Example sentences of "but [adv] after [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Others ( for example people with spinal Injuries or polio ) often experience a similar process of gradual deterioration , but only after many years of relative stability . |
2 | In the end the European side went into the 12 singles matches with a two point lead ( 9-7 ) but only after two Yorkshiremen had produced a rearguard action at the end of the day which even General Custer would have been proud of . |
3 | Subsequent studies ( e.g. Kleinsmith & Kaplan , 1963 , 1964 ; Parkin , Lewinsohn & Folkard , 1982 ) have found that recall for associates to emotional words , or even nonsense syllables evoking high GSRs , is worse after short retention intervals ( e.g. 2 minutes ) but better after longer intervals ( e.g. 7 days ) . |
4 | Anyone can — and some people do — withdraw from a sale or purchase of property before exchange of contracts , but often after some weeks of wasted time . |
5 | In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer . |
6 | But even after six months of intensive study many other problems remain . |
7 | The women do speak of the difficulties in reconciling a class-based politics and feminism , but even after several decades most of the women have remained loyal to the goals of the Communist Party . |