Example sentences of "set [adv prt] after the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 2 | Soon after the war ended it trebled its student members when the Ministry of Education issued grants to ex-servicemen in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the disillusionment that had set in after the First World War . |
| 3 | The Mossad squads were set up after the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic games in September , 1972 . |
| 4 | The Welfare State was set up after the Second World War as a means of providing universal ‘ freedom from want ’ , according to Sir William Beveridge , and ‘ care from cradle to grave ’ for the whole population according to Sir Winston Churchill . |
| 5 | Taylor Woodrow was set up after the unintended sale of two houses by a 16-year old greengrocer 's son and his solicitor uncle . |
| 6 | The KANU policy review failed to address demands for wide-ranging political reform , although it had been set up after the rioting in July 1990 in the wake of a growing campaign by pro-democracy supporters [ p. 37603 ] . |
| 7 | A new pension scheme was to be set up after the sale of a business , and an actuary was to decide the portion of the funds from the old company 's pension scheme to be set aside for the new company 's scheme . |