Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv prt] after " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recognition of the enormous contribution that their Service had made to the successful conclusion of WWII , the Air Council set up after the war a war memorial committee . |
| 2 | So the Civil Contingencies Unit , the Cabinet committee set up after the miners ' strike of ‘ 72 , which I 've no doubt you were intimately involved in , in –74 actually delivered the goods . |
| 3 | He was also the first chairman of the colleges ' committee set up after the 1962 report of the commission on the relationship between the colleges and university , chaired by the first Baron Bridges [ q.v . ] . |
| 4 | The sky was cloudy when Giles set off after an early breakfast . |
| 5 | In 1920 , Moscow recognized the independent governments set up after the defeat of the White forces . |
| 6 | For example , Haringey has still not taken its place within the Community Consultative Group set up after Lord Scarman 's report on the disorders of 1981 . |
| 7 | That emerged yesterday during a visit to Shetland by Lord Donaldson , who is heading the inquiry into shipping safety set up after the disaster . |
| 8 | Several prominent figures refused to take the test , including a former state prosecutor Mohammad Moussavi Khoeniha and a former chief justice Ayatollah Abdelkarim Moussavi Ardebili ; among those who did take it , but failed , were Ayatollah Karrubi and Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali ( the head of the Islamic revolutionary courts set up after the 1979 revolution ) . |
| 9 | Breakthrough are a new charity set up after the death of Daily Express woman 's editor Jean Rook to provide funds for research into breast cancer in women . |
| 10 | USAID , the World Food Programme , and the UN have funded food donations to the army-controlled model villages set up after the uprising in the highlands in the early 1980s . |
| 11 | A Coast Guard cutter set out after the launch at 3 p.m. 10 |
| 12 | About 2,000 paramilitary policemen , 600 Bushmen auxiliaries and several helicopter gunships set off after the SWAPO men . |
| 13 | No general election was fought by the organization set up after 1911 , but there is little doubt that there was a massive improvement ; criticisms that were commonplace in 1910 were not to be heard by 1913 . |
| 14 | Finally , the ruling only applies to members of schemes set up after 13 March 1989 , and to new employees joining existing schemes from 1 June 1989 . |
| 15 | As already stated , the change only affects those joining new pension schemes set up after 13 March 1989 or new members joining existing schemes after 1 June 1989 . |
| 16 | Capped employees include those who are members of schemes set up after the 1989 Budget or who joined any final salary scheme after 1 June 1989 . |
| 17 | Institutionalism sets in after a few months , and active people slow down and soon learn not to complain . |
| 18 | Letting herself out inconspicuously by way of the backstairs , Joan set out after dark for the Garden Tower , taking a circuitous route to avoid arousing suspicion . |
| 19 | The UDA/UFF is now well-armed , say security sources , with weapons coming from the shadowy Ulster Resistance set up after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in November 1985 . |
| 20 | Eventually flogged into submission by the jockey , Bumboy set off after its vanishing playmates . |
| 21 | He and the Reverend McQueen set out after breakfast to find the ruins of what McQueen believed had been an ancient pagan temple to the goddess Anaitis . |
| 22 | In the same speech to Parliament de Klerk criticized the ANC for delaying disclosure of its reaction to the report of the working party set up after the government-ANC talks at Cape Town in May [ see pp. 37440-41 ] , which attempted among other things to define a political prisoner . |
| 23 | Union officials held an hour-long meeting with Mr Clarke at the Home Office , urging him to retain the pay formula set up after the bitter nine-week strike in 1977/78 . |
| 24 | According to the New York Times of June 29 , a softening of the US government 's previous stance against recognition of the regime set up after the September 1991 military coup in Haiti [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] was detectable after Marc Bazin was sworn into office as Prime Minister on June 19 . |