Example sentences of "but only after [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Russia 's prime minister has managed to get two big coal mines back to work , but only after a promise that the Russian republic would get control over the mines . |
2 | We will retain the right of council tenants to opt for a change of landlord , but only after a fair ballot . |
3 | In 1957 a better diuretic was found , but only after a logical but circuitous investigation , described in detail by K. H. Beyer of Merck , Sharpe , and Dohme . |
4 | This is a far cry from the procedures under the Police Act 1964 , where mutual aid may be provided by one force to another , but only after a request from the latter . |
5 | She had also decided to invite Louise and Miriam , whom she wanted to impress with her domestic abilities , but only after a struggle in which she was torn between the pleasure of impressing them and the displeasure of having two more women and thereby disturbing what she considered to be a favourable balance of the sexes . |
6 | A snowy wasteland yields the third key , but only after a desperate struggle with its guardians , the Ice Soldiers . |
7 | The Pilkington float process , metal skis , xerography , are success stories , but only after a long time period , much effort and many technical difficulties . |
8 | ( 3 ) They would have free elections — but only after a period of institutionalising the revolution had been completed . |
9 | The acting in Francis Gerard 's film is totally convincing ( Bill Flynn and Jana Cilliers are the parents who , incidentally , were finally able to marry , but only after the suicide of their son ) and , though it scarcely ever raises its voice , A Private Life shouts to the rooftops about the injustices it portrays . |
10 | It accepted Mr Yanaev as vice-president ( but only after an embarrassing failure in the first vote and some heavyweight intervention by Mr Gorbachev ) . |
11 | Christine has just been given the all clear … but only after an intensive five weeks of radiation treatment . |