Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] after the first [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 | The influx of recruits after the First World War made conditions at George Square inadequate and some of the staff returned to offices in the Sheriff Court Buildings , the site of which is now occupied by the Scottish National Library . |
| 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 | There were violent clashes with police near the Mediterranean port of Damietta after the first round . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | The attraction of fascism after the first World War |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Anyway , nobody would be particularly interested in Connie after the first day . |
| 13 | The problem was naturally most acute in the lands where feudalism was most highly developed : in northern France and the Low Countries , in England and south Italy after the Norman conquests , and in Syria after the First Crusade . |
| 14 | The panels were commissioned by James A. de Rothschild for his London house in St James 's Place when he and his wife came to live in England after the First World War . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher suggested that ‘ had America stayed in Europe after the first world war and we had a Nato then , I do not believe we would have had a second world war . |
| 16 | The museum houses the collection built up by the industrialist Josef Mueller who started purchasing objects for their aesthetic qualities in Europe after the First World War . |
| 17 | Finch asked from bed after the first morning , trying not to sound too alert . |
| 18 | These had expanded in intensity after the First World War , with extensive housing development in the areas served . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The claims so built up the expectations for ZETA after the first conference that the subsequent news was perceived as ‘ failure ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I will be going home on Monday after the first Test . |
| 23 | He came to Stamford after the First World War and lived in the town during the 1920s at no. 20 St. George 's Square . |
| 24 | Five hundred people were employed by the company in the mid-nineteenth century , but after various changes in ownership , the Coalport business was moved to Staffordshire after the First World War , though the name was retained and the firm continued to prosper . |
| 25 | Tonight he 'll recite extracts from the work of American writers who went to Paris after the first world war . |
| 26 | He 'll read extracts from the works of American writers who travelled to Paris after the first world war . |
| 27 | Maidstone explained that he had first come to Italy after the First World War . |
| 28 | While being towed back to Sirri after the first incident , Harmony I was attacked again and sank . |
| 29 | A series of extensions , starting with the Great Reform Act in 1832 through a series of extensions in Victorian times , the extension of the franchise to women after the First World War and then to all persons , first over 21 , later over 18 , have changed the picture and the nature of Parliament radically . |
| 30 | The stories each picture told varied from the tragic to the hilarious : The expensive oil landscape which had had seagulls drawn on to the sky in ballpoint pen ; the ancient Highland cattle picture , swopped for food after the First World War by a travelling artist . |