Example sentences of "a [noun] after [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it is disturbing for women to have experiences if they have to remain on a pedestal after marriage . ’ |
| 2 | Through a combination of expenditure cuts , tax changes and asset sales amounting in total to L48,000,000 million , the budget aimed at a surplus before interest payments of L8,100,000 million , thereby achieving a deficit after interest payments of L132,000,000 million ( approximately US$97,500 million ) , representing 9.3 per cent of GDP . |
| 3 | The other notable picture , Rembrandt 's early and small Daniel and Cyrus before the Idol of Bel , estimated at ‘ over £5 million ’ failed to find a buyer after bidding stopped at £6 million . |
| 4 | At the age of sixteen , this writer had slept with an older , married friend of her Father ; she had arranged to meet him in a churchyard after dinner and they made love on a tombstone . |
| 5 | The position of a lessee after assignment towards his lessor in relation to the covenants in his lease is concluded in this court , and I doubt not in all courts , by the decision of Baynton v. Morgan , 22 Q.B.D. 74 . |
| 6 | Wherever you spend your time , the most important thing to enquire about is the prospect of obtaining a seat after pupillage . |
| 7 | ‘ This basis may not be appropriate because the group incurred a loss after taxation and extraordinary items of £1,616,249 during the year ended 31 March 1992 and at that date its current liabilities exceeded its current assets by £6,870,214 and the net deficit was £679,853 . ’ |
| 8 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 9 | And I said , well I 'm gon na give him a ring after tea and then I , we said oh well pras , and Sue will be home tonight so I said well we had n't better ring them ! |
| 10 | Again , in A Search after WIT ; OR , A VISITATION OF THE AUTHORS , 1691 : |
| 11 | Gandhi claims to be simply a seeker after Truth , ceaselessly searching for it , occasionally having glimpses of it , yet not finding it . |
| 12 | ‘ If a child after birth has no right of action for pre-natal injuries , we have a wrong inflicted for which there is no remedy , for , although the father may be entitled to compensation for the loss he has incurred and the mother for what she has suffered , yet there is a residuum of injury for which compensation can not be had save at the suit of the child . |
| 13 | ‘ If a child after birth has no right of action for pre-natal injuries , we have a wrong inflicted for which there is no remedy , for , although the father may be entitled to compensation for the loss he has incurred and the mother for what she has suffered , yet there is a residuum of injury for which compensation can not be had save at the suit of the child . |
| 14 | What if the arguments conjured up to justify a war were false , or a king 's motives reflected factors ( naked ambition , for instance ) less worthy than a seeking after justice ? |
| 15 | And we had expected rather a slump after Christmas that has n't happened really so that er you know we 're just so busy I mean one thing to the next really . |
| 16 | The Vancouver 28 boasts a short after deck as a result . |
| 17 | Divert anger into some activity where it will not hurt others : a walk or a run after work when you first get home will often blow away most of the daily stress . |
| 18 | GETTING ONTO THE OUTBOUND TRACK OF A LET-DOWN AFTER ARRIVAL OVERHEAD ( ASSUMING NO HOLD ) — Valid for all types of approaches . |
| 19 | Three soccer fans accused of using forged banknotes , have ben set free by a judge after spending four months in a Turkish jail . |
| 20 | His assistant should have directed a scene after lunch but the director returned to find things at a stand-still . |
| 21 | after Easter cos I got people have most go in work experience and I did n't get a place after Easter like . |
| 22 | The training sessions could be extended to include nurses , who have a vital role to play when preparing a body after death . |
| 23 | In the ex-French territories of North Africa the sudden removal of Frenchmen from all senior and technical posts caused severe problems for the railways for a period after independence . |
| 24 | I got a job after graduation in 1984 at the GLC in the Disability Resource Team . |
| 25 | It is preferable to encourage those strategies which indicate a groping after meaning ( contextual hypotheses ) rather than those which show a grasp of surface features only . |
| 26 | Do n't rub hair with a towel after washing — blot and leave it to dry . |
| 27 | I 'll have to go and find a room after lunch , I suppose . " |
| 28 | The extended stake can look rather unusual , especially for a while after pruning , but that is a small price to pay to ensure safety . |
| 29 | Nowadays , about a decade after publication of Children 's Minds , developmentalists write about children with a far better understanding of the importance of paying heed to children 's abilities in everyday contexts as well as experimental ones . |
| 30 | Tabinal is used as a rinse twice a day after breakfast and dinner . |