Example sentences of "[conj] after a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case it is legitimate to require some special process of constitutional amendment say that the legislature may amend the Constitution only by a two-thirds majority or after a general election or perhaps upon three months ' notice . |
| 2 | Rejection may occur following a Change Review Meeting or after a final decision by the Director , Information Systems . |
| 3 | If the court dismisses the application , it must make an order authorising the creditor to present a bankruptcy petition either forthwith or on or after a specified date . |
| 4 | The most satisfactory solution for the landlord ( and probably for the tenant ) is for the power to break to be modelled closely on the provisions of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 , s30(1) ( f ) or ( g ) and for the power to be exercisable on or after a specified date . |
| 5 | Or after a fast thing , ‘ That pony certainly keeps you out of trouble , yes ? |
| 6 | He had one redeeming feature — his very good nature , except when he was in the boxing ring or after a few whiskies , when everyone gave him a wide berth . |
| 7 | In order to test these predictions we need to compare the size of the latent inhibition effect found after a long exposure — test interval ( which we may take to be 24 h or more ) with that found after a short interval ( when conditioning follows exposure immediately or after a few minutes ) . |
| 8 | Activity elsewhere , at milk time or after a baking session , might also be of help . |
| 9 | Where after a full dissolution the winding up of the practice is in the hands of some only of the former partners an allowance may be made to them in recognition of their efforts before the net profits are determined for the purposes of this section or otherwise . |
| 10 | This section also covers cancellation of a holiday where after a 24 hour delay in departure the insured decides to cancel . |
| 11 | And , despite the fact that the movement was then extremely suspicious of any outsiders , let alone sociologists , I was granted permission to study the Unification Church on my own terms ( independent funding , a complete list of the membership and access to all members ) — albeit after a lengthy period of negotiation . |
| 12 | Persistent infections occupy the middle ground between acute life-threatening infections that can overcome the immune and interferon systems , and infections that readily succumb to these defences — albeit after a short burst of disease . |
| 13 | Dowty says that after a rocky patch during the recession , when the company was forced to axe 1,800 jobs , it 's fortunes are picking up ; not the time to be selling out . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | James denied it categorically , but the fact is that after a small part of another season in Walter Wolf 's car , Master James gave up the sport with relief . |
| 16 | What is most interesting , however , is that after a long famine , Latin America and its political and economic uncertainties have been thrust back on to centre stage . |
| 17 | YOU 'D think that after a long , hard and highly successful season , Linfield goalkeeper Wesley Lamont would want to put his feet up . |
| 18 | The only ball that seemed to find the pocket was the white , in a bad dream of in-offs and in-withs — plus , from Julian , a world-class in-instead , the cue-ball struck with such prodigious unintentional sidespin that after a deadened impact it ambled on grimly into the corner bag . |
| 19 | Keith felt that after a five-year relationship , Valerie should be prepared to make a commitment . |
| 20 | Husameddin 's account of the pilgrimage closes with the statement that after a two-year absence from Turkey , during which time the Seyh Bedreddin affair had been dealt with , Duzme Mustafa had escaped , Edirne and its environs had been recovered , and " nothing remained to be feared " , Molla Fenari , with his son Mehmed Sah , returned to Bursa and his court and students in Jumada I 823/May-June 1420 . |
| 21 | It follows that after a moderate number of trials the amount of latent inhibition accruing to S1 when presented as part of the serial compound S1-S2 is likely to be less than that produced by training with S1 alone . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I would say that after a rotten beginning I 've had a good life — That 's not very helpful , is it ? ’ |
| 23 | A reporter in New York learns from a friend , a gynaecologist , that after a certain date she has no more patients on her books ; others in her profession are in the same boat . |
| 24 | It is very often assumed , particularly by non-technical persons , that a product is tested for stability and that after a certain time a result is obtained proving stability of the product and/or pack . |
| 25 | He is only saying that after a certain point in his life he himself did not doubt . |
| 26 | But latest figures show that after a two-month slide , it is on the way up again . |
| 27 | It would be a great relief to know that after a three week hospital stay , you 'd have £420 on top of your daily benefit of £840 , payable on your discharge . |
| 28 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
| 29 | If you have an odd number of needles , you end up knitting the same needles on every row , so that after a few rows the carriage jams . |
| 30 | Part of him wants to get back to the security of home but he knows that after a few weeks there he might long for the contacts , communication and craziness of the multi-media scheme . |