Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] after the " in BNC.
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1 | They were developed after the merger of Siemens and Nixdorf when Siemens acquired Targon . |
2 | Proceedings were halted after the forum 's interim executive committee chaired by Seraphin Rwamba failed to agree with the President on the live radio coverage of deliberations , which Compaore opposed . |
3 | There 's been no outside aid for civilians in Central Bosnia since October the 25th when convoys were halted after the killing of a Danish truck driver … |
4 | In 1913 , the first ‘ buses appeared in the district , operated by the London General Omnibus Company Limited , but these were withdrawn after the outbreak of hostilities on 22 November , 1914 . |
5 | Problems of supply and distribution of food and emergency supplies were compounded after the fall of the port of Massawa to separatist Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) forces in February [ see pp. 37239-40 ] . |
6 | Anxieties about the START treaty and Russia 's financial capacity to meet its provisions , and also those of a more radical accord concluded with the USA in June [ see pp. 38985-86 ] , were compounded after the Russian Deputy Defence Minister Boris Gomov acknowledged that the government had thus far found only part of the funds needed to implement the 30 per cent cut in nuclear arsenals required under START . |
7 | Fears that Steffi Graf 's foot injury was worse than first thought , were allayed after the defending women 's champion put in six hours of practice at Wimbledon on Saturday then practised for two hours yesterday at a club in west London . |
8 | Our analysis includes the geographical area covered by Gardner et al but follows it too closely in time to provide data to test their findings ; only cases 12–14 in table III ( one non-Hodgkin lymphoma , one leukaemia , one Hodgkin 's disease ) were diagnosed after the period covered by the Gardner study and moreover all three were conceived before the parents moved to Seascale . |
9 | Yesterday 's poor figures to 30 June were expected after the fire alarm and data storage group warned two weeks ago that it was unlikely to beat last year 's £10m . |
10 | The first bogies used at Wolverton were designed after the American model , and were constructed like the underframe then in use , partly of iron and partly of timber . |
11 | More serious charges originally brought against Poindexter were dropped after the Reagan and Bush administrations refused to release confidential documents requested by the prosecution . |
12 | French restrictions on an African press were lifted after the Second World War , and between 1945 and independence in 1960 thirty-six newspapers emerged and disappeared in Abidjan alone . |
13 | Natural antagonisms and rivalries between their maritime communities were accentuated after the Plantagenet loss of Normandy ( 1204 ) , the reduction of the Seine valley to Capetian obedience ( thereby providing Paris with a direct outlet to the sea ) and the dispossession of Henry III at La Rochelle ( 1224 ) . |
14 | Passengers were evacuated after the QE2 was holed . |
15 | Two striking bodies were swimming after the big man , lifting themselves rhythmically out of the water with the butterfly stroke . |
16 | The hunt saboteurs say they were threatened after the incident . |
17 | The subsequent outrage from conservationists worldwide spread the gruesome story of Iki Island around the globe and the drives were curtailed after the international condemnation that followed the widespread publicity of the incident . |
18 | If you er using a similar example , if , if you were looking after the neighbour 's house while they 're away on holiday and found that they 'd been broken into , then that would n't necessarily be a nine nine nine call , unless you thought there was somebody in the house . |
19 | Rosa and Dolores were looking after the child in Palma and I knew they were due to return . |
20 | The Taylor sisters who were convicted of murdering Alison were freed after the appeal court described coverage of their case as sensationalized and inaccurate . |
21 | These were built after the earthquake of 1305 . |
22 | Today , half of the dwellings you see around you were built after the Second World War and two out of three are owner-occupied . |
23 | ‘ Some residents who were moved after the last round of home closures are now faced with losing their homes a second time , ’ said Mr Common . |
24 | Gall bladder bile samples were collected after the ligation of the cystic duct by the complete sterile needle aspiration f the gall bladder to prevent the stratification f bile . |
25 | ‘ I know the players were gutted after the game . |
26 | Initial bans were imposed after the Braer ran aground off Shetland in January and spilt its cargo of light crude oil [ see ED 67 ] . |
27 | In this case , ten β-galactosidase negative plaques were selected after the ligation of the PCR-fragments ( 6 ) into M13mp18 and transformation into E.coli TG1 . |
28 | The Maidenhead factor was exemplified by claims that were made after the flood in February 1990 . |
29 | Shortly before the publication of this report saw the successful appeal against the Legal Aid Board 's refusal to allow potential Halcion claims to be investigated where applications for legal aid were made after the deadline of Oct 20 , 1991 . |
30 | The England manager , upset by the way his comments were interpreted after the European championship , has gone on record as saying that he is mis-understood , that he can not shake off the association with the long ball game from his formative years at Watford . |