Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] then it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly if you ticked two or more then it is time to take stock of the situation . |
| 2 | If any of the comparisons produces a value of 25 per cent or more then it is a Super Class 1 transaction . |
| 3 | The research evidence suggests that support from one 's family should be the last resort and not the first , and that even then it must be handled carefully to ensure that each party retains a proper independence of the other . |
| 4 | Then and only then it was that the vast seamless blocks and slabs of the buried city came back to light . |
| 5 | If so then it 's hardly surprising you did n't have to cancel a date tonight . ’ |
| 6 | Jaq had n't told either of his companions exactly what he intended to do , and just then it occurred to him how Googol might resent the deaths of fellow Navigators caught on this world when the flesh-eater came . |
| 7 | And even then it was only a matter of sandwiches or pickled eggs . |
| 8 | ‘ Property therefore means belonging to a tribe , ’ [ p. 90 ] and even then it is not land which is property with pastoralists . |
| 9 | The sun is setting now , midnight sun ending a few weeks before , but it only disappears for an hour and even then it leaves behind its mark of golden twilight . |
| 10 | ‘ I remember seeing him when I was an apprentice and even then it was obvious what a good goalkeeper he 'd be . |
| 11 | And Mrs Friar had never seen herself naked since she was three years old , and even then it was an accident . |
| 12 | In India and Africa , a very large proportion of the villagers must walk often several miles for all their water and even then it is usually polluted . |
| 13 | Between 2000 m and 1600 m above sea-level , vegetation recovery is more rapid but only where erosion is at a minimum and even then it may take between 5 and 8 years after seeding . |
| 14 | In order to bring about a deterioration in the patient 's condition with low potency remedies one would have to keep on repeating the wrong remedy many times and even then it is unlikely that much would happen unless the patient were particularly frail and weak , in which case they should be having constitutional treatment to boost their overall state and not ‘ first aid ’ treatment for the little bits that go wrong . |
| 15 | One experienced game tracker claimed that it was possible to get to within 40 or 50 yards before spotting a zebra under these conditions , and even then it only gave itself away by a small movement such as the swish of its tail or the sudden turn of its head . |
| 16 | The ‘ Oedipus complex ’ has become part of our common language , and yet it is seldom taken seriously ( except by parents of four-year-old boys — and even then it is unexpected ) . |
| 17 | Dwarf Gouramis are particularly bad at damaging the plants when spawning , but Honeys use only what comes easily to mouth and even then it is a minor addition to the nest . |
| 18 | You 've got to drive a truck over it , and even then it bends , but does n't break . |
| 19 | ‘ That was the only time we kept something from her and even then it was only for a short time , ’ says Mike . |
| 20 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 21 | So far only the pulsed dye laser produces parameters that approach the theoretical ideal , and even then it is at the lower limit of the ideal pulse duration ; Tan et al have shown that this laser can successfully treat children of any age with a negligible chance of scarring , and our experiences confirm their findings . |
| 22 | Insiders reckon the notion of slimming the government machine carries even less credibility within City Hall now than a couple of years ago — and even then it was only talk . |
| 23 | Only very occasionally is a woman 's voice heard and even then it is not always certain . |
| 24 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 25 | The term ‘ biology ’ did not come into use until the end of the century , and even then it did not have its modern meaning . |
| 26 | And even then it was a long time before the implications of the theory for massive stars were understood . |
| 27 | And even then it took a few more strangled moments before she could force her numbed brain to function with anything more coherent than a scream of anguish . |
| 28 | ‘ It will take a team of at least three horses to plough such rough land — and even then it will be difficult going with all the roots that 'll be left around when the foresters have moved on . ’ |
| 29 | Yet the Declaration of Rights made no provision for regular Parliaments ; it merely stated that " Parliaments ought to be held frequently " , and even then it was the last demand made in the document , suggesting that it was not a particularly high priority . |
| 30 | If it was anything , the Phillips curve was a disequilibrium reaction mechanism , and even then it had been theoretically misspecified . |