Example sentences of "[noun sg] after [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Income after all taxes ’ is the measure of income after the above taxes , and taxes such as the poll tax , are deducted .
2 From this small beginning , Mr. Shipsey went on to greater things for we used to hear of his progress after the monthly meetings of the Ancient Order of Foresters as both Dad and his friend were Past Chief Rangers .
3 If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks .
4 She and Marie-Claire and Monique sat , heavy , sulky , self-absorbed , graceless whilst Paul-Marie darted and chattered like a squirrel after the scaly balls and his parents sipped their white port and admired him .
5 Pigs in an infected herd become immune to re-infection after a few weeks .
6 " The Chairman after a few remarks called upon Mr. Borland to read his Essay on " Labour , " after which all the Members in rotation were requested to give their views on the subject .
7 And you know Easter after the two weeks , right ?
8 He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again .
9 Hamish Deans and his son George , who were removed from their positions as chairman and vice chairman at the club in May , were on Wednesday charged with fraud after an eight-month police investigation into the club 's affairs .
10 His switch back to the north is a boost after the recent moves by so many of England 's top players .
11 Mathematics if not logic equated the two-goal lead Chelsea had established on the hour with a third-round place for the First Division side after the two clubs had drawn 1-1 at Stamford Bridge .
12 It may be that Chilperic 's death came to be seen in a new light after the Burgundian wars of the 520s and 530s .
13 swinging wildly over to the left , while the other ground to a halt on the gravel after a few yards .
14 A brother , Thomas Piper , is known to Burns enthusiasts as ‘ Spunkie Tammie ’ , a name given to him by the poet after the two men met in Maybole in 1786 .
15 The revolution in painting , 2 : wall-painting and vase-painting after the Persian wars
16 This usually clears up of its own accord after a few days — thereafter the person has no symptoms but may remain infectious .
17 Any Associate is recruited with the prospect that he or she will be eligible for partnership after a few years : business development abilities , superior counselling skills in the field and a deep commitment to the firm and its progress are qualities which will rapidly become determinant .
18 Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days .
19 Michael Middleton , reviewing the exhibition in The Spectator , found Minton 's looser touch and greater directness welcome after the near-academic portraits of the preceding years .
20 He was also a builder and developer of culture , and worked endlessly to set Germany upon a firm governmental and financial footing after the internal struggles that had long divided the German territories against one another .
21 The photographs might represent a wild goose chase after the random neuroses of an insecure young woman .
22 Even putting by a relatively small sum on a regular basis can lead to a healthy nest-egg after a few years .
23 Although bi-gram grammars allow pruning after every two words , overlapping , acoustically similar word strings may escape both backward and forward pruning efforts .
24 Work has not started yet because our tree feller has been heavily involved in clearance work after the recent storms .
25 The figures are inevitably distorted by the fact that several of the great old grammar schools opted to join the private sector after the Labour governments ' reform of secondary education in the 1970s , but of the twenty-two schools attended by Cabinet ministers , eighteen belonged to the 1990 Headmasters ' Conference .
26 The Congress ( I ) Chief Minister , Pratap Singh Rane , who had been acting in a caretaker capacity after the legislative elections , was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister .
27 When the others saw her heading for home after the latest sports or debating session they would say " Look out .
28 You lose it , and you 've got the option to take out a new plan after the five years .
29 He tip-toed across the studio floor and peeped up the corridor after the marching men .
30 Police raided a hotel room after the two men met there and found traces of cocaine .
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