Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] after [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem here is to keep track of the point from which the subroutine is called , so that control can be returned to the correct place in the calling routine after the subroutine has been executed . |
| 2 | We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 3 | There 's also Data Integrity 's Systems Perils Policy , available from any Lloyds broker , for bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted . |
| 4 | The French menace produced a more immediate response which had a remarkable effect on the Sussex landscape , although it seems in retrospect like bolting the stable door after the horse had fled . |
| 5 | ‘ The Institute is making a career of closing the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 6 | Unfortunately I had shut the stable door after the horse had fled . |
| 7 | ‘ He has closed the stable door after the horse has bolted , ’ said one dealer . |
| 8 | To lock up young car thieves is another example of bolting the stable door after the horse has fled . |
| 9 | When she shot the bolts of the loose boxes home , she thought inevitably of the saying about slamming the stable door after the horse is stolen . |
| 10 | The PAC uncovered many scandals , but as its investigations were post-mortems it was accused of ‘ only shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted ’ ( see Pollitt 1977 ) . |
| 11 | If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted . |
| 12 | This is also occasionally found after the passive voice , but the usual construction after a passive is one in which to is used . |
| 13 | He could understand — so he said to the top brass after the Frenchman had departed — why the French took exception to an Englishman holding such a key position in Europe . |
| 14 | Schuman had not wished to introduce the measure in the French Parliament after the treaty was signed in 1952 because he feared that he could not guarantee its success . |
| 15 | Similarly we may note that the feeling which was so openly exhibited against the French nobility after the battle of Poitiers reflected something of a growing opinion that , in spite of tradition , the nobility had no absolute right to assume positions of responsibility within the army . |
| 16 | Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again . |
| 17 | She spoke to a woman police officer outside the Old Bailey after the court had adjourned on Tuesday evening . |
| 18 | FOUR men , two from Belfast , accused of conspiracy to murder a drug-dealer and a police informant were cleared at the Old Bailey after the prosecution dropped the case following a six-week trial costing nearly £1m . |
| 19 | He gives an enrapturing spot of rock ‘ n ’ roll , be-bop and soft shoe shuffle in the second act after the cast had larked on with the audience at interval-time and some brave hearts had a bit of a rave-up on stage . |
| 20 | As a rule of thumb , the second week after the race should be only half your normal mileage , and the third week almost back to normal . |
| 21 | Former Banbridge player Robin Madeley paved the way with an opportunist goal in the 29th minute after a defender had squandered possession . |
| 22 | ‘ Then came back here late the following day after the King 's death became public . |
| 23 | Tests on the 32nd day after the transplant showed no trace of the virus in the patient 's bone marrow , nor in his blood . |
| 24 | Casual vacancies in the membership of a board may be filled by the election of a duly qualified person at the first meeting of the appointing council after the vacancy occurred and the person elected holds office to the next election of the board . |
| 25 | I agree that , in handling the present situation after the issue of the Lockerbie warrants , we need to keep in close touch both with Arab friends and European partners , and that is what we are doing . |
| 26 | The chosen method was to calculate his net loss , taking into account that he would have paid income tax on earnings , then adding back ‘ golden handshake ’ tax so that he would be left with the net amount after the Revenue had collected tax on the damages . |
| 27 | He felt for Thomas 's hand and wrung it in the momentary blindness after the torch was quenched against the rock . |
| 28 | On the fourth day after the operation gram-positive rods were seen in a bacterial culture from the tonsil tissue . |
| 29 | The court can not consider the matter until the fourth day after the application is filed unless the parties consent to earlier consideration . |
| 30 | The first night after the cocktail party had been the start of it all . |