Example sentences of "shortly [prep] the second " in BNC.

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1 It then passed through a number of hands , eventually taken over by Bensons International Systems , shortly after the Second World War .
2 Shortly after the Second World War the typical advice given concerning this condition was : " Acute coronary thrombosis must be regarded more seriously than most cardiac conditions , a rest in bed for weeks or months , with a minimum of 4 weeks , should be prescribed in order to assure as sound a healing of the myocardial infarct as possible . "
3 The COS became the Family Welfare Association shortly after the Second World War and its functions have widened in scope as the need for basic relief has been reduced by the growth of statutory income maintenance services .
4 Written by Richards while he was working in Cairo shortly after the Second World War , these sentences form one of the most delightful , and distinctive , opening passages to any book published this century .
5 In the first half he twice denied Cantona with excellent saves and shortly into the second he beat out another effort by the Frenchman .
6 Shortly into the second half Thompson scored for Banbridge again Wray added the points .
7 During the 1880s and 1890s , the miller was Francis William Giles , by 1914 it was in the hands of James Faulks and between 1927 up to shortly before the Second World War , William George Perry .
8 Shortly before the second anniversary of her wedding Mrs Tristan Gage suffered a miscarriage which kept her in bed for several cosseted days surrounded by every possible luxury and attention , including the embarrassed affection of her husband who had rather more idea how mares and hound bitches might feel at such moments than women , and the deep concern of her mother who , throughout her own twenty-six years of marriage had herself miscarried eight times .
9 He had been a deputy in parliament for the Swiss Party of Labour from 1944 , when it was founded , to 1986 , having represented the Communist Party from 1936 until it was banned shortly before the Second World War .
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