Example sentences of "[prep] which [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Commission normally takes two months to investigate charges , after which it could either instruct Britain to set its VAT rates in conformity with European legislation or proceed to put into effect the long awaited 7th Directive on fiscal matters . |
| 32 | This would give them a period of study and experience abroad after which it could be decided whether to offer them permanent appointments . |
| 33 | The ridge is formed by the algal genus , Porolithon , not by Lithothamnion after which it used to be named . |
| 34 | The cough is there to signal that something is going awry and needs attention after which it will be all right . |
| 35 | In ‘ The Pocket-Book 's Petition to Parthenissa ’ , the book begs Parthenissa to write something on one of its pages , after which it will be content : ‘ Nor once , repining at my Cell , / With Darkness , Dirt , and Mira , dwell ’ [ ML , 2 , 94 ] . |
| 36 | It is scheduled to meet on April 15 , after which it will continue to meet either as a whole group or in subcommittees , ‘ according to the desires of the group , ’ he said . |
| 37 | The " Women 's Office " has been guaranteed a budget of US$20.000 over a period of two years , after which it will have to find financial backing from within the government . |
| 38 | A spur road from the Asda South Roundabout to Duddingston Park South is required on a temporary basis for access to the Asda Superstore during the construction period , after which it will be disconnected . |
| 39 | In Cumbria the Potato Pot site is to finish coal extraction this year , after which it will , in turn , be restored . |
| 40 | You then go south , to meet a minor road known as South Town Lane which you follow for around 500 yards after which you must branch off to cross a plantation called the Warren . |
| 41 | Join the Country Living at 6.45pm for canapés , and a glass of wine supplied by Torres , after which you will be free to wander through the Summer Exhibition Galleries . |
| 42 | There 'll be time for further questions , after which you will be free to browse around the Fair . |
| 43 | Most lenders ' discounts are for a limited period only , after which you will revert to paying the standard rate — this table provides a guide to lenders ' competitiveness , which should be taken into account when making your mortgage choice . |
| 44 | I am writing to invite you to attend a meeting starting in the School Hall on at 7.30 pm , after which you will be able to speak to Heads of Department in their rooms . |
| 45 | The green will eventually go brown or black , after which you can wash it away with a high pressure hose . |
| 46 | After which he would announce , ‘ Just going next door to ring up my Popsie ! ’ , and into the Signals Office he would disappear to ring up his fiancée , a Wren Officer stationed at Portsmouth . |
| 47 | On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day . |
| 48 | It was suggested that the plaster should stay on for between four and six weeks after which he might like to think of building up its strength . |
| 49 | Tait intends to remain at his Berkshire base until the 1994 World Championships , after which he may return to his native New Zealand . |
| 50 | He could n't be expected to manage much more than an hour on his feet , after which he 'd be living up to his name , although not — Diane hoped — to his reputation . |
| 51 | On one occasion he is said to have decorated the whole of the College in three days after which he could still outlast anyone on the dance floor . |
| 52 | Julie decided to top up her Californian suntan until Kitty Summerville called lunch , after which she would take a casual stroll to another of her favourite haunts as a child , the old summer house on the river bank . |
| 53 | For a new patient this whole process may take upwards of an hour , after which she will see the doctor again and , if anything has been found , will be started on appropriate treatment . |
| 54 | Mr Bernard Staite , boss of the consortium who operate the loco , commented : ‘ From November No 4472 will embark on a year long tour of private railways after which she will have a major overhaul . |
| 55 | I decided to make one last attempt after which I would start looking for a place from where I could obtain a map of the city . |
| 56 | I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives . |
| 57 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 58 | L-Fields are links in a ‘ chain of authority ’ which starts with the simplest living forms , runs upward through all life on this planet to the most complex form we know — man — and then extends outward into space and upward to an ‘ infinite authority ’ , about which we can only speculate . |
| 59 | There are ‘ hidden ’ factors about which we can only speculate , such as the direct effects on sand-eel stocks from the greatly increased shoals of herring and mackerel which are the result of recent bans on fishing for these species . |
| 60 | With Descartes he felt that our own sense experiences are the one things about which we can be absolutely certain . |