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

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1 Observers noted the existence of a group within the Jatiya Party reportedly in favour of early legislative elections , with the participation of opposition parties , in order to legitimize the Ershad regime after the alleged rigged elections of March 1988 and to present evidence to foreign aid donors of a committed return to democracy .
2 Last month he was hauled before the management committee of the British Judo Association to explain a series of criticisms he had made in The Independent after the poor British results at the European Championships in Helsinki last May .
3 That , and the narrowly missed encounter with Richard Blake after the intervening four years .
4 Everything around us makes us enthusiastic about knitting again after the lazy outdoor days of summer .
5 After the immediate post-war difficulties , the American economy flourished .
6 However , in many American accents and in some English accents of the South and East we find that , while ‘ pew ’ is pronounced and ‘ queue ’ as , ‘ tune ’ is pronounced ; this absence of is found after the other alveolar consonants , hence : ‘ due ’ ; ‘ new ’ .
7 Mr Garbutt said after the other two devices were found that police were satisfied the four were linked .
8 And much though I appreciate your relentless exhumation of the world 's injustices month by month , I find myself hankering after the wacky old days .
9 After the additional 18 months exposure of the isolated bones , the skulls and mandibles were still intact , but where any sutures were exposed to the weather they had started to open out .
10 Tributes have continued to pour in for British Team Manager Les Jones , who died after the European Indoor Championships in Genoa .
11 After the recent heady events , the Forum is now entering a new phase .
12 Colombo radio reported on Oct. 17 that the LTTE had recently been admitting , at public meetings in its remaining Jaffna stronghold , that the organization was disintegrating , foreign funds were drying up after the recent military reverses , and Tamil youths were refusing to join its guerrillas .
13 AFTER the recent wonderful developments in eastern Europe , particularly the fall of the Berlin Wall , can we now have a bit more freedom — other than the freedom to spend money .
14 Then in the afternoon fours game he fought back brilliantly , assisted with some great bowls from his No 3 John McLoughlin — another Games candidate — to level the match 17-17 after the stipulated 21 ends .
15 You 're going back after the normal four days , are n't you , Taff ? ’
16 Excitement for many at the thought of returning home after the long hard years in exile .
17 SCOTLAND 's international selectors have taken the unusual step of leaving a vacancy in their team for the World Championships in Gothenburg in May , until after the Scottish national championships and the Top 12 tournament next month .
18 Oh , no , not that , she would n't be able to suffer that , not after the past few days that had been so ecstatic .
19 And after the shocking recent performances , including the 10-9 defeat by London Irish , there 'll be five changes in the side .
20 Likewise , for themselves to go chasing after the dispersed fleeing men in the darkness would be a waste of effort .
21 So Protestant opinions had not been silenced by Arran 's change of heart after the initial heady days of 1543 ; and the Rough Wooing had not broken the link between the English and the hopes of Scottish Protestants .
22 If borrowers want to keep on the insurance after the free 12 months , the cost is 43p a month per £1,000 of mortgage so the cost would be £12.90 a month for a £30,000 mortgage .
23 So , after the inevitable few months of bereavement , Amy went to work on herself , for herself .
24 They were always supportive , even after the inevitable bad days . ’
25 They put on 24 after the previous six wickets had gone down for 40 .
26 It swiftly became apparent that congress would not go along with such an increase , especially after the big Democratic gains in the 1974 elections .
27 After the bitter Allied reverses in 1915 , a new effort was made at Chantilly , Joffre 's headquarters , to devise a coherent military strategy — ‘ Unity of front ’ , in the phrase of the new French prime minister , Aristide .
28 By a curious historical freak , this village was an independent republic for four centuries ; it was only after the French Revolutionary Wars that it was incorporated into canton Schwyz .
29 After the wet dark days , the country seems more populous .
30 Part of him hankered after the poetic Victorian times when women died in childbirth at twenty leaving their partner free to get another young girl .
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