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Jezebel chased the story for years, only for angry fans to excoriate them for their efforts.

The authorities have raided and dismantled them over the years, only for another to spring up almost immediately.

It's a question Democrats ask every four years, only for the state to stay a deep Republican red.

"I've only done this for 12 years, only for Korea, not for overseas at all," he said by phone from Seoul.

The "Geography" disappeared for a thousand years, only for an unoriginal copy to appear in the 13th century, replete with coloured maps drawn by Byzantine scribes.

Contrary to our expectations, soil stability, water infiltration and nutrient cycling did not differ between ecological plantings and woodlot plantings, and increased with age of planting (2 26 years) only for the nutrient cycling index.

Some are prepared once a year, only for Nowruz.

For one tax year only, for every pound they pay into their pensions they will save 50p in tax.

We were with one agency, then another – we were using about three or four in one year, only for them not to deliver work on time.

Questions are now being asked about how the Department for Education could approve a school for opening one year, only for it to be found to lack the "basic systems" it needs to operate 12 months later.

The FA introduced an 8 feet cross bar used by Sheffield in the same year only for Sheffield to then decide to raise it to 9 feet.