Example sentences of "after the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the first involuntary repatriation operation , carried out by the Hong Kong authorities on Dec. 12 , 1989 [ see pp. 37121-22 ] , the process was temporarily halted pending a meeting of the 29-nation UN steering committee for the Comprehensive Plan of Action on Indochinese refugees ( CPA ) established in June 1989 [ see p. 36734 ] . |
| 2 | Oppenheimer himself was refused security clearance in December 1953 , four months after the first Russian H-bomb was exploded . |
| 3 | First , that early prognosis after the first variceal haemorrhage is not only related to the residual liver function but also to the requirement in transfusions within the 72 hours after the admission . |
| 4 | Photosynthesis probably began to evolve about half a billion years after the first living things appeared — about three billion years ago — and so the process of oxygenating the atmosphere began . |
| 5 | Note , also , that oxygen gas — that fraction of the modern atmosphere that we and other animals find so essential — is a mere byproduct ; something that appeared in the atmosphere almost by chance , long after the first living things evolved . |
| 6 | An analysis by the Council for the Protection of Rural England ( CPRE ) showed that less than a year after the first structural concrete was poured , the project was already £136 million over budget . |
| 7 | By 9 a.m. the shore party reported a swift victory and shortly after the first reluctant emigrant arrived at the ship 's side . |
| 8 | Even after the first national curriculum was quietly abandoned , elementary schools remained under the general regulations of the Board of Education , which meant in effect , continuing to teach history . |
| 9 | This involves not only the introduction of new practices into a system , but their consolidation and continuation after the first enthusiastic impulse has worn off . |
| 10 | Twenty-five years after the first American soldiers went into Vietnam , fifteen years after the falls of Saigon and Phnom Penh , the issue of Vietnam — Vietnam was America 's war ; now it belongs to the world . |
| 11 | After the first rotary press was established at the Daily Times , that paper 's circulation soared from 25,000 in 1951 to 55,000 in 1955 ; ten years later , it reached 120,000 copies daily . |
| 12 | The text , after the first one-sentence paragraph , was a jumble of meaningless words . |
| 13 | After the first fair flush of spring , nothing went right . |