Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] after [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm there there were quite a few interesting debates that that came up about policing after the riots , I mean initially it was the fact that you did n't see any policemen in the flats at all . |
2 | There will always be a need for reacting after the event , but many public relations executives depend solely on this kind of activity . |
3 | Such a provision would prevent him from making , while still employed , preparations for competing after the termination of his service agreement ( Thomas Marshall ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 ) . |
4 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
5 | Just as certain behavioural habits develop , such as vomiting after every meal , so women with bulimia can develop habitual thoughts and begin to think in a bulimic way . |
6 | It is difficult to understand how the Government can claim to be concerned about looking after the welfare of citizens when there has been a fourfold increase in the incidence of food poisoning in the past 10 years . |
7 | I think they 're being selfish , they 've had their careers , so how about looking after the children and home , and giving youngsters a chance ! |
8 | I question my medical knowledge for looking after a child that fits . |
9 | The consortium responsible for looking after the women 's housing and financial affairs , as well as providing some monitoring of the quality of service , had temporarily to reduce its operations because of staff shortages . |
10 | Thanks for looking after the cab for me . |
11 | The Bank of England is responsible for looking after the government 's finances . |
12 | However , in the majority of households , responsibility for looking after the family and home goes hand-in-hand with money management . |
13 | But the executive is responsible for looking after the safety of 6 million more workers . |
14 | After a new client was ushered onto the market by the AE , the SAE would then assume responsibility for looking after the client 's market positions , and for obtaining future business . |
15 | Thanks also to all the other organizations that helped , the Vale of White Horse District Council who allowed us to use their land , the National Rivers Authority for the use of the river , Thames Water for the use of their island and for generous sponsorship , an extra special thanks to Roger Steer , the lock keeper , for much help , kindness and understanding and to his wife for providing a seemingly endless supply of ice-cream , to Jim Croft of Slalom Sports for unfailing help and loan of computer hardware and to our local Scouts for looking after the campsite and for organizing effective first-aid cover . |
16 | also accompanied the group and special thanks are due to him for his organisation and for looking after the Grantham pensioners welfare . |
17 | With staff who are expert in many fields — from woodland , farmland and river management to socio-economics and interpreting the countryside to visitors — the RSPB can give valuable , practical and commonsense advice to those who have a responsibility for looking after the countryside . |
18 | And at her puzzled expression , ‘ For looking after the dogs while my housekeeper was away . |
19 | I would n't have done , if I had n't felt you deserved to be thanked for looking after the dogs . |
20 | Over the centuries , the Superintendents who 've been responsible for looking after the garden , have each played a major part in it 's growth and development . |
21 | When the Royal Africa Company collapsed under the weight of its fixed costs , the need for permanent bases on the West African coast — essential if only because half-a-dozen other European countries were setting up forts there — led the government first to try to organize the slave-trading merchants into a loosely organized company which would be responsible for looking after the forts , and then to provide a subsidy to keep them going . |
22 | In fact you sound as if you 've hardly a minute to yourself between looking after the grandchildren and caring for your husband . |
23 | The attack came from the Royal College of Nursing after a series of recent reports concerning doctors and other medical professionals with HIV . |
24 | Pacepa says that Ceauşescu was afraid of poisoning after the CIA 's attempt to murder Fidel Castro by impregnating his clothes with potions to make his beard fall out , and so he ordered the Securitate department which provided all his personal needs free of charge to arrange for the manufacture of a new set of clothes for every day of his life . |
25 | The PCAS has accused UCCA of poaching after the universities ' system approached polytechnics and told them it would delay the deadline for its 1993 handbook by two weeks to allow them to join . |
26 | We have the advantage of living after the incarnation , and the coming of the Holy Spirit to teach us about God . |
27 | On the one hand , I want fatherhood to make me a better person because I believe that , once I have the responsibility of looking after a child , giving up smoking and drinking and spending money on the motorbike will be a doddle . |
28 | This holster will allow it to be carried by a few of those who presently have no means of looking after a throwline . |
29 | The magistrates told Odey that at present he 's incapable of looking after a dog , and banned him from doing so for 3 years . |
30 | They had both agreed to adopt after two years of unfruitful marriage , but decided to bypass the responsibilities of looking after a baby . |