Example sentences of "[art] [noun] then [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The theory behind the sections is that , if an owner of goods agrees to sell them to someone and retains title but nevertheless lets the buyer have possession , that owner must bear the consequences ( i.e. loss of title ) if the buyer then sells and delivers the goods to an innocent sub-purchaser .
2 The story then went that if the skull was ever taken died .
3 The applicant then submitted that a statutory redundancy payment was ‘ pay ’ within article 119 and that on the employer 's default to make that payment the Secretary of State guaranteed the sum under section 106 .
4 How close to the string the hammer then comes depends on the energy the hammer retains after hitting the string , how much of that energy is absorbed by the material from which the hammer then rebounds and how much energy is otherwise lost , for instance through the friction at the hammer pivot or hinge .
5 The DGSE then decided that the only other option was to destroy it .
6 If the electorate then considers that the governing party has broken its promises , or that the opposition party has since worked out more acceptable policies , it will vote out the established governing party and give the opposition party a chance .
7 The defendant then prepared and submitted to the manager of the shop , Mr. Gilberd , a list of goods to the value of £7,950 , telling him that the list represented a bona fide order placed by one Johal and asking him to authorise the supply of the goods against a building society cheque for that amount .
8 The defendant then complained that the trial judge had failed to direct the jury adequately with regard to the defendant 's previous good character in that he failed to point out that this is primarily relevant to the question of credibility .
9 The supermarkets then found that they could charge bigger margins on goods that were peripheral to their core business , processed foods .
10 The judge then decided that the case should not stop and that he would call a police officer who was the remaining witness for the Crown .
11 The judge then held that , since the information was material , the defendants , as agents , were under a duty to disclose it to the plaintiff .
12 The question then becomes whether there is a real likelihood that a given conflict situation , though capable of abuse in theory , will be abused in practice ?
13 The question then arises whether it is right to attribute to Parliament as a whole the same intention as that repeatedly voiced by the Financial Secretary .
14 The question then arises as to what constitutes partial demolition .
15 The question then arises as to whether human activity has exacerbated and is continuing to exacerbate the drought process and whether it can be mitigated by better land management .
16 But the question then arises as to whether all this interactive effort serves only to facilitate the internalization of linguistic knowledge , as Long appears to imply , or whether it does not also develop the executive ability referred to earlier , whereby the learner can access that knowledge in a range of communicative contexts .
17 The question then arises as to how this pragmatic enterprise differs , if it differs at all , from the kinds of activity which are customarily carried out under the name of research .
18 The question then arises as to how these should be funded .
19 The question then arises as to whether an error of law has been shown in the present case .
20 The question then arises as to how one might translate Swift into Arabic when the hallmark of his style is a commonplace feature of Arabic prose .
21 The question then arises as to how specific the Community legislation has to be before it precludes national legislation .
22 The question then arises as to whether there should be central development of such courses and there are two factors which have an important bearing on this decision .
23 The question then arises as to the site and anture of the neutrophil chemoattractant .
24 The question then arises as to what promotes a greater use of Creole in conversation .
25 Where an exclusion or limitation clause is permitted , the question then arises as to its effect as a matter of law .
26 Several West Indians said that they liked the ‘ lay-away ’ system , where they put a deposit on something which the shop then keeps until — perhaps paying instalments — they have settled the full price .
27 The individuals then develop and use in concert organizational means for dealing with both the real difficulties and dangers and with the highly personal anxiety situations that are projected into them .
28 If the situation is basically stable , the drama then begins when something occurs which has the potential to destabilise it .
29 ( b ) whether the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the period end and of the profit or loss for the period then ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with company law ; and
30 He said the phone then rang and Maher took Mrs Kennedy into the front bedroom to answer it .
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