Example sentences of "soon after [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the resignations of Norman Fowler in December 1989 and Peter Walker in March 1990 ( albeit for family reasons ) coming so soon after the major re-adjustments necessitated by Nigel Lawson 's departure in October , both unsettled the Cabinet and had a demoralising effect on backbenchers . |
| 2 | Throughout the eighteenth century peasant flight , resistance , murder , and revolt were endemic , and the incidence of peasant disturbance began to rise again soon after the Napoleonic Wars . |
| 3 | But soon after the Napoleonic Wars the incidence of peasant disturbances began to rise again : there was a serious outbreak in the Urals in 1835 and widespread violence in 1847 . |
| 4 | Soon after the Persian Wars , as we saw on p. 23 , King Leotychidas of Sparta led an expedition to Thessaly , and ended the tageia of the Aleuads ; at about the same time , Plutarch says , there was a Greek , perhaps a Spartan , fleet at Pagasai , whose strategic importance we have just noticed , and the Spartans tried to get control of the Amphictyony ( see p. 33 ; Plut . |
| 5 | The deputation which arrived soon after the unfortunate events that attended their arrival had made it quite clear that he should not surrender such precious captives . |