be consequent

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It couldn’t, he reflected uneasily, be consequent on that moonlight walk...

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills

But to be consequent and powerful, a partnership must be bottomed on some common interest or sentiment; and such in the Greek question, as already explained, did not exist.

From Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 by Abbott, G. F. (George Frederick)

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 Burgon, John William

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 Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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 Brontë, Anne