Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Thorolds , who still live at Marston , kept Sedgebrook until 1928 , after which it reverted to its early life as a farmhouse . |
| 32 | In fact , Soviet production did rise until 1978 , after which a run of six bad harvests and the inconsistencies of the Soviet economy produced stagnation . |
| 33 | The Americans and their allies have always made it plain that January 15th was merely the point after which war would become authorised , not necessarily the date for attack . |
| 34 | Political tensions in Côte d'Ivoire briefly lifted cocoa prices above £900 a tonne in May , after which they fell by 30% . |
| 35 | Holding started it with a blistering over of flat-out speed that accounted for Boycott , after which no one passed 26 and they were all out for 122 , with Croft again the leading wicket-taker . |
| 36 | Boycott and Gooch then batted steadily for three hours before Gooch departed for 83 , after which Gower and Boycott took their team to safety . |
| 37 | In Pakistan in 1983–4 he took over again when Willis had to return home sick and gained two creditable draws , after which he was officially appointed to lead England against the West Indies in 1984 , at the age of 27 . |
| 38 | Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred . |
| 39 | This culminated in the misery of the 1989 Ashes rubber , after which the tour of the Caribbean early in 1990 seemed to be about to take its place alongside St Bartholomew 's Day , Glencoe and other great massacres of history . |
| 40 | And that law was still in effect when the building finally had to close in 1972 , on the expiry of the lease , after which it was transformed into a bank . |
| 41 | In contrast , radiocarbon typically produces error terms of plus/minus 50–100 years , independent of age , for ages less than about 10,000 years , after which the error increases . |
| 42 | At one time it was widely believed that there had been a great rise in the birth-rate ; there was , in fact , a slow rise to the end of the 1861–70 decade , after which the rate began to fall . |
| 43 | As a teenager , Sonique was an athlete for the North London borough of Haringay , after which she tried working nine to five but ‘ I could n't do that and be as free as I wanted ’ . |
| 44 | It could be assuaged to lower sales resistance — ‘ To make that job easier , you deserve M and M candy ’ ( after which , naturally , you need Gleem all the more ) . |
| 45 | It had taken her three full days and now they were to be carried downstairs and arranged in the hall , after which her sister would take them to the post office . |
| 46 | As a three-year-old she won the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket before coasting home by three lengths in the One Thousand Guineas , after which she was sold by owner-breeder Captain Marcos Lemos to Sheikh Mohammed . |
| 47 | In his pre-National race Devon Loch gave a stone to another future Gold Cup winner , Kerstin , when running third to her in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham , after which Dick Francis reported to the Queen Mother that ‘ Devon Loch was staying on really well , and I feel we have a great chance at Aintree . ’ |
| 48 | The cough is there to signal that something is going awry and needs attention after which it will be all right . |
| 49 | Salvation came from without : the development of some de facto secondary work in the higher ‘ standards ’ or years of Board schools , the improvements in the older grammar schools , the use of various ‘ institutes ’ dedicated to helping working men get more education , the creation of new , civic universities like Owens in Manchester , and the expansion of London University , gave men who wanted a basic education beyond primary school new opportunities , after which they could go on to a denominational college which was now more able to concentrate on theology . |
| 50 | At the Free Church Council 's meeting an address of congratulation to Queen Victoria was adopted after which delegates sprang to their feet and burst into singing the National Anthem . |
| 51 | ‘ In this way ’ he declared in 1895 , ‘ they would do a thousand times more good than by denouncing Roman Catholics , Unitarians or anyone else. , There were united missionary services and neighbourhood ‘ visitations ’ after which the names of those visited were passed on to a minister of their denomination . |
| 52 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
| 53 | It is said to be the tree on which Judas Iscariot hanged himself , after which its pink blossom turned dark red in shame . |
| 54 | However , the scientists say they believed the layer would continue to thin every winter at least for the next eight years , after which a ban on use of certain gases will start to have a beneficial effect . |
| 55 | … [ first ] to flower in the open air is the Cinnamon which is immediately followed by the Damask Rose , then the Blush , York and Lancaster come ; after which the Provence , Dutch Hundred-leaved , White and most other sorts of Roses follow ; and the latest sorts are the Virginia and Musk roses which , if planted in a shady situation , seldom flower until September ; and if the autumn proves mild will continue often until the middle of October |
| 56 | A variety of short term appointments followed , including a year at Harvard , after which Roberts went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology . |
| 57 | The erection of the machinery , which was manufactured in London and transported to the head of the incline by canal , proceeded through the latter part of 1899 to practical completion in April 1900 , when trials took place.8 ; As a result of these trials , Thomas required some modifications to be carried out , after which final acceptance trials took place in May , 9 ; followed by an Official visit — perhaps the opening — by the Committee on 11th July , 1900.0 ; The photographs of the boats ‘ Marsworth ’ and ‘ Langley ’ passing through the lift were probably taken in April of that year . |
| 58 | The celebration started with the Club 's President , Valentine Fleming , driving himself in , after which the match commenced . |
| 59 | So the granules are wetted with the solution and left to dry after which they are bottled and labelled with the appropriate nomenclature e.g. LM 1 , LM 2 or LM 0/1 , LM 0/2 etc. the zero signifying the granule , the form in which the final medicine is stored . |
| 60 | In 1540 the house passed to Anne of Cleves as part of her settlement , after which it came into the hands of the Chauncy family . |