Example sentences of "[adv prt] after the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steam lorries lingered on after the Second World War , largely because of the shortage of oil . |
| 2 | The Italian dirty tricks department worked overtime as Galvano 's management tried to scream ‘ no contest ’ , claiming a head clash caused the badly cut left eye that meant their man could n't go on after the third round . |
| 3 | John Reid , who had five winners on Wednesday , teamed up with Richard Hannon to land a gamble in Brighton 's opener on After The Last , backed from 7-4 to 11-10 . |
| 4 | Soon after the war ended it trebled its student members when the Ministry of Education issued grants to ex-servicemen in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the disillusionment that had set in after the First World War . |
| 5 | That is what the Labour party intends to bring in after the next election . |
| 6 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ We were three down after the first leg against Stuttgart , but there was a great feeling we could do it . |
| 8 | If this happens , it is usually better to leave things for that year , and to take them right down after the next flowering . |
| 9 | The EC troika arrived in Zagreb on Aug. 2 but talks in Belgrade broke down after the third round on Aug. 4 which Milosevic boycotted . |
| 10 | Many medieval millers paid their rent to the lord of the manor in eels ; and when the water-mill in the centre of Stafford was pulled down after the last war , the laconic miller expressed as his only regret : ‘ I shall miss the eels . ’ |
| 11 | While the quality of play , and competition , at the top end of the women 's game has increased superbly in the last few years , the drop off after the first half dozen or so , is still equally evident . |
| 12 | Number one was Bob Dylan and she cut it off after the first sneering words of despair . |
| 13 | The Welfare State was set up after the Second World War as a means of providing universal ‘ freedom from want ’ , according to Sir William Beveridge , and ‘ care from cradle to grave ’ for the whole population according to Sir Winston Churchill . |
| 14 | W that bit we gave up after the First World War but we made er we did make some of these er patented things that they had in the Second World War . |
| 15 | Some windows were still boarded up after the last attack . |
| 16 | There was a lot more professionalism to his jumping as , travelling strongly throughout , the top weight only had to be shaken up after the last to beat previous winner Wellknown Character two and a half lengths . |
| 17 | However , despite the setbacks , the game bounced back after the Second World War and , in a similar way to the developments in France and Romania at the turn of the century , it made inroads into Soviet universities . |
| 18 | Gary dropped out after the second round because of 'flu or something . |
| 19 | They say never ask for whom the bell tolls , but when Steven Ivin heard one ring out after the second world war he knew it tolled for him . |
| 20 | In rural areas only about 6 per cent of the children who entered the first grade completed the primary cycle , and half these entrants dropped out after the first grade . |
| 21 | ( Looks like the FA Cup schedules to me , but what would I know , I 'm a Villa fan — we 're always out after the first round ! ) |
| 22 | It had been started with two friends by Adrian Cotterell , Polytechnic journalism drop-out , and although the two friends had themselves dropped out after the first twelve months Cotterell had managed to keep enough people together for the place to stay in business . |
| 23 | The RPR candidate , Charles Pasqua dropped out after the first round . |
| 24 | In 40 years ' time they 'll say ‘ It was the first one out after the 400th Birthday Issue ’ . |
| 25 | It simply is not enough for Mr Meacher to say that such details will be worked out after the next general election by Labour ministers and Whitehall officials . |
| 26 | He said he had been accused of ‘ asset stripping ’ as a prelude to the possibility of Darlington opting out after the next election . |