Example sentences of "[noun] after [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 THE FIRST American anthropologist to enter rural China since the communist revolution has been expelled from Stanford University after writing about the barbaric birth control methods he witnessed in the Pearl River delta of south-east China .
2 400 people gathered at Groundwell Farm in Swindon after hearing about the illegal rave on a telephone hotline .
3 From the liberal wing of the Ukrainian Communist Party , Fokin was regarded as a compromise candidate and was elected unopposed in the third ballot ( he had re-entered the contest after withdrawing from the second ballot ) , after the communist hardliners ' candidate , Aleksandr Bulyanda , had been persuaded to stand down .
4 Six months after returning from the Soviet Union , Nizan spoke at the International Congress for the Defence of Culture of the possibilities in the current socio-political climate of establishing a genuinely human society freed from class divisions and class oppression .
5 If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit .
6 The warning came from former Liverpool defender Glenn Hysen , who knows Limpar 's strengths after playing alongside the enigmatic winger many times for Sweden .
7 Times of night visits , proportion performed by deputies , and trend in number of night visits after adjusting for the increased hours during which visits are claimed .
8 Rainey , seeking his fourth straight world title , slid off the Santamonica circuit after leading for the first third of a race run in dry , sunny conditions .
9 I do know about actresses such as Patrice Charbonneau , who did n't work for several years after starring in the lesbian love story Desert Hearts .
10 I was n't going to turn her out with nowhere to go , you know , young lady — but perhaps it 's a bit hard on an old lady to go into a new place after living in the same cottage most of her life .
11 They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches .
12 In nature , so to say , chicks soon learn — within the first three days after hatching at the latest — who their mother is , and follow her thereafter .
13 By seven days after returning to the low sulphate diet , breath CH 4 concentrations had increased again and returned almost to control levels by the end of the study .
14 Perhaps the gearbox to transfer box oil seal is faulty , but when I check the oil levels a few weeks after filling to the correct level a small amount is missing from the main box , a much greater amount from the transfer box and the overdrive is full or near full , ?
15 The practising architect may design better buildings after working with the old ones .
16 14 year old Philip is said to have made a ’ terrific ’ recovery after falling from the same chair lift , but he keeps asking why it happened .
17 Lorry driver Mr. Leslie Parsons , 51 , lost control of the 28-ton lorry after colliding with the H-reg. car .
18 Painter Nadezda Petrovic made one of her most significant paintings after volunteering at the military hospital during the first world war .
19 Earlier in the day Joey finished second to brother Robert in the Shell 125cc race after leading for the first three laps .
20 Stuart is known as Bobby to his team-mates after graduating from the ex-England manager Bobby Robson 's School of Excellence .
21 It 's thought bad manners not to offer a visitor a night of passion after tramping round the icy far north .
22 However , he was expelled from the CFD in August after participating in the Grand National Debate organized by Kolingba [ see p. 39040 ] .
23 That game was scheduled as Newport 's last fixture at Somerton Park , as they will be ground-sharing at Gloucester City next season after disagreeing with the Welsh FA over joining a new league structure .
24 A TEENAGE motorist died in a pile-up on the A174 Parkway road in Cleveland after running into the central reservation .
25 Figure 1 b shows the rotation rate residuals after allowing for the increased value of slowdown rate which fits the later part of Fig. 1 a .
26 Observed values of rotation rate for the first 15 days ; as in Fig. 1 c , all values are residuals after allowing for the normal slowdown rate , the persistent increase in slowdown rate , and the 265-day component .
27 Butcher , whose career looked over last season because of a knee injury , will be offered a one-year contract this week after starring for the First Division club in three pre-season friendlies .
28 In addition to bringing down interest rates by another two per cent , he has to establish the right monetary policy after sticking to the wrong one for two years .
29 Rulor 11 is a yacht which proves there is life after racing in the same boat .
30 At one point a stream has been blocked to provide a lake with a one- thousand foot path skirting it , and on the lake ( there is ) a boat for such visitors as [ sic ] prefer the exercise of rowing after drinking at the saline spring in the morning . ’
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