Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an expectation would be unreasonable with container ships or with general cargo vessels , where hundreds of bills of lading may have to be issued , and the issuance of final documentation is often possible only after the vessel has departed from the place of shipment . |
| 2 | The Raj , specifically that of the British , is their invention — oddly , unknown to those Britons who actually did the ruling : it reached English long after the troops came home in 1947 , and thanks , mainly , to the BBC . |
| 3 | Most cats , however , continue to find it distasteful long after the human occupants of the rooms have forgotten about it . |
| 4 | A major domestic upheaval seems unavoidable soon after the Sun changes signs on the 20th . |
| 5 | A MAN who killed his cheating wife walked free yesterday after a judge heard how he had dedicated his life to his family . |
| 6 | TRYING to get fit quickly after the Christmas binge is bad for your health , experts warn today . |
| 7 | In a recent well-publicised controversy a group of scientists claimed to have obtained results whereby water that once had a certain substance in it continued to behave as if the substance was present even after the substance had been removed ; as if the water retained a ‘ memory ’ of the substance . |
| 8 | TINY tot Stuart McKane is lucky to be alive today after a kitchen oven fell and pinned him to the floor . |
| 9 | THREE North Sea oil platforms were put on alert today after a cargo ship went adrift . |
| 10 | For large systems , as a rule , a part of the required information on the behaviour of system environment becomes available only after the system has been constructed and has begun to operate . |
| 11 | Any information available soon after a crash is avariciously pounced upon by both journalists and lawyers , and exploited to the full in order that they may derive the maximum benefit for their own particular ends . |
| 12 | However , there was some opposition to this action , and a rift in the profession became apparent soon after the Ministers received their Memorials . |
| 13 | In that way fast passenger links to the north-west will be available shortly after the tunnel is opened . |
| 14 | But the thing that everyone leaves with are memories of a special holiday experience that remains vivid long after the tan has faded . |
| 15 | Relapses are common immediately after the drug is withdrawn ( Blackwell and Currah 1973 ) . |