Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] after the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Act allowed couples to petition for divorce after the first anniversary of their marriage , instead of after three years as had been upheld previously . |
| 2 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 3 | And of course after the Second World War and the comparative austerity of the 1940s , having fun seemed natural enough , and justifying having fun is what hedonistic philosophy is for . |
| 4 | I have also mentioned the question of indictment after the first court appearance , and other hon. Members have suggested other means to tackle the problem . |
| 5 | Debbie dropped out of college after the first year . ’ |
| 6 | This project aims to provide an historical survey of the attitudes towards new productive techniques exhibited by British businessmen from , approximately , the industrial revolution to the onset of recovery after the Second World War . |
| 7 | Not until de-Stalinization was well under way within the Soviet Union did substantial groups of neo-Marxist thinkers emerge and begin to try to adapt Marxist thought to cope with phenomena such as the postponement of revolution in the West , the revitalization of capitalism after the Second World War , and the political stability of liberal democratic regimes . |
| 8 | If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit . |
| 9 | With the advent of democracy after the second world war , however , Federconsorzi , like many of Italy 's state agencies , became a tool of party politics . |
| 10 | Having lost the Conservative party leadership contest to John Major he took up the position of President of the Board of Trade after the last election … |
| 11 | Their hope is to succeed as the consolidator of post-Thatcherism after the fourth election win . |
| 12 | ‘ I am sad , ’ Michel Rocard , former prime minister and Socialist presidential candidate , said as he surveyed the scene of devastation after the first round of voting in the general election on Sunday night . |
| 13 | The attraction of fascism after the first World War |
| 14 | It has remained a type of upland grass area since the recovery of vegetation after the last ice age , ten or eleven thousand years ago . |
| 15 | This , then , was the method adopted almost universally for the control and eradication of malaria after the Second World War . |
| 16 | Termination of childbearing after the third birth ( although desired family size tends to be higher , especially in much of the developing world ) is preferable from a health perspective . |
| 17 | Blanche understood at last why Marek , in his frenzy of desperation after the first attempt to kill him , had named Jozef Taczek as the killer of Mills . |
| 18 | The government expects to wind down the Department of Energy after the next election . |
| 19 | In referring once again to employee share ownership schemes , an idea that got him into trouble after the last election , he signalled that he still believed in the ‘ popular socialism ’ that he had advanced in those days as the answer to Thatcher 's ‘ popular capitalism ’ . |
| 20 | For some reason , this shortened form fell into disuse after the Second World War and the more affectionate ‘ moggie ! ’ returned as the popular term for the ordinary , common-or-garden cat . |
| 21 | As can be seen in Table 1 , throughout this century there has been a large decline in private renting , and a corresponding increase in owner-occupation and council housing , which began to get under way after the First World War . |
| 22 | It seems that the tradition of working in the woodlands in this country went into decline after the First World War , when most of the skilled labour did not return . |
| 23 | For the other metals there was little further decrease in contamination after the third collection . |
| 24 | MARTIN Bormann , one of Adolf Hitler 's top aides who dropped from sight after the Second World War , died of stomach cancer in Paraguay in 1959 , according to a confidential police report published in Asuncion yesterday . |
| 25 | Finch asked from bed after the first morning , trying not to sound too alert . |
| 26 | These had expanded in intensity after the First World War , with extensive housing development in the areas served . |
| 27 | Iron pills are sometimes given in pregnancy after the 14th week to prevent anaemia . |
| 28 | IF , AS predicted , a right-wing coalition looks set to sweep the Socialists from power after the first round of France 's parliamentary elections on Sunday , the most interesting statistic will probably be the number of people who failed to vote at all . |
| 29 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 30 | Where there is a small pattern repeat the quickest and simplest method is to allow one full pattern repeat per width after the first width . |