Example sentences of "[adj] that after [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The apparent paradox of Nizan 's ideological/psychological mentality needs to be scrutinised at this juncture since it is clear that after 1935 his intellectual itinerary became far more complex , shaped as it was by countless pressures arising not only from a new party strategy but also from a deepening international political crisis . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's funny that after all these years I still have n't forgotten what I 've been taught — so it must have been money well spent . ’ |
| 3 | I shall allow three more questions from each side , but I am afraid that after that we must move on . |
| 4 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
| 5 | Demand was so strong that after four hours of trading the issue was increased to DM400,000,000 . |
| 6 | I am glad that after two years inspectors were appointed , and that they have expended 18 months upon investigating the take-over of House of Fraser . |
| 7 | General Robert Schweitzer , who told this story to the congressional lawyers , was a trifle envious that after 58 years of daily Mass and ‘ desperate messages to the Almighty ’ he himself had never been woken up at night ‘ with lights on the wall ’ and a vision of saving Nicaragua ; he was not sure Ms Studeley had either , but he gave her the benefit of the doubt . |
| 8 | Perhaps it was inevitable that after this high , the World Cup should begin to lose its way . |
| 9 | Patrick knew enough about improvised timing devices to be sure that after fifty-five seconds it would complete an electric circuit and fire the mortar bomb . |
| 10 | I 'm sure that after this weekend you will have no problem in breaking all Lucas Sales 's previous records on this contract . |
| 11 | He raged : ‘ I 'm hurt and angry that after five years here I heard I was sacked on my car radio . ’ |
| 12 | At the end of the nineteenth century , dredging for gravel began in the bay when extensions to Devonport 's naval dockyard were planned , and the sinking of the protective shingle beach left Hallsands exposed to the winter storms , which in 1917 were so severe that after two days only one house was left standing . |
| 13 | The Department of Transport says it 's ridiculous that after seven years Hereford is still no nearer getting its bypass . |
| 14 | It was reported on June 13 that after three months of intensive negotiations the inter-provincial talks on constitutional reform had collapsed without agreement . |
| 15 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 16 | It is worrying that after all this time Labour appears to think that being in opposition means solely that one must oppose everything . |
| 17 | It was not surprising that after 5 October , leadership of the mass movement which they had evoked was gently , but firmly , taken out of their hands . |
| 18 | Is it not surprising that after several years of unremitting devolutionist propaganda from the Scottish Constitutional Convention , support for devolution is almost at an all-time low , according to the opinion polls ? |
| 19 | If it is somewhat bizarre that after all the arguing , all the effort , the video souvenir of the event should be enormously disappointing to the band , it 's not more ironic that the fact that after the show the support act stole all the headlines — for all the wrong reasons . |
| 20 | Is the Minister aware that after two years of deep recession , 200,000 companies have gone under ? |