Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of [noun] then " in BNC.

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1 Given the regression of reproduction then , there would be a lessening , an atrophy of those relations , not merely of material reproduction but of all class relations .
2 If the Earth were to be moved today into the orbit of Venus then the ice caps would melt , the oceans would start to evaporate , the carbonate rocks would begin to yield up CO 2 , and various other surface reservoirs would begin to lose volatiles .
3 On the other hand , unless there is some evidence of the existence of God then positive arguments about the need to trust a Deity become negative arguments about credulous and uncritical behaviour .
4 If questions as to how people lived should displace the detached study of pottery and typologies of stone tools at the heart of archaeology then it is surely the study of the human past that is the better for it .
5 The people did so , and the Archbishop of Canterbury then addressed the assembly on the theme ‘ the voice of the people is the voice of God ’ , saying that by the unanimous consent of all the magnates Edward had been deprived of the government of his kingdom because of his inadequacy and his offences against Church and kingdom .
6 But in the advanced technologies , up to our own time , it has been almost impossible for working companies to have direct access to their relevant means of production , and a third form of the division of labour then appears , and in capitalist conditions becomes stable and regular .
7 It becomes oddly insulting , not only because it rules out appreciation of beautiful souls lurking behind plain faces , but also because the kind of admiration then given to the beautiful woman begins to assume that her equally lovely nature is sweet , kind , gentle and unselfish — an image of passive , yielding femininity .
8 The level of bequests then depends on the nature of preferences ; for example , whether bequests are a ‘ luxury ’ good ( Atkinson , 1971 ) .
9 In other areas , precedent established some years ago in the light of circumstances then may be disputable in relation to the present day .
10 In the key of G then — la , la , la , laaaa . ’
11 His Lordship added that where the presumptions created a result which was contrary to the intention of Parliament then the presumptions had to give way .
12 In the same year Sir Thomas Roe went as English representative in turn to The Hague , Copenhagen and Königsberg ( where the Elector of Brandenburg then was ) before also helping with the Swedish–Polish negotiations .
13 respectively , within this volume M is defined as the inverse of L. Then the tensors are defined as the weighted averages of the tensors of each phase r : thus where is the volume concentration of phase r ( that is ) and , by analogy with the isotropic case discussed earlier on p. 115 , are concentration factor tensors such that and where I is the unit tensor .
14 However , if the total effect of this and other stress effects is to exaggerate the effect of stress then this could be less a problem than an advantage in detecting stress early , although not an exact measurement .
15 So , what 's the plan of action then , is dad going all day or
16 The imposition of standards then increases private marginal cost , shifts private supply curves upwards , and reduces the overproduction of the good that occurred when the market ignored the divergence between private and social cost .
17 The work of metaphor then involves the transfer of meaning across that space , from one site to another .
18 If you would like to support the work of ACET then please complete the coupon and return it to us today .
19 Thus , we find that if certain facts must exist before the exercise of judgment then the court will examine whether those facts exist , whether a decision was made upon a proper self direction as to those facts , and whether irrelevant facts were taken into account .
20 The Director of Studies then asked why the syllabus did not set out the relationship between assessment criteria and objectives more explicitly .
21 The Director of Studies then produced a folder of his son 's Art ( from another school ) .
22 It was coming towards the tail-end of skiffle then , and all my mates had guitars .
23 If we can associate certain patterns of family living with the process of industrialization then what were these particular patterns , and were they caused by industrialization or a necessary pre-condition for it ?
24 On the basis of experience then , we recognise types of communicative events which take place against the background of a mass of below-conscious expectations also based on past experience which we might summarise , following van Dijk ( 1977 : 99 ) , as ‘ the ASSUMED NORMALITY of the world .
25 The tube of Tenax then fits directly into a gas chromatograph .
26 Should things get rough to the point of injury then separate with a clear divider so they can still see each other , but do this only if it absolutely necessary .
27 It was thought that if people had to pay at the point of delivery then this might deter some people from using the service .
28 What do you think about the meaning of life then ?
29 But if we asked about the history of the appearance of characters then the answer is ‘ yes ’ .
30 ‘ I was all right walking down to the pit until I met the group of supporters then I had to crack . ’
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