Example sentences of "after [num] [noun] [prep] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After eleven years of Thatcherism the government 's macro policies have been transformed — for the worse . |
| 2 | After 12 years of negotiation the half mile footpath from Jepsons Gate to Alance Bridge , Anglezarke has been upgraded to bridleway status — this means that both cyclists and horse riders may use it . |
| 3 | But after forty-eight hours of Berlin the Joyces had lost their nerve . |
| 4 | After 10 days of testimony the trial of William Kennedy Smith ended on Dec. 12 with the defendant being found not guilty on the felony charge of sexual battery ( the term for rape within the Florida criminal justice system ) and a misdemeanour battery charge . |
| 5 | The operation went smoothly and Catering Managers Ian Cameron and John Dunn are now looking after 350 persons on board the Safe Holmia rising to 440 at peak , whilst on the Port Royal , John Turner and Ian Ross are looking after 175 people . |
| 6 | After three decades of preparation the magicians enshrouded the island 's approaches in a maze of spells , illusions and treacherous shifting shoals and mists . |
| 7 | After three hours of negotiation the police allowed the demonstrators to place a coffin , representing the death of dictatorship , outside the headquarters of the New China News Agency ( Xinhua ) . |
| 8 | After three weeks of uncertainty the Nestor arrived in port and hopes were raised that she would sail the following day . |
| 9 | After three months at Colina the young recruit was posted to the Academy of Aerial War in an affluent Santiago suburb . |
| 10 | Congress , after fourteen years of power the Tories have are still hell bent on ruining the lives of low paid working class . |
| 11 | After 13 years of development the latest flight tests showed that the system , which costs an estimated $9 billion , was ‘ marginally operationally effective and marginally operationally suitable , ’ according to a recent declassifed navy report . |
| 12 | After five months of arguments a special committee has ruled that the bet was n't valid . |
| 13 | After five days of deliberation the New York jury delivered its not guilty verdict on July 2 , the defendant 's 61st birthday . |
| 14 | When he was released in September 1991 after 865 days in captivity the couple moved to Cyprus to begin a new life together . |
| 15 | He was a very loving , caring husband , and it was a blessing that , as his active cricket ended , after 15 years of marriage the Barringtons had a son . |
| 16 | Is then an MP , who must keep the hours of a street-walker ; who is understood to be — if the public is to be believed — either impotent or corrupt ; who spends the best years of his life listening to Ministers , speeches , and to the complaints of his constituents ; is he to receive as his only reward after twenty years of service a signed photograph of Jim Prior ? |
| 17 | After twenty years in boxes a friend of the patron 's family funds its display |
| 18 | There were many reasons why after two decades of activity the American industry should begin to centre on Hollywood but surely Lary May is right to see the move ultimately in terms of the movies seeking to escape from the constant demands of Progressive America . |
| 19 | If the notice is ignored , after two hours of non-compliance the public health department of the local authority may commence a prosecution for breach of the Act . |
| 20 | After two hours of debate the synod voted overwhelmingly to receive the report and moved on to detailed discussion of the legislation . |
| 21 | After 14 years in office the state 's Republican governor , Mr Jim Thompson , is standing down . |
| 22 | After 20 minutes of instillation a conspicuous fluorescence was detected in association with the lateral membrane/intercellular space of the enterocytes . |
| 23 | He said that the army was an " unpolitical " body , keen to keep the " ship of state " afloat , and added that " after seven months of democracy the country is once again in the grip of the horror of uncertainty " . |