Example sentences of "[verb] only after a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All ten residents had been long-term patients in a large psychiatric hospital , were severely disabled and had been discharged only after a lengthy period of active rehabilitation . |
| 2 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 3 | prisons , being regarded by most planners and politicians as ‘ non-productive ’ ( short-sighted a view as this may be ) , did not until very recently achieve even token inclusion in a Five Year Plan , and this came only after a lengthy battle by individuals within the Ministries of Home Affairs and Welfare to include a meaningful package for development in the correctional field . |
| 4 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |
| 5 | A long half-mile to the east , across a rising plateau , is the summit of Gragareth and it is reached only after a stumbling progress through untamed and unfriendly vegetation . |
| 6 | 2 The decision to appear should be taken only after a careful look at the benefits and disadvantages of doing so . |
| 7 | Although this document is an essential prerequisite for the competition for posts in universities and in the CSIC ( Spanish Council for Scientific Research ) , it can be obtained only after a bureaucratic process that takes at least one year and sometimes more than two . |
| 8 | Some require good manual dexterity , for example , the handling of forceps , the removal of clips and bandaging all require fine movements , and can be learnt only after a certain amount of practice . |