be consequent
Example Sentences
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Perhaps they were afraid worse things might be consequent on resistance.
From African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White
Receive, coldly and dispassionately, every attention, till you have ascertained and duly considered the worth of the aspirant; and let your affections be consequent upon approbation alone.
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Therefore the difference derived from the debt of punishment, may be consequent to the specific diversity of sins, but cannot constitute it.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Aquinas Thomas
Diversity of opinion is bound to bring, in religious matters, diversity of action; for, to be consequent one must act according to his belief.
From Catholic Problems in Western Canada by George Thomas Daly
All reference therefore to manuscripts would be consequent upon, not a factor in, the present investigation.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
