Example sentences of "after [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had expressed concern that after the long journey , probably spent standing in the corridor , I might look rather haggard , so the wearing of a yashmak was suggested , especially as Leslie would be used to seeing this item of female camouflage in the souks and cafés of North Africa from Alexandria to Algiers . |
| 2 | The final landing after the long journey was welcome . |
| 3 | After the long drive up from Egypt , the various parties assembled at Eighth Army Headquarters at Bouerat . |
| 4 | After the long bout of socialism there is bound to be economic instability in Russia and perhaps the way forward would be for those who do not trust the rouble to use barter deals . |
| 5 | In those days a wing commander engineering officer was still a GD pilot but after the long course ( I think it was at Henlow , on engineering ) they devoted all their energies to full time engineering . |
| 6 | This is not the end of history : it is the return to history , after the long freeze imposed on European political development by the Cold War . |
| 7 | After The Long Search Eyre was dubbed ‘ The Whicker of the God Slot ’ . |
| 8 | These are the words spoken by the Bishop to those catechumens who , after the long period of formal preparation express their desire to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church . |
| 9 | After a long interlude that features some unrecognisable classical piece , Faust troop onstage and proceed to twiddle knobs , hit their strange percussion devices and strum on an acoustic guitar . |
| 10 | Dr Vijayan also reports that after a long struggle to arouse their interest , Pakistani environmentalists are aware of the threat to the bird . |
| 11 | My headmaster and a teacher , after a long struggle , managed to convince my Papa that it was in my best interest to pursue such a training . |
| 12 | After a long struggle Raymond v of Toulouse had eventually , in 1176 , resigned all his rights over Provence ; and in 1177 Alfonso had taken over Roussillon . |
| 13 | A thousand strange phantoms arise , which come and go without his will : these , which are transient in the beginning , at last take firm possession of the mind , which yields to their dominion , and , after a long struggle , runs into continued madness . |
| 14 | The winning of " possession " in 1985 after a long struggle in the courts will prove to have been a shallow victory if the protection attaches [ sic ] to this status is to be further undermined , leaving absolute control once again in the hands of the " greater possessors " , the owners . |
| 15 | After a long struggle David and Greg managed to extricate the pilot from the tangled control panel and administered oxygen to help his breathing ; then together , with help from the paramedics , they transferred him to a stretcher . |
| 16 | On the last day of the siege , February 28 , 1972 , 300 police stormed the hotel held by five Red Army guerrillas , including Sakaguchi and Bando , after a long barrage by water cannon and teargas . |
| 17 | Once , after a long night spent putting up posters , Paul Simonon heated up the remainder of the flour and water paste on a rusty blade and ate it . |
| 18 | We reported back to the school secretary , who after a long pause said , ‘ I 'm sorry , we posted that order direct to the publisher , who was offering a 50% discount . ’ |
| 19 | After a long pause Clare opened her eyes and looked at Caro . |
| 20 | After a long battle , these buildings , above , have been restored , below , and retain all their original features |
| 21 | After a long battle one was opened in the Polytechnic gymnasium , with the BMC footing the not inconsiderable bill . |
| 22 | Sali Vongkhamsao , a member of both the politburo and the secretariat of the Lao People 's Revolutionary Party and a Vice-Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy , Planning and Finance , died on Jan. 23 , aged 66 , after a long illness . |
| 23 | In February 1921 Armstrong 's wife Katherine died , after a long illness . |
| 24 | Like the biological positivists before him , after a long treatise devoted to ‘ scientific rigour ’ he suddenly turns , at the crucial point , to unrigorous lay belief . |
| 25 | The revival of takeover speculation — there is little doubt that European and Japanese buyers lurk — has occurred at a time when the merchant bankers , after a long period in the doldrums , are enjoying a rerating on trading considerations . |
| 26 | It is significant that a popular monarch , making war at the very start of his reign , after a long period of peace , could only raise such inadequate sums . |
| 27 | After a long period of soothing and occasional stroking he managed to get his arms round her . |
| 28 | Then she rang Nancy Leadbetter who was fetched by a servant and , after a long interval , answered sleepily . |
| 29 | After a long career break occasioned by her husband 's job 's being moved to Paris , and her having her two children , she found herself , back in England , designing her own kitchen . |
| 30 | On June 20 , after a long debate , 377 Bundestag deputies voted in favour of Berlin as the seat of the united German legislature and government , while 320 deputies voted in favour of Bonn . |