Example sentences of "after [art] first [adj] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the first thirty years of operation of the NHS , however , there had been disappointingly little change ; in 1976 , the Court Report noted that the variations in regional provision of service were still much the same as they had been in 1948 when the NHS began . |
| 2 | After the first eight days of action — during which 19 of his 31 officers were killed and seven wounded , and the battalion was reduced to 40 per cent of its original strength — he himself was badly wounded leading a counter-attack . |
| 3 | Number one was Bob Dylan and she cut it off after the first sneering words of despair . |
| 4 | Helen had confessed at lunch that she would sooner have been three behind than three in front — and when news came , after the first 10 holes of the fourth round , that she had fallen one to the rear of the Australian , one had the feeling that she was merely paving the way for a last-minute attack . |
| 5 | He faced growing opposition , even among those who had been his closest supporters , particularly when he failed to honour an undertaking made in 1979 to his party supporters that he would relinquish office in 1990 after the first 10 years of independence . |
| 6 | AFTER the first two matches of the Teesside District Inter-Club League the leading positions are as follows : |
| 7 | ‘ It was always my intention after the first two years of trying things out to get a more stable situation after the European Championships . |
| 8 | I have looked after my husband for seven years , he had a brain tumour operation nearly eight years ago , and he 's in a wheelchair he ca n't walk , but his , after the first two years of caring for him , he 's become bright enough to do the Daily Telegraph crossword , and so he 's er erm brain 's alright . |
| 9 | Gould launched immediately into the fray , and his first part of the Century appeared less than two months after the first two parts of Lear 's Parrots . |
| 10 | CHANGES SHOULD NOT NORMALLY BE MADE AFTER THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE TEACHING PERIOD . |
| 11 | After the first two weeks of prednisolone , the daily dosage was steadily reduced to zero over the ensuing weeks . |
| 12 | In fact , after the first few minutes of wriggling and giggling , he began to enjoy it . |
| 13 | After the first few months of feeling sick , many pregnant women find they have a raging appetite . |
| 14 | Stretford Bridge could have been little used after the first few months of the BCR 's life , when passengers presumably had to walk between there and Craven Arms — unless horse-drawn transport was provided along the road . |
| 15 | Depression and loneliness will descend after the first few days of nervous euphoria . |
| 16 | Considering he was four over par after the first three holes of the New Orleans tournament , Faldo 's 11 under for the remaining 69 on a course he found demanding looks a useful dress rehearsal for the first of the year 's majors . |
| 17 | Because leisure effects are zero in the second period , after the first three months of unemployment , the elasticities of reservation wage , hazard rate and expected duration with respect to benefits are all zero for all the individuals ( see ( 7 ) ) . |
| 18 | In a city with 12 per cent unemployment 300 recent placements have resulted in an over 90 per cent job retention rate after the first three years of employment . |
| 19 | Thus , where the tenant had been innocently misled into believing that he would obtain a long term , and had invested heavily in the property next door , whereas the landlord in fact had plans for immediate redevelopment , the Court of Appeal upheld an order for a break-clause exercisable after the first three years of the term ( Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 243 ) . |