Example sentences of "[vb pp] only after a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Worthwhile objectives can be expected only after a listing of what each partner could bring to a relationship . |
2 | Most of the potholes and caves on Leck Fell and elsewhere occur in hollows and shallow valleys and are revealed only after a search , but the next great chasm in the line of march is identified by a fence and can not be missed . |
3 | However , in December the government achieved a breakthrough in its protracted campaign to trace and retrieve the huge sums believed to have been looted from the country by the Marcos family , when the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that funds held by the family in Swiss bank accounts should be returned to the government of the Philippines , but stipulated that this could be done only after a Philippines ' court had ruled against Marcos [ see p. 37961 ] . |
4 | Inescapably , they must retain such things as overall financial control , a determination of the size of a school 's teaching and ancillary staff , and major decisions about buildings , although many conclusions on these matters are reached only after an ebb and flow of consultation and representation . |
5 | Full diplomatic relations would be re-established only after a meeting at ministerial level which would be held after the resolution of the remaining issues . |
6 | Officers employed in northern Europe , where much of the navy was inevitably disposed , had little patronage at their disposal , and what they got was obtained only after a battle with the Board of Admiralty . |
7 | Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989 , his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount . |
8 | The effect of this rule is that the fixed percentage or the amount of the notional pool is specified in the scheme , but the amount of the distributable pool can be determined only after a profit period has ended . |
9 | Nominal GDP figures , awkwardly , are published only after a lag . |