Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] [conj] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Transport says it 's ridiculous that after seven years Hereford is still no nearer getting its bypass . |
| 2 | But when my father took over , when he came back to Galashiels , he started in bicycles and there was quite probably ten bicycle shops in Galashiels at that time and er he gave , well he , he attracted business with his efficient way of repairing bicycles and er it 's funny that after about a number of years , we were between the last , after the last war I should say , the Second World War , er we were about the only people for , for a period the only bicycle shop in Galashiels . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's funny that after all these years I still have n't forgotten what I 've been taught — so it must have been money well spent . ’ |
| 4 | It is worrying that after all this time Labour appears to think that being in opposition means solely that one must oppose everything . |
| 5 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
| 6 | It is possible that after analysing certain European markets it becomes apparent that your objectives might best be met by a start-up venture . |
| 7 | It is clear that after the prolonged and intensive use by Edward IV , Henry VII , and Henry VIII of such officers as the Treasurer of the Chamber and the Keeper of the Jewel House , the Chamber offices ceased from about 1540 to play a major part in national administration , although the holders of the major offices — the Chamberlain , the Treasurer of the Household , the Controller , and the Vice-Chamberlain — were usually influential political figures . |
| 8 | The apparent paradox of Nizan 's ideological/psychological mentality needs to be scrutinised at this juncture since it is clear that after 1935 his intellectual itinerary became far more complex , shaped as it was by countless pressures arising not only from a new party strategy but also from a deepening international political crisis . |