Example sentences of "[prep] which [noun] " in BNC.

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1 after which horror one can only return to the banalities of modern city life which protect the individual from the terror of the deep insight .
2 Laura will receive the drug , Cisapride , which helps with the movement of her small intestine , for a week , after which doctors will decide on the transplant , the hospital said .
3 The second cycle would consist of a year 's professional studies followed by a year as a ‘ licensed ’ teacher ( replacing the existing probationary year ) , after which students would be awarded a BA ( Ed ) .
4 In the case of single honours , it is necessary to choose a secondary subject to study alongside the language in the first two years , after which students devote all their attention to their main subject .
5 Botham then bowled dismally to allow Greenidge and Haynes to make a good start , after which Richardson clocked up a steady hundred .
6 That will be sufficient to oblige me to choose the inclination which I felt increasing pari passu with intensifying awareness , after which choice there will be no need to go on agonizing over his plight , which might even impair my efficiency as a helper .
7 The occasion was an immediately recognisable lunch party , after which Comfort and some of the other guests had gone off to swim in the nearby river , while Anthony and Julia had sat together , digesting and beginning to explore the edges of the feeling that was growing between them .
8 In England Cardinal Wolsey at first found no fault in the book but a convocation of bishops condemned it ; Bishop Tunstall preached a sermon against it at Paul 's Cross , after which copies were ceremoniously burned .
9 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 .
10 A general election in two rounds was held on June 5 and 12 , after which Rocard formed a new and mainly Socialist Party government on June 28 , but including also members of the Union for French Democracy ( Union pour la démocratie française — UDF ) grouping and the Left Radical Movement ( Mouvement des radicaux de gauche — MRG ) as well as a number of " technocratic " non-party members [ see pp. 36227-29 ] .
11 The regenerative equipment was all removed by 1909 after which Nos. 36–51 were identical .
12 The French ambassador had been expelled in October 1987 for alleged involvement with the UMP , after which Paris was represented in Port Vila by a chargé d'affaires .
13 The hydrocarbon yield increases steadily with increasing maturity up to a reflectance of approximately 1–1.5% , after which generation gradually decreases .
14 Both these works were played during the first Tilford Bach Festival after which William Mann reviewing the concert in the Times wrote ‘ such a Festival in such a place does Bach signal homage ’ .
15 From here , the notion that the husband 's jealousy requires the lovers to perform a fabliau trick is made explicit ( 3294 – 302 ) , after which Nicholas takes up his psaltery , excitedly making music as he mentally rejoices in his conquest and the promise of sexual delight it holds ( 3305 – 6 ) .
16 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 . ’
17 All treatment was withdrawn for a minimum of two weeks , after which inclusion in the trial depended on a diastolic blood pressure >105 mm Hg .
18 In London this continues for six weeks after the baby 's birth , after which girls are encouraged to go back to school .
19 To ensure prompt attention it is also advisable to set a time limit for the return of details after which submissions will not be considered .
20 Although an interim report was submitted in May 1942 , after which Shelmerdine was replaced as chairman by Lord Finlay , the committee 's main recommendations became the plank of British civil aviation policy for the next three years .
21 They gave a sprightly Anitra 's Dance from Grieg 's Peer Gynt Suite No 1 for an encore , after which Spierer ushered the whole orchestra to stage front , and a well-deserved bow .
22 The terms for both the constituent assembly and the interim cabinet would be a maximum of 12 months , after which election would be held under a new constitution .
23 The three major cinematic events in my life have functioned as harbingers to major changes in my own life , after which things were never quite the same .
24 One might argue that a three month deadline would be just that — a time after which teams looking after unconscious patients should make realistic decisions about their prognosis .
25 The final version will be out in the Autumn , the final release date depending on when current funding runs out , after which CSRG will close down .
26 The responsibility for this lies very largely with the emergence of pluralism , after which elite studies would never quite be the same .
27 In November 1990 , cuts of almost 50 per cent to the Polish army were announced , after which conscripts would serve for 12 months ( cut from 18 months ) , with some serving in the police force .
28 The students seem reluctant to stop after the 15-week session ( running from October till early February , after which exams and job interviews must take first place with students ) .
29 The police were called , after which Bradley started to tear up the paper bags which were on the counter .
30 The unrest provoked an unprecedented intervention by King Bhumipol Adulyadej after which Suchinda resigned and the National Assembly approved a series of major constitutional amendments .
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