Example sentences of "after a year [unc] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | American officials say that , after a year 's careful thought , the new democracies of Eastern Europe have come to the conclusion that NATO is a splendid thing : a watchdog against any future Soviet attempt to re-establish hegemony over Eastern and Central Europe ( see page 47 ) . |
| 2 | After a year 's postdoctoral research , including a short spell in Sweden on a British Council award , Worswick decided that a long term career at the bench was not for him . |
| 3 | For 1992 they re-employ the services of Australian Mark Waugh , who returns after a year 's sabbatical during which the county was well served by Salim Malik . |
| 4 | After a year 's training the village nurses were placed in local dispensaries and went to look after mothers in childbirth in their own homes . |
| 5 | Joining Surrey and Essex in Group 1 next year will be Lancashire , back after a year 's absence , and Norfolk . |
| 6 | The newer system is cheaper to make , safer , and the tubes are still effective after a year 's continual use . |
| 7 | So after a year 's preliminary investigation they moved the charter and their centre of government to Boston ( Massachusetts , though named after the East Anglian port ) in 1630 and made it clear that they intended to cut off all official connection with the English government . |
| 8 | He has recently returned to Europe after a year 's exile teaching in New Hampshire , and is currently living in Italy . |
| 9 | But it was not until August 1942 , after a year 's delay , that he set to work on the poem again . |
| 10 | I simply did n't need any more , although after a year 's work the headmaster put me up to £7 a week . |
| 11 | After a year 's study with the Revd C. Hodgson at Brathay Vicarage , Ambleside , he entered Trinity College , Cambridge in 1845 , where he began a lifelong friendship with Henry Bradshaw and Dr Fenton Hort [ qq.v. ] , and came under the influence of the writings of F. D. Maurice [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | Retiring in 1959 after a year 's extension , Macpherson continued to be active in public life , as chairman of Cable and Wireless Ltd. ( 1962–7 ) , deputy and then chairman of the Basildon Development Corporation ( 1960–7 ) , vice-president of the Royal Commonwealth and the Royal African Societies , and , from 1962 , vice-chairman of the advisory committee on distinction awards for consultants . |
| 13 | Swallow comes to Shetland after a year 's short-term assignment at Wytch Farm where he provided the engineering input into the onshore field 's scheduled maintenance shutdown in April . |
| 14 | After a year 's break , Crawford was back at the BBC , making a final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and a play that would show his more serious side to a large audience in the way that only television could do . |
| 15 | After a year 's planning and several weeks preparation , this year 's Chelsea Flower Show finally opened to the public today . |
| 16 | Also returning is centre Andy Hewitt who returns after a year 's charity work in London while Neil McCluskey , brother of Graeme , joins the students after a one-year stint in the States . |
| 17 | He further denied claims by former colleagues that he threatened senior staff after leaving the company in 1991 after a year 's employment as manager of its Magherafelt office . |
| 18 | His Williams team-mate , Alain Prost , marked his return to Formula One yesterday after a year 's sabbatical by claiming provisional pole position . |