Example sentences of "[prep] [num] following an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The amount outstanding on bank credit cards increased by £0.13bn in the fourth quarter of 1991 following an increase of £0.21bn in the previous quarter . |
2 | After a 15-week trial , a military court on Dec. 12 , 1989 , sentenced a police colonel to 15 years ' imprisonment for ordering the killing in cold blood of 124 unarmed inmates of Lurigancho prison in Lima in 1986 following an uprising [ see pp. 34607-08 ] . |
3 | Legionnaires ' Disease was first recognised and named in 1976 following an outbreak of pneumonia amongst a group of American Legion delegates to a convention in Philadelphia . |
4 | It was introduced in 1970 following an amendment to the articles of agreement of the IMF and the formation of a special drawing account . |
5 | Karkeek , who died aged 55 in 1858 following an accident to his gig , qualified on 1 December 1834 . |
6 | Moreover , a reduction of frequency from four to three following an intervention is equally likely to give a misleading impression of the efficacy of the intervention . |