Example sentences of "only after " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sober intentions of his book were very different from the novels , plays and films which have created a mythical figure in modern culture of the artist as isolated and neglected , recognised only after his death , and whom the phrase ‘ genius and madness are near aligned ’ seems to fit . |
| 2 | On the basis of privately commissioned opinion polls showing an increasing majority in favour of some measure of divorce legislation , FitzGerald agreed with his cabinet to proceed with a referendum on whether to change the constitution so as to allow divorce for marriages irretrievably broken down , though only after a period of five years ' actual breakdown and legal separation . |
| 3 | It was only after extensive reading through the writings of many authors that I came across the work which undoubtedly gave the author this particular inspiration . |
| 4 | Apparently , because my employment had officially been terminated by me , I had arguably made myself voluntarily unemployed and was therefore entitled to benefit money only after a certain period . |
| 5 | Alone again , and knowing that a cup of tea was what was offered only after screaming and shouting and throwing all her nice toys on the floor . |
| 6 | I understand the Campaign for Real Ale Limited may change the amount only after giving me prior notice . |
| 7 | But unlike the modern crags , this wall had no bolts and the major difficulties ended only after pitch 23 . |
| 8 | Under British pressure , the French eventually departed in humiliation , but only after presiding over a covenant that gave the Lebanese republic the system of power-sharing which is now disintegrating . |
| 9 | It was only after the reasonable harvest of 1922 that the spectre of nation-wide starvation receded . |
| 10 | Only after a time do the principles on which the family is based — private property and slavery — come into conflict with the community and its commonality ; this occurs only when the family begins to move into the political domain . |
| 11 | The nuns are young because fresh recruitment — of monks as well as nuns — was stopped during a decade of suppression and allowed only after reform in 1981 initiated by the then Communist Party secretary-general , Mr Hu Yaobang . |
| 12 | The acting in Francis Gerard 's film is totally convincing ( Bill Flynn and Jana Cilliers are the parents who , incidentally , were finally able to marry , but only after the suicide of their son ) and , though it scarcely ever raises its voice , A Private Life shouts to the rooftops about the injustices it portrays . |
| 13 | Only after some time did the cameras finally establish that the belly had a head belonging to Nicholas Soames , the Industry Secretary 's PPS . |
| 14 | It was only after a stirring call for unity from Mr Modrow , the Prime Minister , that the 2,700 delegates rejected proposals for the SED to be dissolved and a new party founded . |
| 15 | It was only after a stirring call for unity from Mr Modrow , the Prime Minister , that the 2,700 delegates rejected proposals for the SED to be dissolved and a new party founded . |
| 16 | Todd 's follow-up on the hour , from similar range , arose from Pearson 's cleverly squirted pass , but only after Atkins , swinging wildly , had made a hash of his clearance as Dawson 's barnstorming run down the right seemed sure to be betrayed by a poorly-struck cross . |
| 17 | The council , like most scientists , argues that only after 14 days do the cells that will become the embryo become distinct from those of the surrounding tissue . |
| 18 | But such is the pressure on professional boxers to prove their absolute fitness that the British Boxing Board of Control last month ordered Hodkinson to undertake full medical tests , and he was cleared only after being examined by four ophthalmic surgeons . |
| 19 | The question was well put because the Prime Minister , Mr Nikolai Ryzhkov , is proposing an extraordinary six-year programme , which aims to switch the giant Soviet economy towards market principles only after further tightening of administrative methods . |
| 20 | Mr Geoffrey Barnes , Hong Kong 's secretary for security , said the action had been taken only after ‘ repeated efforts to obtain the co-operation of boat people and warnings that the search would have to be carried out regardless of their objections ’ . |
| 21 | They want us to be ourselves and they themselves and to meet as friends … only after some quiet times with a dolphin do we enjoy letting it be in charge of the encounter , and see what it may decide to do next with us . ' |
| 22 | Only after pressure from US Secretary of State James Baker , was a draft resolution agreed with New Zealand , which called for : |
| 23 | It accepted Mr Yanaev as vice-president ( but only after an embarrassing failure in the first vote and some heavyweight intervention by Mr Gorbachev ) . |
| 24 | The election itself came only after a decade of political squabbling . |
| 25 | Officials reckon these will appear only after Moscow and the republics settle budget differences . |
| 26 | It was only after the two thieves dressed up as policemen had escaped last Sunday with treasures conservatively estimated at $200m that it was revealed that they were uninsured . |
| 27 | The latest published figures for Lloyd 's show £575m ( $950m ) of pre-tax profit in 1987 ( Lloyd 's syndicates close their accounts only after three years ) , down slightly on the record profits of 1986 . |
| 28 | Russia 's prime minister has managed to get two big coal mines back to work , but only after a promise that the Russian republic would get control over the mines . |
| 29 | But he climbed to his current pre-eminence only after spotting that the competitive battleground in the car market was shifting from styling and speed to quality . |
| 30 | Easing American monetary policy now would affect the economy only after a delay of months . |