Example sentences of "after a [adj] [noun] of [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If a patient returns after a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy and is still found to be harbouring the ubiquitous pus cell in the urethra , then it may well be that he has reinfected himself from his , as yet untreated , sexual partner . |
2 | Renewed progress was made , after a prolonged period of decline , when Catherine II 's acquisition of the northern coast of the Black Sea initiated a major shipbuilding programme . |
3 | Zimbabwe , now independent for a decade after a prolonged war of liberation against a white minority regime , has been primarily concerned to throw off its colonial legacy . |
4 | Recent internal disagreements within the MNR had culminated in a death threat which Lozada reportedly received , at gunpoint , from congressional deputy Ciro Humboldt Barrero after a turbulent meeting of MNR leaders in the southern city of Sucre , the official capital . |
5 | After a heroic week of earth moving , he went down with heatstroke . |
6 | Others who were present held that the altar could be used again without any reconsecration , after a simple ceremony of reconciliation . |
7 | Not by the route the signposts have been urging ever since faraway Loch Carron but by way of Corran Ferry after a protracted series of diversions and deviations . |
8 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
9 | The right to buy their home ( after a certain period of tenancy and subject to meeting financial criteria ) . |
10 | After a certain period of time denying the cravings for fats and carbohydrates , the mind and body simply rebel . |
11 | Every loan should be followed up after a certain period of time . |
12 | And after a certain amount of discussion they accepted that point , and we had some very interesting sessions in which they learnt to say things like , ‘ Well the syncrotron is a bit like a racetrack for very small particles which exist in atoms . |
13 | After a certain amount of deliberation , I decided to use Form 14 from Volume 22 of the Encyclopaedia for the agreement and Form 29 for the lease . |
14 | Some require good manual dexterity , for example , the handling of forceps , the removal of clips and bandaging all require fine movements , and can be learnt only after a certain amount of practice . |
15 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
16 | After a hearty dish of spaghetti , Bernini cast a bronze of a mastiff searching for truffles . |
17 | Earnings per share stayed at 13.1p and the dividend total of 6.45p is maintained after a held final of 2.85p . |
18 | I know this after a dispiriting tour of San Francisco looking for a place to eat at 10 pm . |
19 | AFTER a hectic couple of weeks the coming weekend is relatively quiet , with only the Carneddau mountain race on Saturday . |
20 | After a great expansion of HP in the 1920s , particularly for cars and for electrical goods , and then various repossession problems which may have been highlighted by the depression of the thirties , the Hire-Purchase Act 1938 introduced various controls . |
21 | He pointed out that , when new products come on the market , they are often treated as great blessings , and it is only after a great deal of experience and use that we learn of their dangers and downsides . |
22 | Some pattern of what might be done needed to be worked out , and after a great deal of discussion and searching for funds , we transferred one of the men 's teacher training classes from Kemmendine to a Delta village . |
23 | When they meet one another , they gingerly caress each other 's long legs and only after a great deal of hesitation do they come to closer quarters . |
24 | It would be a tragedy for the aircraft preservation and restoration movement as a whole if it were all scrapped , and so it is with great sadness that after a great deal of thought they are agreed ( having been partners both in business and as husband and wife ) that the time has come to take life a bit easier and retire from the business . |
25 | The spokesman stressed : ‘ This decision was taken after a great deal of thought and heart-searching . |
26 | From a slow start in the 1950s , and after a great deal of scepticism , as well as a great deal of research , triticale is now growing on more than half a million hectares , in the USSR , Europe , the United States and South America . |
27 | Early in the year , flooding of the road at the northern end of the village had been a grave problem , but after a great deal of pressure on the authorities , the matter had been successfully resolved . |
28 | ‘ However after a great deal of consultation with the Historical Monuments Commission and Planning Department , we decided to use it to face the new church , harmonising the old with the new . |
29 | in the top flat , they , they were rehoused in a flat in a block of mansion flats and when I came out of the army this was the accommodation I found available , er for me and I objected strongly and after a great deal of fuss erm the Islington Borough Council 's Housing Department found us rooms on the first floor in a Victoria Victorian villa in Penventon Gardens , which erm , were comfortable |
30 | After a great deal of persuasion , a baby food manufacturer agreed to get a video , which shows transition from breast to bottle-feeding , signed and sub-titled . |