Example sentences of "was [verb] after [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amorous contortions of Sex , the rock star 's naughty book , were not only stocked by the department store , but sold out instantly , while the volume on the great American photographer published by Jonathan Cape was withdrawn after protests by dozens of shocked customers . |
| 2 | The new government was formed after consultations with seven parliamentary parties , but not with the Serbian Democratic Party ( SDS ) , which was banned on June 24 after a Sarajevo court found that it had developed into a " classic terrorist organization " , nor with the Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SPO ) . |
| 3 | The meeting was arranged after predictions by the administration 's Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) and the Congressional Budget Office ( CBO ) that the US budget deficit for fiscal 1991 ( beginning Oct. 1 , 1990 ) , would be considerably in excess of that anticipated in the administration 's budget proposal of January 1990 [ see pp. 37177-79 ] . |
| 4 | Melvin Bernhardt , who had directed the show in Cincinnati , was sacked after differences of opinion with Dustin . |
| 5 | How many times did wee Norrie tell us that the only thing standing in the way of recovery was the uncertainty caused by the election when in truth the economy was wrecked after years of mismanagement , the pound weak because our manufacturing base had been destroyed ? |
| 6 | The threat of widespread strikes in the engineering industry was averted after negotiators for the IG Metall union and the employers ' federation Gesamtmetall in northern Baden-Württemberg agreed at midnight on May 17-18 on a 21-month settlement . |
| 7 | The announcement of the commuting of death sentences was made after talks in London between Shaikh Saad and the United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major . |
| 8 | The billet , on the fifth floor of Steel House , the Employment building in Tothill St , Westminster , was selected after discussions with Ms Richardson which took place under the customary pre-election rules . |
| 9 | One incidental result of this was that Indirect Rule , the proud and mysterious creation of innumerable men-on-the-spot , upon which it was forbidden to the uninitiated to look , was transformed after years of scrutiny by metropolitan experts into a uniform system of local government , whereby Britain hoped to bring into the orbit of her unresented influence the non-traditional elements which had made their appearance in African society . |
| 10 | Lynx was sued after claims about conditions at a mink farm in Halifax , West Yorks , run by Ukrainian-born Leo Sawrij . |
| 11 | That quick route on to the statute book was agreed after talks between Scottish Office ministers and Labour MPs . |
| 12 | Heywood Williams said the sale was agreed after changes in the glass market which saw more competition , over-supply of glass and a fall in prices . |
| 13 | The investigation was requested after criticisms of the chairman 's statement and the accounts by a shareholder at a recent company meeting . |
| 14 | He was speaking after meetings in Washington between Dunkel and US trade officials . |
| 15 | For example , the increased risk found by Jorgensen showed only a weak dose-response relation , and the effect found by the Rome Group for Epidemiology and Prevention of Cholelithiasis was reduced after adjustments for confounding factors . |
| 16 | Neil , 31 , was found after neighbours at Westgate-on-Sea , Kent , saw his front door open with the milk outside . |
| 17 | On Dec. 14 Parliament was reconvened after assurances from the opposition , and passed a request to borrow EC$30,000,000 . |
| 18 | A temporary ceasefire between the currently ruling United Somali Congress ( USC ) and groups operating in the south was announced after talks in the southern port of Kismayu on April 2-4 . |
| 19 | There were still people who resisted the idea of a sovereign law-maker with the right to invade any vested interest and set aside any restraining principle , but , by and large , the supremacy of the State was acknowledged after centuries of dispute . |
| 20 | It is understood relatives of the baby , from Dagenham , east London , agreed reluctantly to a transfusion , but it was blocked after objections from senior officials of the religious sect , who hoped alternative treatment could be found . |
| 21 | The deal was struck after talks between lawyers and Official Solicitor David Venables . |
| 22 | He said his decision was taken after talks with the leaders of the two main political parties , the Socialist Party and the Democratic Party , which won a landslide victory in last month 's general election . |
| 23 | Senior officers revealed last night that the decision to open fire was taken after relations between Pringle and negotiators deteriorated yesterday morning . |
| 24 | His face was lined after years of ‘ attention ’ from the STB , the Czech secret police which had now , thank God , been disbanded . |
| 25 | The announcement was issued after reports in the foreign press and on rebel radio stations had given details of arrests and dismissals in Phnom Penh . |
| 26 | During July Albrecht , Beer , Lotze , Maier-Witt , Sternebeck and Viett were all handed over to the West German authorities ; Seckendorff-Gudent was released after allegations against him were dropped . |
| 27 | The collection was returned after negotiations between the Kuwait and Iraqi governments and the UN ; following these a representative of the al-Sabahs was sent to Baghdad in September 1991 to arrange the return of the collection and also that of the Kuwait National Museum . |