Example sentences of "[prep] which the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again the élitism in the department is largely symbolic , for although detectives talk continuously of their special knowledge of the world of ‘ prigs ’ , and despise the uniform branch as ‘ wollies ’ , often it is the uniform ‘ polis ’ who responds to a call and effects the ‘ capture ’ , after which the detective moves in to ‘ squeeze him dry ’ . |
| 2 | In my view , accuracy can only be assured over very short periods of time , after which the refereeing panel must receive a proper rest . |
| 3 | Here this very affluent neighbourhood spreads out southwards and westwards from the Mont Royale , after which the city is named . |
| 4 | Because of the need to refuel the two power cars , the practical operating range of an HST set is about 1,100 miles after which the unit must visit the depot to replenish its tanks . |
| 5 | These pipes stretching thinly in a bridge across the service road injected a mix of chemicals into the walls of the furnace itself ; did I know that fuel was only used in the start-up process , after which the chemicals themselves provided the fire ? |
| 6 | The Portuguese authorities had promised to hear Ferrari 's appeal against the fine next Wednesday , after which the FIA , the international automobile federation , was due to reach a decision on Ferrari 's appeal over Mansell 's ban from the Spanish Grand Prix which was staged on 1 October . |
| 7 | The search lasted until 1130 hours , after Which the platoon took up positions along the route and established vehicle checkpoints on roads throughout the area . |
| 8 | But we are very close now to the critical turning-point after which the political scene in Prague could be as rapidly transformed as among its neighbours . |
| 9 | But we are very close now to the critical turning-point after which the political scene in Prague could be as rapidly transformed as among its neighbours . |
| 10 | Mr Adamec held talks with the small Socialist Party yesterday , after which the Socialist leader , Mr Bohuslav Kucera , announced that the Prime Minister was quitting because he wanted someone younger to handle the ‘ compromise ’ . |
| 11 | Before that the chronological sequence of songs starts with a charming Gounod-like salon piece , and follows the composer 's development , after which the collection is crowned by the best-loved Verlaine settings . |
| 12 | This culminated in the misery of the 1989 Ashes rubber , after which the tour of the Caribbean early in 1990 seemed to be about to take its place alongside St Bartholomew 's Day , Glencoe and other great massacres of history . |
| 13 | In contrast , radiocarbon typically produces error terms of plus/minus 50–100 years , independent of age , for ages less than about 10,000 years , after which the error increases . |
| 14 | At one time it was widely believed that there had been a great rise in the birth-rate ; there was , in fact , a slow rise to the end of the 1861–70 decade , after which the rate began to fall . |
| 15 | ‘ In this way ’ he declared in 1895 , ‘ they would do a thousand times more good than by denouncing Roman Catholics , Unitarians or anyone else. , There were united missionary services and neighbourhood ‘ visitations ’ after which the names of those visited were passed on to a minister of their denomination . |
| 16 | … [ first ] to flower in the open air is the Cinnamon which is immediately followed by the Damask Rose , then the Blush , York and Lancaster come ; after which the Provence , Dutch Hundred-leaved , White and most other sorts of Roses follow ; and the latest sorts are the Virginia and Musk roses which , if planted in a shady situation , seldom flower until September ; and if the autumn proves mild will continue often until the middle of October |
| 17 | The celebration started with the Club 's President , Valentine Fleming , driving himself in , after which the match commenced . |
| 18 | The fine , Baroque-domed church after which the square is named was built in 1602 on the site of an earlier ninth-century temple . |
| 19 | The increase in the proportion of remarriages reflects the implementation of the Divorce Law Reform Act in 1969 , after which the number of divorces rose sharply . |
| 20 | Removal can be achieved only by methodical scraping with the edge of a sharp cook 's knife after which the worktop cleaning routine can be used . |
| 21 | But in Britain the last great one-sided station was Newcastle Central ( 1850 ) , after which the form disappeared . |
| 22 | None is later than about AD 100 , after which the fashion seems to have been supplanted by the taste for a Greek appearance . |
| 23 | While the woman has no natural way of eliminating the infection , it is probable that many men carry the infection in the urethra for a matter of a few days only , after which the flushing action of passing urine may eliminate the organisms . |
| 24 | The hymn : ‘ Pleasant are Thy courts above ’ was sung , after which the lessons were read by the Reverend C S Laird . |
| 25 | The completed report cards were then passed on to the SCC for discussion , after which the details would be forwarded to either the association of SCCs ( covering a wider area than a single school ) , the ASEA , or to some other agency , such as the Girls ' Friendly Society , the Metropolitan Society for Befriending Young Servants or the Recreational Evening Schools Association . |
| 26 | Established in 1855 , it manufactured gas until 1964 , after which the site was used to store oil-gas made in Belfast . |
| 27 | The heart can be removed and offered to Satan , after which the body is removed to another location and burnt beyond recognition . |
| 28 | The samples were heated either at 400°C or 550°C for three days in the absence of water , after which the gaseous products were analysed by gas-liquid chromatography ( GLC ) . |
| 29 | The unheated samples had Cr/Ct ( Gransch and Eisma 1970 ) ratios of approximately 0.75 between VR 0.4 and 0.8 , after which the ratios rapidly increased reaching 0.9 by VR 2.9 ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 30 | The roof together with the sides were bolted into position permanently , after which the sliding doors were fitted , these also having been built in a jig . |