Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] later [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although it was later denied any truth by Wolfenden , it has been suggested that the immediate post-war period witnessed a ‘ witch-hunt ’ or ‘ purge ’ of homosexuals . |
| 2 | Rob Andrew went off with a bang on the nose which needed an X-ray , although it was later revealed that there was no fracture , while his replacement Stuart Barnes had 12 stitches in a head wound caused by a stray boot . |
| 3 | They escaped with the vehicle although it was later found with its contents , forty thousand pounds worth of clothing , still inside . |
| 4 | The term ‘ buggery ’ , for example , derives from the religious as well as sexual nonconformity of an eleventh-century Bulgarian sect which practised the Manichaean heresy and refused to propagate the species ; the OED tells us that it was later applied to other heretics , to whom abominable practices were also ascribed . |
| 5 | Both the smallness of his fine of £2,000 and the fact that it was later remitted in return for a loan of £10,000 to James I provide early testimony of his value to the government . |
| 6 | So dominant was the Weybridge bowl that it was later accused of stifling the development of racing car design in the UK . |
| 7 | As that ability was still , in 1880 , much more purely a matter of armies and navies than it was later to become , it is worth while to consider them briefly before turning to the diplomatic story . |
| 8 | Darlington 's first hospital opened in Russell Street and it was later replaced by Greenbank Hospital in 1885 . |
| 9 | Ince needed long treatment and it was later discovered he had damaged ankle ligaments . |
| 10 | In fact , the plants showed no response to any of those questioned and it was later discovered that the murderer was indeed none of them . |
| 11 | Those whose interests were prejudiced by the events of 787 are likely to have joined the ranks of Offa 's enemies , and it was later believed that Archbishop Jaenberht even plotted with Charlemagne against Offa to guarantee him free entry into Kent if he should invade . |
| 12 | Frequent leave was recommended ‘ in order to regain sanity of outlook after long periods of loneliness ’ , and it was later added that : ‘ Intellectual geniuses are not required , nor anyone with ‘ nerves ’ or who is likely to become ‘ Masai-astic ’ … i.e. regard themselves as specialists ' . |
| 13 | Two men escaped with his case but a security device activated and it was later abandoned , as was the same Allegro car after the case began emitting red dye . |
| 14 | ( The concept of invariance was definitely the " in " subject at the time and it was later to provide a central idea in the theory of relativity . ) |
| 15 | Lieutenant Smith failed to return from one recce , and it was later learnt that he and his companion , Lance-Corporal C. Woodhouse , had capsized in heavy surf , losing their paddles . |
| 16 | Moreover , if it is later called upon , the value of the certificate of title may depend on the solicitor 's insurance policy ; in larger transactions it may be appropriate to enquire whether the vendor 's solicitor 's insurance policy is sufficient to cover any liability under the certificate of title . |
| 17 | If it is later decided to compare primaries , then equal-sized samples from each are likely to give greatest precision . |
| 18 | For how long in the future does the decision affect the business , and how quickly can the decision be reversed if it is later found to be a bad one ? |
| 19 | If it 's later established that death was due to a blow on the head with a blunt instrument , the police are going to find that golf-club and start asking awkward questions , so she puts it round that someone 's nicked it . ’ |
| 20 | It was shown in the fourteenth-century Queen Mary Psalter and many times in the centuries that followed , but it was later rejected as an imaginative fiction . |
| 21 | His firm heard of an impending two-day Joint Monitoring Unit visit just three weeks after audit regulation was implemented last October , but it was later delayed until February . |
| 22 | Tim Clayson , prosecuting , said all three , of Cotswold Crescent , Billingham , had gone to the school where a £50 cassette player had been stolen , but it was later recovered in Fenton 's bedroom . |
| 23 | Clouds of smoke were indeed seen billowing up from her deck but it was later established that her cargo was being burnt to destroy the evidence . |
| 24 | The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport . |
| 25 | The principal debate about mode of origin initially centred upon the subaerial or marine hypothesis but it was later deduced , in the light of studies of contemporary shore processes , that marine planation could only be effective for less than one kilometre unless sea level was rising ( Bradley , 1956 ; King , 1963 ) . |
| 26 | Prime Minister Haider Abu Bakr al-Attas was reported on Dec. 15 to have resigned , but it was later reported that the President had rejected the resignation . |
| 27 | This crater was known as the Etang Sec , or dry tarn , a name worth remembering because it was later to become the focus of the eruption proper . |
| 28 | The children did n't understand at first , but when it was later explained to them , they were enormously proud that she should have singled them out for a visit . |
| 29 | When it was later discovered that this was not the case , the final ‘ e ’ was dropped and the name became vitamin . |
| 30 | Much surprise was caused in the Swedish trade when it was later announced that she was to head a new educational publishing venture being set up by Sweden 's biggest publishing concern , Bonniers . |