Example sentences of "[adv] after the second " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the worst outrage on Fox Hill came only after the Second World War , when horrid concrete housing was plonked on the top . |
| 2 | Often the males moult in flocks separately from the females , and only after the second moult in autumn do they regain their finery and again join up with their wives . |
| 3 | For a century and a half the subject of sexuality was taboo in much of Western society and it was only after the Second World War that this taboo decayed sufficiently for a body of formal knowledge concerning sexuality to be scientifically built up . |
| 4 | During the inter-war years commuting was encouraged by the railway companies and by speculative builders and it was only after the Second World War that the more widespread use of the car and the continuing electrification of the railways allowed the commuting zone to be extended further . |
| 5 | In the early 19th century , however , new legislation inadvertently deprived the press of its fiscal advantages , and its publishing petered out , to be revived only after the Second World War . |
| 6 | While Rosa Guy makes some parts of her book easy to understand , it was only after the second time I read the book that I was able to give unanswerable questions an answer . |
| 7 | For example , when Perk disappeared she was wearing a yellow dress and it was only after the second time that I realised the significance of Gail ( Perk 's older sister ) finding a yellow ribbon in Mr Elder 's ( the lodger ) drawer . |
| 8 | That was not long after the Second World War broke out . |
| 9 | May I correct Mr MacLaren on one small historical point where he states that ‘ the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War ’ ? |
| 10 | Just a brief response to a small part of Iain MacLaren 's letter , where he refers to the Royal Navy abandoning hammocks not long after the Second World War . |
| 11 | I do not know how the RAF dealt with bed-wetters in the days of National Service , but I am certain that even although the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War , a persistent enuretic on board a warship would create even more serious problems than he could in an army barracks . |
| 12 | This weapon of control was elaborated and refined , especially after the Second World War , following the example of the Ministry of Education ( Griffith , 1965 ) . |
| 13 | It then passed through a number of hands , eventually taken over by Bensons International Systems , shortly after the Second World War . |
| 14 | Shortly after the Second World War the typical advice given concerning this condition was : " Acute coronary thrombosis must be regarded more seriously than most cardiac conditions , a rest in bed for weeks or months , with a minimum of 4 weeks , should be prescribed in order to assure as sound a healing of the myocardial infarct as possible . " |
| 15 | The COS became the Family Welfare Association shortly after the Second World War and its functions have widened in scope as the need for basic relief has been reduced by the growth of statutory income maintenance services . |
| 16 | Written by Richards while he was working in Cairo shortly after the Second World War , these sentences form one of the most delightful , and distinctive , opening passages to any book published this century . |
| 17 | The United Nations Organisation was set up in 1945 , just after the second world war , with the aim of keeping peace throughout the world . |
| 18 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 19 | Anyone investing £1,000 in the average investment trust just after the second world war would now have a holding worth well over Pounds 250,000 . |
| 20 | Morgenthau 's science of international politics reflected three factors historically specific to the USA just after the Second World War . |
| 21 | While Television began in Britain during the 1930s , it was not until just after the Second World War that a regular broadcasting service commenced . |
| 22 | Was that just after the second war or just afore it ? |
| 23 | It was just after the Second World War that Wimpey first established a local presence in the Middle East . |
| 24 | Just after the Second World War a village was sentenced to death by planners who called it a rural slum . |
| 25 | The owners were first given permission to quarry the area just after the second world war — with no legal restrictions on their activity . |
| 26 | Just after the Second World War a film crew made a documentary about life in rural England . |
| 27 | Just after the Second World War , a film unit made a documentary about life in rural England . |
| 28 | Now for the second in our series looking at life in rural England just after the Second World War . |
| 29 | His father , Drew , started Langholm Dyeing Works just after the Second World War . |
| 30 | Golding wrote ‘ Lord of the Flies ’ , which I am comparing to ‘ Coral Island ’ , just after the Second World War and after the Hiroshima Bomb , this gives Golding 's book a more up to date feel and makes it an easier to believe microcosm . |