Example sentences of "[vb pp] after it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) .
2 A VET from Stockton , firemen and an RSPCA inspector were honoured yesterday for rescuing a pony trapped after it slipped down a drain .
3 FIREFIGHTERS , a vet and an RSPCA inspector were yesterday officially recognised for rescuing a pony trapped after it slipped down a drain .
4 ‘ In determining the total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 1 ) above , or the liability or total liability of an institution to a depositor for the purposes of subsection ( 2 ) above , no account shall be taken of any liability in respect of a deposit if … ( c ) the institution is a former authorised institution and the deposit was made after it ceased to be an authorised institution or a recognised bank or licensed institution under the Banking Act 1979 unless , at the time the deposit was made , the depositor did not know and could not reasonably be expected to have known that it had ceased to be an authorised institution , recognised bank or licensed institution . ’
5 The decision , condemned by some observers as unconstitutional , was reportedly made after it emerged that the suspended ministries had failed to implement the Dec. 10 ban on Hindu religious groups .
6 The area around the crack should be thoroughly cleaned and the two-part resin filler applied after it has been mixed up in accordance with the instructions .
7 It can be done before it appears on the air , either in a private room or in a theatre , to a large or small audience ; it can be done after it has appeared by personal interview or ( as frequently in the USA ) by telephone .
8 It said UN military observers helped after it collapsed in a dispute over control of the local police , prompting new fighting for territory yesterday between the former allies .
9 ( d ) a delivery after transfer , where the requested item proves to be already on the reserve shelf of another reader , but can be supplied after it has been transferred from that reader to the more recent applicant .
10 After various numbers of trials the dog had its salivation measured after it had heard the sound , even though it was not fed on that occasion .
11 Balsa wood can also be smoked after it has been broken into little pieces , but some say it is even less rewarding than banana skins .
12 The referendums had been called after it became clear during the campaign leading up to the June Maastricht referendum that the Irish Constitution 's restrictive abortion provisions could clash with EC rights to freedom of movement and information [ see p. 38942 ] .
13 TEN passengers escaped injury when their train was derailed after it collided with a herd of cattle straying on a line in Co Durham , last night .
14 The credibility of the European Community scheme under which clean beaches are awarded a " blue flag " has been seriously undermined after it emerged that blue flags had been awarded to 11 beaches in Italy which the government had previously registered as too dirty for bathing .
15 Plans to introduce an interim budget were abandoned after it became clear that the budget deficit would be larger than anticipated .
16 The anti-fur trade campaign , Lynx , has effectively been reformed after it went into liquidation following the loss of a libel case brought by a fur farm [ see ED 67 ] .
17 the power hereby granted will expire 15 months following the passing of this resolution or , if earlier , at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 1991 , except that the Company may make an offer or agreement before it expires which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after it expires and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of the offer or agreement notwithstanding its expiry .
18 LIFESPAN prevents a DC being updated after it has been submitted for assessment .
19 In the articles in the ABC series we have addressed the ways in which drug treatment should be monitored after it has been started .
20 At last night 's summit Denmark was also heavily criticised after it demanded further opt-outs before it will sign the agreement .
21 One unnamed area was criticised after it appeared to have industrial dereliction and sad , downcast people .
22 The decision was reportedly taken after it became clear that the French Disneyland would not make its expected profit this year .
23 The company also said it is working out details of a tentative $5m settlement of a shareholder suit filed after it lost its only Cray-3 customer .
24 The company also said it is working out details of a tentative $5m settlement of a shareholder suit filed after it lost its only Cray-3 customer .
25 Once the process was completed , older boys , apprentice papermakers , came and dislodged the sheet , taking it away to the drying trestles , where it had to be carefully watched and removed after it had dried but before it began to turn yellow in the sun .
26 The empty 400ft Demetrius , being towed from Dunkirk in northern France to Greece for scrap , was wrecked after it ran aground at Prawle Point in south Devon .
27 The political ramifications of the case were highlighted after it emerged that two of the four co-operatives implicated were owned by members of Sharif 's ruling IDA and that substantial loans had been extended to a number of IDA politicians , including Sharif himself .
28 The question was one which must often have arisen in this period of extensive rebuilding : Did an altar require to be reconsecrated after it had been moved ?
29 The Labour Party regained its self-confidence , lost after it had been deserted by its leaders , who formed a National government and then heavily defeated it in a general election in 1931 .
30 The government 's political standing , boosted by Sharma 's election , was strengthened after it won a no confidence motion on July 17 by 267 votes to 215 .
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