Example sentences of "[verb] only after [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 2 | The increase had been won only after a long struggle . |
| 3 | The final allied victory against Japan came only after a long and costly struggle . |
| 4 | Transmission often succeeds only after a long incubation period , which decreases substantially after serial passaging . |
| 5 | These important nuances are often recognised only after a long and intimate experience of the couple under study . |
| 6 | The relationship between birth interval and frequency of still births seems to resemble " U " or " J " shaped curves , inasmuch as the still birth ratio is very high if the preceding birth interval is short ( less than a year ) and decreases after one completed year up to a five year interval but , if the next birth follows only after a longer interval , the chance that it will result in a stillborn baby increases again . |