Example sentences of "were [verb] after the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | French restrictions on an African press were lifted after the Second World War , and between 1945 and independence in 1960 thirty-six newspapers emerged and disappeared in Abidjan alone . |
| 2 | Today , half of the dwellings you see around you were built after the Second World War and two out of three are owner-occupied . |
| 3 | ‘ Some residents who were moved after the last round of home closures are now faced with losing their homes a second time , ’ said Mr Common . |
| 4 | Though many were crumbling after the Second World War many owners are now putting them in good order . ’ |
| 5 | Michael 's sister Susan Priestley , 39 , said last night : ‘ We were told after the last appeal that this one was n't likely to succeed but we live in hope . ’ |
| 6 | He wrote the opening and closing signature tunes for the program , but they were dumped after the first season and replaced with ‘ something a little more distinctive ’ . |
| 7 | Ballot results in 32 out of 120 constituencies were annulled after the first round of voting in legislative elections on Sept. 16 ; the second round , scheduled for Sept. 23 , was suspended after the government acknowledged that there had been irregularities at a number of voting centres . |
| 8 | The first changes of net water and ion transport were observed after the second or third hour after administration of cholera toxin . |