Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [verb] after [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village hall was built after the First World War and serves the community 's needs . |
| 2 | The clinical diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma was made after the first assessment by the clinician in 13 cases ; four of five cases with carcinoma and nine of 88 without carcinoma giving a sensitivity of 80% and specificity of 90% . |
| 3 | Hardly a word was exchanged after the first greeting . |
| 4 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if the American Studies strand is taken after the first year ) . |
| 5 | In fact , the Empire was dissolved after the First World War into several new nations , though this was probably due as much to the policies of the victorious nation states as to the strength of indigenous nationalist movements . |
| 6 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |