Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these reasons the Department considers it to be of the utmost importance that the form is used in all of the appropriate circumstances and clearly it will help if it can be completed right after the incident has taken place . |
| 2 | At a cost of $6 million ( £3.3 million ) Japanese architect Arata Isozaki is completing the conversion which retains original details such as the building 's cast-iron columns but introduces exciting new features including a pair of grand steel staircases leading to the first floor , a sharply angled flight of stairs linking to a cafeteria in the basement ( this feature will be completed only after the museum closes for a month at the end of August ) , and panels of etched glass which create a soft filter for natural light . |
| 3 | The case is not untypical in that the Convention points seem to fall to be considered only after the case has been dealt with and the deficiencies of the process have been revealed . |
| 4 | This last item had caused them some concern when the bag had been unzipped just after the plane landed , but Grandson Richard had thrust the book among the papers without glancing inside . |
| 5 | The job losses have come soon after the firm was taken over . |
| 6 | AN injured climber was rescued yesterday after an SOS was picked up an aircraft flying overhead . |
| 7 | A CHARGE of rape on a mentally handicapped girl was dropped yesterday after a judge ruled she could not give evidence against her alleged attacker . |
| 8 | This call is most often given just after the female has laid an egg and may be used to attract males for further mating . |
| 9 | However , many of these dogs have not complied with other sections of the law , such as neutering , and more than 600 are no longer alive — including over 100 puppies which were conceived before the Dangerous Dogs Act came into force , but which were not allowed to be sold or given away after the legislation was introduced . |
| 10 | Its effectiveness is revealed only after the ordinand has been ordained . |
| 11 | ( c ) a delivery after initial failure , in which case either the wrong book is first sent , or delivery is made only after the call-slip has been returned for checking to the Issue Hall and has then been re-submitted , and |
| 12 | It is important to recognise that whilst the UK business economy may see a recovery in 1992 , the adverse effects of the current recession on the consumer market will continue to be felt long after the economy has begun to recover . |
| 13 | If they become ascertained only after the contract was made , the contract at the time of its creation was for sale of unascertained goods . |
| 14 | There are two quite different sorts of manager in Hanson , argues the study , written soon after the firm bought the Imperial Group in 1986 . |
| 15 | A ROBBER aged 74 was freed yesterday after a judge heard how he carried out an armed raid for the love of his wheelchair-bound mistress . |
| 16 | An indication of the Board 's hesitancy and internal division can be gauged from the decision , in February 1930 , being agreed only after a vote was taken and that only three of the eight listed recommendations in Hickson 's confidential memorandum were approved . |
| 17 | There had been little blood , which implied that Newley had died soon after the attack began . |
| 18 | An air of antiquity hung over that pathway , which , followed to its logical end , ran down to the river , as if the ancient Britons had used it first and it would go on being used even after the Bomb fell . |
| 19 | " The official negotiations will be opened immediately after the Treaty on European Union is ratified and the agreement has been achieved on the Delors II package . " |
| 20 | Agreement was reached only after the government withdrew a clause providing for the automatic dismissal of workers who did not comply . |
| 21 | Lydia greeted him without smiling , which is a chilling expedient , usually employed only after a row has taken place . |
| 22 | We now know that babies whose mothers are depressed continue to be affected even after the mother has recovered . |
| 23 | A mysterious strike at Bangkok 's port , which handles more than 80% of the country 's trade , was settled only after the general intervened . |
| 24 | ( The oxide contains about 60 per cent metallic tin , which is recovered only after the material is reduced in a smelter . ) |
| 25 | All means of communication to the outside world were cut shortly after the demonstration began . |
| 26 | THE MAN sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the Swedish prime minister , Olof Palme , was acquitted yesterday after the appeal court overturned the verdict against him . |
| 27 | Design specifications for the research ship , for example , were still being finalized even after the design contract had been signed . |
| 28 | Consequently , such a word can be identified only after the subject has heard phonemes occurring later than the target phoneme , and so reaction times will be long . |
| 29 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |
| 30 | The chief functions of the short time-limit under Ord. 53 are to prevent public programmes from being unduly held up by litigation challenging the legality of such programmes ; and to prevent steps already taken in execution of challenged decisions having to be reversed long after the decision was acted upon . |