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

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1 so it meant that for some time before contingency fund development was introduced you must of had some concerns er about the accuracy of the figures you were putting forward for the publication , can , can I explain that a little more ? if after a few years a major repair needs to be carried out there was no contingency fund , it might mean sticking another two or three hundred pounds a year on the service charges , might it not , to cover a major repair
2 For example , if after every 3 phonemes there are on average seven hypotheses of equal probability , the number of paths will exceed 5 million in an utterance of 27 phonemes .
3 Talks with Saudi Arabia on the border dispute , initiated in Geneva in July [ see pp. 38886 ; 39030 ] , resumed in Riyadh on Sept. 29 , but were suspended a week later , apparently until after the Yemeni elections .
4 President Arístides Pereira asked the outgoing government to stay on in a caretaker capacity until after the presidential elections due on Feb. 17 .
5 Democrats accused Barr of using Lacey 's appointment as a means of circumventing the selection of a fully empowered special prosecutor , and of attempting to stall an inquiry into the BNL affair at least until after the presidential elections .
6 A commonly held view is that he delayed withdrawal for political reasons , until after the presidential elections of December 1965 .
7 A year later Frederick I of Prussia ordered that in future deserters should have their nose and one of their ears cut off and be sent to hard labour for life , while after the Seven Years War a chain of military posts was set up on France 's frontiers to prevent the escape abroad of soldiers fleeing from their units .
8 ‘ Please , Dana , do as I ask ; it 's important , ’ Claudia pleaded , and something in her manner must have got across , for after a few seconds Dana allowed herself to be led towards the café .
9 Her back knitted , but doubled over , for after the first weeks when she was laid on the ground from fear of hurting her raw flesh , she had preferred to lie in a hammock , where she had lain curved for weeks on end .
10 The seneschal glanced at it briefly but did not appear excessively worried , even when after a few moments — the scullions running past and round them were all carrying pails of water and sand , fire blankets , cutting gear and stretchers .
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