Example sentences of "of [noun sg] after the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 2 | A flash of hope after the unexpected success at Bauge in 1421 ; but Cravant and , in particular , Verneuil put paid to hopes of a quick revival . |
| 3 | I 'm really surprised that the maker has neglected to scrape the frets clean of lacquer after the final coat , but Manson actually prefers to do it this way . |
| 4 | And of course after the Second World War and the comparative austerity of the 1940s , having fun seemed natural enough , and justifying having fun is what hedonistic philosophy is for . |
| 5 | I have also mentioned the question of indictment after the first court appearance , and other hon. Members have suggested other means to tackle the problem . |
| 6 | Debbie dropped out of college after the first year . ’ |
| 7 | The president on Wednesday softened his demands for a ‘ special order ’ of rule after the constitutional court and 247-member supreme soviet standing parliament started the impeachment process . |
| 8 | At the age of 19 he sat the Queen 's Scholarship Examination , which he would have to pass if he wished to pursue any form of teacher-training after the initial apprenticeship . |
| 9 | The accusations of incompetence after the botched attempt to support the anti-Noriega coup in October had stung the Bush Administration . |
| 10 | This project aims to provide an historical survey of the attitudes towards new productive techniques exhibited by British businessmen from , approximately , the industrial revolution to the onset of recovery after the Second World War . |
| 11 | Not until de-Stalinization was well under way within the Soviet Union did substantial groups of neo-Marxist thinkers emerge and begin to try to adapt Marxist thought to cope with phenomena such as the postponement of revolution in the West , the revitalization of capitalism after the Second World War , and the political stability of liberal democratic regimes . |
| 12 | Normally , walking along tarmac is a piece of cake after the rocky excursion along a ridge . |
| 13 | If searching was done with just the basic actions , then R1.1 would only gain its first bit of credit after the fifth search , and then it would gain a mere 1/64th. of a point of credit . |
| 14 | The Gallic chief , Commius , who had been a friend and ally of Caesar , turned against him in the great revolt of Vercingetorix after the Roman invasion of 55 and 54 BC . |
| 15 | The show marks the reopening of the Palace of Holyroodhouse after the European Summit in December . |
| 16 | They said Left-wing Labour MPs , including many who opposed the abandonment of unilateralism after the 1987 election , would cause havoc for a Labour government . |
| 17 | With the advent of democracy after the second world war , however , Federconsorzi , like many of Italy 's state agencies , became a tool of party politics . |
| 18 | Having lost the Conservative party leadership contest to John Major he took up the position of President of the Board of Trade after the last election … |
| 19 | There appears to have been a certain degree of retrenchment after the initial enthusiasm , with overseas securities standing at around 45 per cent of the total at the end of 1988 . |
| 20 | Similarly , three people in houses ( MM , HM , and PH ) show declining levels of participation after the initial move . |
| 21 | In 1990 the Netherlands exported nearly 35,000 million cubic metres of gas , making it the world 's second largest exporter of gas after the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform . |
| 23 | TRADITIONAL Commonwealth growers of bananas in the Caribbean and their importers , such as Fyffes and Geest , will breathe at least a temporary sigh of relief after the European Commission finally made up its mind to extend the present quota-based system in the single market next year . |
| 24 | The New Year always brings a certain amount of relief after the exhausting overdose of social events during Christmas . |
| 25 | Clyde Balsley , an American very badly wounded with the ‘ Lafayette Squadron ’ noted in contrast that the miracles of science after the forced butchery at Verdun … made a whole year and a half at the American Hospital pass more quickly than six weeks in the [ French ] hospital at Verdun . |
| 26 | Their hope is to succeed as the consolidator of post-Thatcherism after the fourth election win . |
| 27 | ‘ I am sad , ’ Michel Rocard , former prime minister and Socialist presidential candidate , said as he surveyed the scene of devastation after the first round of voting in the general election on Sunday night . |
| 28 | ‘ I feel like a bit of sociability after the enforced slog of research , ’ he said . |
| 29 | The attraction of fascism after the first World War |
| 30 | It has remained a type of upland grass area since the recovery of vegetation after the last ice age , ten or eleven thousand years ago . |