Example sentences of "was [vb pp] after [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time Article 130 of the Constitution , recognizing the Roman Catholic Church and lifting restraints on the clergy after more than 130 years , was amended after a three-week debate . |
| 2 | The column was erected after a plague epidemic of 1713 and the angels after a famine of 1772 . |
| 3 | A TV show featuring sexy home videos was halted after a flood of viewers ' complaints in Sydney , Australia . |
| 4 | Turkey 's state-owned Posts , Telegraphs & Telephone Administration is inviting rebids for the contract to set up a Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular system : bids had already been received to set up the system on a revenue-sharing basis , but the tender was withdrawn after the PTT decided to set up the system on a concession basis instead . |
| 5 | The low-lying helmet streamer , lower right , was formed after a prominence eruption and coronal mass ejection . |
| 6 | It was formed after the ‘ Limehouse Declaration ’ , issued from David Owen 's home in February 1981 . |
| 7 | A transition team to negotiate the handover of power from the FSLN to the UNO was formed after the elections , headed by ( for the UNO ) Antonio Lacayo , Chamorro 's brother-in-law , who had run her election campaign , and ( for the FSLN ) Cdr . |
| 8 | Keith Atkinson 's case against a health authority was dismissed after a six year legal battle . |
| 9 | Franlow maintains Mrs Taylor was dismissed after a long-running dispute with the manageress . |
| 10 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |
| 11 | Bone marrow is the source of immune system cells , and the transplant of new marrow was given after the patient 's own bone marrow had been destroyed by doses of radiation and chemotherapy . |
| 12 | This rating was given after the speed rating and subjects were asked to think carefully about it before answering . |
| 13 | When L-arginine was given after the inhibitors , blood pressure returned to resting values within five minutes . |
| 14 | However , in the sequence proposed by Smith ( 1969 , 100 ) : Newton St. Loe Withington Barton Farm Woodchester the Withington pavement was placed after the Newton St. Loe mosaic , and both were considered as works of the late-third century . |
| 15 | The scout leader , who has not been named , was not seriously injured , but was shaken after the incident . |
| 16 | Reid was repulsed after a bitter inter-union struggle , was charged and found guilty of disorderly conduct and eventually ejected from his office as branch secretary . |
| 17 | Despite its having been declared an open province at the end of 1988 [ see p. 36934 ] , anti-Indonesian agitation continued in the former Portuguese enclave of East Timor which was annexed after the invasion of 1975 [ see p. 27535 ] . |
| 18 | Gower was sacked after a disastrous Test series against Australia and axed from the winter tour to the West Indies . |
| 19 | Peacock was sacked after a year , and other staff followed . |
| 20 | ‘ It was the same when he got that job on a building site and was sacked after a few days , although they said there was nothing wrong with his work . |
| 21 | Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion 's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs . |
| 22 | Mrs Frak was sacked after the incident and was told by magistrates she could now face prison . |
| 23 | Baxter 's right shinbone was broken after a clash with Rapide Vienna 's tough centre-half Skocik . |
| 24 | The funeral of two IRA men shot dead by soldiers in Northern Ireland was delayed after the priest initially refused to allow the coffins into the church becuase they were draped with the Irish Tricolour . |
| 25 | Shooter , described in court as a salesman , was caught after a plain-clothes police officer posed as a courier taking the first of the blackmail money to a pick-up point at Edinburgh Airport . |
| 26 | Similar pancreatic injury was reported after the administration of platelet activating factor directly to the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery of rabbit . |
| 27 | The knights engaged in close combat but the jousting was cancelled after the first few contests as the horses were unsure of their footing in the mud and consequently the inept efforts of the knights produced only laughter from the spectators . |
| 28 | This restriction was lifted after a while , and now I can wear jeans again . |
| 29 | The previous day also the factory was evacuated after a bomb scare . |
| 30 | He was warned after a clash with Jon Gittens and was booked after a two-footed challenge on the goalscorer , John Hendrie . |