Example sentences of "shortly after the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after the point at which the recital ends , sand was to cover some more helicopters — those sent by President Carter to liberate the American hostages seized in Teheran , where Kapuscinski catches a glimpse not of them but of their place of confinement . |
| 2 | Shortly after the start I had problems with Gerhard 's oil all over my visor , so I just drove my taxi home to take third place . ’ |
| 3 | No reasonable person could have objected — nor did they — when , shortly after the death of the Hizbollah bomber , an impressive steel anti-terrorist shield was installed close to No. 10 . |
| 4 | Published by the research arm of the Department of Transport , the report comes shortly after the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham announced it would be introducing the scheme later this month . |
| 5 | Shortly after the announcement Pablo Escobar , the reputed leader of the cartel , the largest in the world , reiterated the drug barons ' readiness to negotiate with the government in a letter to a Bogota newspaper . |
| 6 | The Frenchman had produced a bottle of champagne and a couple of bottles of burgundy 1924 ; with the help of a my little black book of French/English , I understood that he had buried the champagne and the wine in his garden just before the Germans entered the village shortly after the collapse in 1940 . |
| 7 | Shortly after the abolition of the CPRS , Professor George Jones noted : ‘ While she has been strengthening her own personal staff resources , she has weakened those at the disposal of her Cabinet colleagues for the performances of their collective deliberations by abolishing the CPRS . |
| 8 | Following only a little chaos , much speedy uncoupling and in-ramping , and a very occasional one-sided angry conversation between ‘ Staff ’ and a couple of luckless young sappers , the aim was achieved , and shortly after the break of a glorious dawn , each rig ran the Union Flag up its mast in honour of a very rare occasion . |
| 9 | C. S. Lewis was given rooms in New Buildings and moved in shortly after the end of the summer term , 1925 . |
| 10 | Writing shortly after the end of the war , Roger Manvell spoke of a ‘ cinematic poetry peculiar to British films ’ while Dilys Powell suggested that the films made during the war had ‘ set the English film on the path in which masterpieces may be created . ’ |
| 11 | Chamberlain 's experience of first-class cricket is slim , confined to six matches for Northants shortly after the war . |
| 12 | Chamberlain 's practical experience of first-class cricket is slim , confined to six matches for Northamptonshire shortly after the war . |
| 13 | Shortly after the interview , paramilitaries raided the Adoc offices and Mr Endara was forced to flee by taxi , taking refuge at the Vatican embassy . |
| 14 | In France , Jean-Pierre Chevènement , who resigned as defence minister shortly after the outbreak of war , accused the United States a few years ago of ‘ the organised cretinisation of our people . ’ |
| 15 | Britain 's prime-lending rate was cut by 0.5% shortly after the budget , to 13.5% , down from 15% in February . |
| 16 | Karl Heim , German Lutheran theologian , scientist and writer , recounts an incident which occurred in Moscow shortly after the Russian Revolution . |
| 17 | The Yorkshire Observer , shortly after the end of the General Strike , reported : |
| 18 | Shortly after the Edinburgh Conference , the National Council of Labour , which brought the executives of the TUC and the Labour Party together , agreed that the Spanish government should have its commercial rights restored . |
| 19 | The fuel gauge had gone on the blink shortly after the start , but pulling in for a pit-stop would cost him precious seconds . |
| 20 | One evening , shortly after the funeral , and after the supportive grandparents had returned home , Geoff , the father , sat talking to his children about how much he was missing their mother . |
| 21 | Registration has to be done very shortly after the death itself , so the person who goes to the office to do this finds himself alongside people who are celebrating the birth of a baby , or registering a marriage . |
| 22 | William of Orange House seems to date from shortly after the events of 1688 . |
| 23 | The departure of flanker Hill with a groin injury shortly after the restart brought on Foulds , a second-row forward , which forced Park to shuffle their pack . |
| 24 | ‘ Shortly after the Revolution there was a decree prohibiting any sexually provocative behaviour on the part of a woman , ’ says Sobchak . |
| 25 | A NEW Finance Bill will be put before the House of Commons shortly after the Queen 's Speech on May 6 to include the parts of the Budget which were dropped when the election was called the day after Budget Day , including increases in inheritance tax allowances , backdated to the start of the current financial year . |
| 26 | Shortly after the agreement in late February 1939 , he wrote to Jacques indicating the importance he had attached to the negotiated agreement with the Cambridge Board : |
| 27 | It is likely that he was photographed in 1887 , shortly after the Nez Perce war , probably at Bismark . |
| 28 | At the 1982 Open Forum , shortly after the unsuccessful Extraordinary General Meeting , members repeated their demand for clubhouse alterations and a change in the constitution to eliminate bondholders . |
| 29 | George Blake , the MI6 officer who had been secretary of the committee that had planned Operation Gold in 1953 had joined MI6 shortly after the war . |
| 30 | Her age and weakened state had no tolerance for a 1M , so I repeated Sulph. 30 when the problems returned shortly after the aggravation . |