Example sentences of "[prep] which [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starting from Birkdale Summit , an initial detour may be made to look into the open shaft of Jingling Pot nearby , after which a pathless course must be steered south-west across tedious grass to reach and climb the rough slopes building up to the Edge . |
| 2 | The improvements made in the machines to date do not seem as though they ought to have added up to much , but they appear to have allowed the crossing of a psychological threshold , after which a rich harvest of human error becomes accessible . |
| 3 | Exploratory talks were held in Beijing on in November and December [ see pp. 37860 ; 37818 ] , after which a first round of full normalization talks was held in Pyongyang in late January 1991 and a second in Tokyo in mid-March [ see p. 38098 ] . |
| 4 | According to Rivers 1964 , in the audio-lingual method , grammar is presented first through the drilling of structures , after which a simple generalisation is made about the grammatical principle involved . |
| 5 | Fasting was maintained for a further 2 hours , after which a normal diet was permitted . |
| 6 | A minute 's silence was observed before the afternoon kick-off , after which a stunned Arsenal managed to hold Wednesday to a draw . |
| 7 | It passed the 1000 mark in 1919 and the number climbed steadily to just over 2000 in 1923 , after which a rapid decline set in . |
| 8 | It is the Select Committee system , which can report to the House , after which a full debate can take place . |
| 9 | A period of a week will usually suffice for this purpose after which a stock-take is conducted and the level taken as the opening stock . |
| 10 | Resist the temptation to climb onto the ledge , for this is one of those red herrings which prove difficult to retreat from , and make haste with the short traverse , after which a few moves on rounded layaways gain the surprisingly airy belay . |
| 11 | Unless the centre or SCOTVEC identifies a need for an earlier date , a contract will operate for a fixed period , after which a further Quality Audit will take place . |
| 12 | And although there may be a limit after which no more can be said , we do not describe a full circle and return to the proposition from which we began . |
| 13 | The format , too , followed last year 's by being an all day event starting with enjoyable classes given by Ann Langford and Chris Markham , after which an appetizing ploughman 's lunch was served at flower-decked tables , efficiently organised by Phyl Bailey and Anne Weathers , ably supported by their class members . |
| 14 | Support can be coerced for only so long , after which an acceptable degree of legitimacy must be developed in some form . |
| 15 | All cases are presented and discussed at the weekly team meeting , after which an initial diagnosis is made . |
| 16 | This general outline story of the first Passover is called the Haggadah , after which the first part of the special Psalms for Passover are sung , known as the Hallel Psalms ( Psalms 112–13 ) . |
| 17 | It takes up to two months to complete , after which the other stages can be run in parallel . |
| 18 | The best method is to begin at the fainter of the two Pointers ( Agena , or Beta Centauri ) and extend a line from it through Alpha Trianguli Australe ; prolonged for far enough this will lead to Alpha Pavonis in the Peacock , after which the other Birds can be sorted out . |
| 19 | The American War of Independence and the French Revolution marked a turning point after which the new meaning became universal , Britain excepted . |
| 20 | Kassem failed to win international support for his claim and was deterred from pursuing it militarily by the swift dispatch of British and Arab League forces to Kuwait [ see pp. 18187-90 ; 18355 ; 18934 ] ; he was toppled in a bloody Baath-Nationalist coup in 1963 , after which the new Iraqi government recognized Kuwaiti sovereignty [ see p. 19668 ] . |
| 21 | After the church service , a reception was held at the Lesser Town Hall , Airdrie after which the one week honeymoon was spent touring Scotland . |
| 22 | He then joined his brother at the Brighton works of the London , Brighton and South Coast Railway from 1871 to 1875 , working under the direction of William Stroudley [ q.v. ] , after which the two brothers moved to the North British Railway works at Cowlairs and in 1882 to the neighbouring works at St Rollox of the Caledonian Railway , where Peter was appointed assistant locomotive engineer and works manager . |
| 23 | The plant had been criticized as being " in very poor condition " by an IAEA inspection in 1991 , after which the two oldest reactors had been shut down [ see pp. 38350-51 ] . |
| 24 | After which the animated Dr smith talked at length and cogently — about strokes . |
| 25 | The eggs were clear for the first two or three days , after which the developing fish were clearly visible inside . |
| 26 | A civilian government , elected in 1978 , was overthrown in a military coup in November 1980 , after which the 57-member National Assembly and the Constitution were suspended . |
| 27 | A civilian government , elected in 1978 , was overthrown in a military coup in November 1980 , after which the 57-member National Assembly and the Constitution were suspended . |
| 28 | But we are very close now to the critical turning-point after which the political scene in Prague could be as rapidly transformed as among its neighbours . |
| 29 | But we are very close now to the critical turning-point after which the political scene in Prague could be as rapidly transformed as among its neighbours . |
| 30 | Another kind of polygyny is often found in species in which the males defend territories that are briefly visited by females for mating , after which the female leaves and the male awaits the next mate . |