bowls and then hope that you 're gon na like it . |
| 15 | A minister who can applaud dole staff redundancies and then claim that those clerks who keep their jobs will find them more interesting , is obviously in the wrong post . |
| 16 | ‘ Why does a woman work 10 years to change a man 's habits and then complain that he 's not the man she married ? ’ |
| 17 | But first let us examine the facts and then ensure that we are looking after our physical selves as well as possible . |
| 18 | You do so at an unfamiliar garage and then discover that the one you had planned to stop at was closed . |
| 19 | The soundest way of selecting Koi is to follow your first impressions BUT then ensure that the fish you have selected measures up to them . |