Example sentences of "[prep] following [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I feel well again after following the WNAS programme . |
| 2 | The additional energy they enjoyed after following the diet for a few weeks helped them to take on a much more positive attitude towards life — I could sense a really happy attitude in the remarks on the questionnaires . |
| 3 | He pushed it back as he turned to look at her , and Ronni was aware of following every movement — the cursory flick of dark-tanned fingers through his hair , the accompanying tightening of one muscular shoulder , the sinewy ripple across his broad back . |
| 4 | In use This reviewer makes no great claims to artistic merit , but is perfectly capable of following a tutorial and picking up skills . |
| 5 | We are always delighted to send you information about courses , prospectuses and ( later this year ) to send you a new video about the University which may help you in advising your own pupils about the possibilities and benefits of following a course at Birmingham . |
| 6 | Who on earth wants to think of following a slimming diet for ever . |
| 7 | Being part of a disciplinary community is partly a matter of following a set of rules ; stepping outside the conventions of the discourse invites opprobrium , if not downright excommunication . |
| 8 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 9 | He made the mistake of following the thread of foaming water with his eyes , and jerked himself back just in time . |
| 10 | that any delay which occurred was reasonable and , as the judge found , justifiable and was in part the inevitable consequence of following the Home Office Guidelines ( 1985 ed. ) referred to above ; |
| 11 | Success in the organization becomes a matter of following the rules , and it is much easier to obtain advancement and favour by avoiding mistakes , than it is by actually achieving the goals so vital for business success . |
| 12 | Her ever-present enemy , the heavy mortgage she had around her neck , tripped her up — and she knew she just could not afford the luxury of following the dictates of her pride . |
| 13 | These national criteria have been designed in connection with the new General Certificate of Secondary Education and are intended to ‘ offer a concise account of the understanding , knowledge and competences which should be developed in the course of following the syllabus ’ . |
| 14 | Look for anything that gives them a better chance of following the plot . |
| 15 | Instead of following the movements of heavenly bodies , we rely on mechanical or electronic clocks to tell the time . |
| 16 | Much route planning will rely on some form of memory for the potential routes available , either in terms of a cognitive map of the environment or procedural knowledge of following the route ( e.g. Evans , 1980 ; Thorndyke & Hayes-Roth , 1982 ; van Winsum , Alm , Schraagen & Rothengatter , 1990 ) . |
| 17 | Viewers are excused the demanding task of following the logic of a Horizon exposition ; the important thing is to marvel . |
| 18 | What he did n't know was that the secret military satellite launched on the Columbia space shuttle in the summer of 1989 also had the capability of following the Citation . |
| 19 | In earlier years , is it true that you attended a Senior Management Seminar as a representative of the International Sports Company , ( Dunlop , Slazenger , Carlton , Litesome ) , and stated that you had the two finest wooden rackets in the world and that you had no intention of following the fibreglass and graphite racket trend as it was all a flash in the pan ? |
| 20 | I smiled at how this lady summed up her experience of following the diet : ‘ I felt fine and was never hungry . |
| 21 | After the first week or so of following the diet , with any possible withdrawal symptoms behind you , things should look up . |
| 22 | A rather unspectacular brown Acrocephalus warbler , it was thought to be in imminent danger of following the dodo into extinction until the ICBP bought the island and instituted a programme of saving and increasing its mangrove breeding habitat . |
| 23 | ignoring the difficulties of following the advice of others from outside one 's own work setting , especially if it seems to suggest that one 's own expertise is to be supplanted by it |
| 24 | Should we then conclude that the apparently arbitrary scepticism which underlies the question in fact has no answer , and that there is no objectively right way of following the rule ? |
| 25 | From Aalborg it was largely a matter of following the setting sun , which had broken from its cloud cover even before the flier had reached his chosen height . |
| 26 | It 's , it 's sort of following the demise of part of er Trevor 's empire . |
| 27 | Main guerrilla groups such as the FARC and the ELN , however , continued campaigns of economic sabotage and showed little interest in the government 's offer of peace talks or of following the example of the Maoist Popular Liberation Army ( EPL ) and Revolutionary Workers ' Party ( PRT ) which had demobilized and taken up seats in the National Constituent Assembly [ see p. 37958 ) . |
| 28 | These were aged between 34–80 , had a complete colonoscopic examination of the large bowel , were capable of following the study protocol , and gave a written informed consent . |
| 29 | Whatever the age of the purchaser the firemen ca n't stress enough the importance of following the firework code . |
| 30 | After a year of following the Hip and Thigh Diet combined with a sensible exercise programme , which I hasten to add has been great fun , I have managed to reduce my body weight by almost a third and in the process become fit and healthy . |