Example sentences of "then the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His coalition " national stability government " formed in June had collapsed with the expulsion on Dec. 1 of three Republican Party ministers and then the withdrawal of members of the main opposition Democratic Party ( DP ) . |
| 2 | They heard the diesel engine , the quick rattle of the wheels on rails and then the caterpillar of carriages that rose above the stone walls , the small windows flashing in the sun as they were quickly drawn across their view and gone . |
| 3 | Accordingly , for the second trick , the King of Spades is played from dummy and then the Queen of Spades to the third trick . |
| 4 | ‘ How much ? ’ he asked , still in a sort of trance , turning the brown lustre of her skin into Abyssinian maid and then the Queen of Pleasures . |
| 5 | But when this is the only method of recruitment used , or if the ‘ friend ’ is waved through without a formal impartial interview , then the standard of recruits can not rise and the social catchment area of the volunteer base will not be broadened . |
| 6 | If the exchange rate for the two currencies is determined by market forces then the price of Deutschmarks would rise and the price of pounds would fall . |
| 7 | If individuals are concerned about the welfare of their children , and possibly other descendants , then the level of bequests will typically take account of the expected income of future generations ( see for example Meade , 1966 ; Becker , 1974 : Stiglitz , 1978b , and Shorrocks , 1979 ) . |
| 8 | If investors assume that the expected level of demand will be lower than the so-called equilibrium position ( the position that yields what economists term ‘ warranted growth ’ ) then the level of savings in the economy will exceed investment , and therefore demand will be lower than expected . |
| 9 | ‘ Moreover ’ , it says , ‘ in the last recessionary cycle the peak in business failures did not occur until some 18 months after the recession ended and even then the level of insolvencies did not reduce significantly for a further years . ’ |
| 10 | At the same school I also recognised the importance of freedom of choice , when I approached what was then the equivalent of O-levels . |
| 11 | Then the range of speeds that can be measured is very wide ; fractional Doppler shifts as small as 10 -15 can be measured and thus speeds down to less than — far lower than those normally encountered in fluid dynamics — though not all systems are capable of this . |
| 12 | If this theory is right , then the presence of tigers in Siberia today is accounted for by the fact that when the ice relented and moved northward again , the tiger , complete with its new stripes , followed in search of fresh fields and new sources of prey . |
| 13 | But then the clutch of girls with grease smeared lips , the frag hags , stumbled past in a burst of squeals at the sight of Gharr the golden . |
| 14 | Given that the end product is a pension some time in the future , then the majority of assets are viewed as long term . |
| 15 | To the extent that the destination of building society lending is different , as we know from section 4.1.1 it is , then the flow of funds will have materially altered . |
| 16 | And then the screech of brakes . |
| 17 | If the situation in the United States is less than perfect , then the state of affairs on the other side of the Panama Canal could only be described as disastrous . |
| 18 | If real wages had remained constant between 1955 and 1970 , with productivity growth unaffected , then the share of profits would have doubled to around one-half of the value of output . |
| 19 | So long as people continued to live in their old houses , surrounded by their old friends and neighbours , and had not broken with a routine of life which perhaps dated back generations , then the re-moulding of mentalities was going to be a frustratingly slow process , particularly for an engineer of human souls who was no longer young . |
| 20 | If limitation of inputs is of primary importance , then the birth of calves to coincide with grazing peaks will determine dates . |
| 21 | If , if your , if your total turnover was sixteen thousand , then the inspector of taxes would want from you an account which shows how your fifteen thou sixteen thousand has been arrived at , who 's paid you this money because he looks at those and he checks their accounts to see they 've received it obviously , that 's what it is , and wh how is your five thousand pounds made up . |
| 22 | If the sub-field is tightly circumscribed , and localised geographically , then the bulk of citations may occur within a limited set of co-citing core journals . |
| 23 | If more output is obtained from the same manpower — which it is here contended could and should happen — then the allocation of resources so far as manpower is concerned will be unaffected . |
| 24 | And if the allocation of statements of attainment to levels , and levels to ages , is arbitrary in part , then the allocation of pupils to levels must also be arbitrary in part , even if scrupulous care is taken to ensure that assessments are based on the best available evidence . |
| 25 | It is assumed that so-called reminder treatments act in some way to increase the likelihood that associations ( especially weak ones that will be most in need of such help ) will be effective in generating overt conditioned responding , then the pattern of results observed can be accommodated . |
| 26 | If the sample is carefully selected , then the pattern of scores obtained by the sample ought to provide a close match for the pattern of scores which would be obtained if the whole population of children were to be tested . |
| 27 | If purchased then the Sale of Goods Act 1979 will apply and the usual terms involving merchantable quality , fitness for purpose , etc. will be implied into the contract , subject to any valid exemption clauses . |
| 28 | Then the pack of cards flew up into the sky and began to fall on Alice 's face . |
| 29 | Then the load of stones bounces and trundles down the channel , thus eroding it deeper . |
| 30 | The main laying is expected to last approximately eight weeks , then the connection of services to properties will take about four weeks to complete . |