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

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1 For the six hours after the test meal , the subjects were instructed to remain quiet .
2 2 Provide any dressing equipment needed for the early days after discharge .
3 He wrote the music for royal visits , for the carnival rejoicings after the battle of Lepanto , for the performance of Edippo Tiranno , a translation of Sophocles which opened Palladio 's Teatro Olimpico at Vicenza in 1585 , and his church music was planned with much greater concern for splendid and effective sound than these secular compositions .
4 For the five years after the murder of the woman at the Theatre Royal his interventions in my life remained purely educative .
5 The investigator 's overall assessments were also compared for the two treatments after adjusting for sex , initial disease severity , hospital centre , and treatment option at day 14 .
6 It expects 1992 's growth to decline one point on 1991 , forecasts 20% for 1993–95 , with 10% for the two years after that .
7 Several hundred people from Northern Ireland are expected to cross the Atlantic to support the Republic 's team , who are virtually assured of qualifying for the final stages after their 2–0 defeat of Lithuania in Dublin on Wednesday .
8 For the twenty-three years after 1950 , the list was run by Miss Mary Bruce , a caricature white-haired Whitehall spinster more interested in horses than in people and who scared the pants off all who worked with her .
9 But the Protestant Elizabeth , the queen whom he thought he was flattering by likening her to Deborah ( the prophetess who , with the help of the Lord , saved Israel from the Canaanites ) , was never to forgive him , and this ensured that his role in the years of success for the Scottish Protestants after 1560 was less than it might otherwise have been .
10 Europe should not hold any fears for the English cup-holders after only four defeats , including two on penalty strokes , in 22 matches on the Continent in recent years .
11 They came each year in tens of thousands before the Civil War , in hundreds of thousands for the twenty years after it , until the completion of the railway network and the advance of the plough on the prairies brought the classical period of the ‘ Wild West ’ ( which was essentially a cattle economy ) to an end in the 1880s .
12 For the initial years after 1910 Korea was under a brutal military regime which attempted to crush all anti-Japanese activity and sentiment .
13 Moreover , not very many of their sculptural portraits have survived ( only a few over a hundred for the three centuries after Alexander ) , partly because they were often made of bronze which was readily melted down for re-use .
14 However historically authentic ( or not ) this account may be , what is clear is that Hungarians adhered to it for a thousand years after their arrival in the Danubian plain at the beginning of the tenth century .
15 Normally Rachel slept for a few hours after the feed and Carrie had made sure her husband knew what to do should the baby wake up before she got home .
16 We sat chatting for a few minutes after finishing our meal .
17 Mustard should be allowed to stand for a few minutes after mixing and before serving to allow the flavour to develop , but mix little and often the flavour will be retained but the pungency will soon be lost .
18 He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him .
19 The only other Briton to win both Opens is Tony Jacklin who , incidentally , came to Jersey to live and play golf for a few years after his retirement from the professional circuit .
20 But I was n't into heroin on a full scale for a few years after that .
21 For a few years after 1413 a lease on the islands of Korcula , Hvar and Brac was obtained with the agreement of the Habsburg Emperor , Sigismund , but the Ragusans failed to maintain their position in face of the hostility of the islanders and the rivalries of their Venetian , Hungarian and Slav neighbours .
22 He left the king 's service for a few years after March 1245 ; it was probably during this period that he compiled a metrical grammar for the children of Hamo de Pecche , a Cambridgeshire baron .
23 For a few years after his return to Edinburgh he prepared anatomical and pathological demonstrations in the Department of Anatomy , but latterly he withdrew from public affairs .
24 They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed .
25 It rained for a few days after that shake of early March .
26 Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) .
27 On 15 December Helen 's baby , a tiny perfect girl , was born , but her labour was long and difficult and she was very ill for a few days after it .
28 She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up .
29 Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children .
30 For a few seconds after their departure , the room was silent .
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