Example sentences of "[adv prt] after the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1988 General Election in Sweden the Social Democrats had a huge sympathy vote lingering on after the murder of Olaf Palme while he had been Prime Minister some years before . |
| 2 | ‘ Had it hit the concrete or had the ground been less soft , it would have carried on after the collision and headed straight into our warehouse , ’ said Mr Bagni . |
| 3 | Matches and trophies carried on after the outbreak of war in August 1914 , although the Autumn Meeting in October was almost cancelled . |
| 4 | ‘ What you mean is : there 's no chance of my being kept on after the three years are up . ’ |
| 5 | Noreen was kept on after the try-out week , but she knew that was only on the strength of Fred , the Stage Manager 's sympathetic report , and for the fact that she got on well with everyone in the company , especially Bernie . |
| 6 | Many people had switched on after the announcement that Welles 's Mercury Theatre was doing a play . |
| 7 | TMI did much to reemphasise the importance of these techniques in the assessment work that went on after the accident . |
| 8 | Steam lorries lingered on after the Second World War , largely because of the shortage of oil . |
| 9 | Ironically McClair stayed on after the break , taking a deeper role in the absence of Bryan Robson and Ryan Giggs . |
| 10 | ‘ Against the odds , Simon was able to play on after the interval and was an instrumental part of our fight-back . |
| 11 | The Italian dirty tricks department worked overtime as Galvano 's management tried to scream ‘ no contest ’ , claiming a head clash caused the badly cut left eye that meant their man could n't go on after the third round . |
| 12 | John Reid , who had five winners on Wednesday , teamed up with Richard Hannon to land a gamble in Brighton 's opener on After The Last , backed from 7-4 to 11-10 . |
| 13 | Suspicion of the king lingered on after the conclusion of the parliament of 1341 , and was probably intensified by his solemn revocation of the concessions he had made in that parliament at a council attended by all the magnates in early October 1341 . |
| 14 | He also found that the proportion of school pupils staying on after the minimum school leaving age responded to changes in registered adult unemployment . |
| 15 | 9/Face completed ; washes of paint from the crayon were put on after the eyebrows and eyelashes were drawn in . |
| 16 | He could , perfectly casually have asked Lorrimer to stay on after the meeting ; why had n't he ? |
| 17 | Striped deck chairs had gone from the long , grey stretch of shingle below the Promenade , and the fairy-lights that spiralled around the white lampposts were never turned on after the beginning of October for reasons of economy . |
| 18 | The purpose of this study was : to examine proposals ( from the Schools Council ) for a certificate of extended education ( CEE ) — a single-subject qualification at 17 plus , for pupils staying on after the compulsory leaving age but not taking A levels ; to study pilot schemes already in operation ; and to advise the Secretary of State as to whether the CEE should be given official recognition . |
| 19 | THE immediate post-Christmas and New Year period is an opportune time to check your weight and count the excess pounds put on after the festive holiday — and a time to count the cost to your health and make a serious attempt to reduce the surplus . |
| 20 | ‘ If they want me to stay on after the World Cup I will consider that . |
| 21 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 22 | We took him on after the war , when we were a bit short-handed . |
| 23 | On the other hand the doctrine clearly applies to contractual terms by which the covenantee , an employer or a purchaser of a business , seeks to forbid the covenantor ( the employee or seller ) from carrying on his trade or restricts the way in which he may carry it on after the purchase and sale of labour or the business , has been completed . |
| 24 | A big clear-up operation 's now going on after the three-day rave which attracted more than ten thousand people . |
| 25 | Tranmere are not expecting any dramatic changes this time round , 12 months on after the massive upheaval that launched a new set-up last season . |
| 26 | The directors Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat are to stay on after the Deanses agreed that an independent chairman be appointed to the board . |
| 27 | It 's on till ten and then it 's on after the news , for another hour . |
| 28 | He speaks directly to us in the first person and he expresses something very like fear and even self-pity , the distress of the poet , seeing himself as a kind of natural victim , and it may be the distress of the puritan living on after the Restoration and afraid of the wild route , which is Charles the Second 's court , though I think we can be a little sceptical of this and we certainly do n't know with sufficiently accuracy when Paradise Lost was written . |
| 29 | During a debate on the dispute at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday , Steve Gazzard , an ambulance worker , said that by allowing arbitration , ministers would then ‘ repay their debt ’ to ambulancemen called in after the bombing during the Tory party conference which was held in the town in 1984 . |
| 30 | Despite the absence of press photographers , Branson agreed and even jumped in after the floundering financier . |