Example sentences of "[vb past] following a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Socially , the employee dismissed following a conviction will — whether the dismissal was fair or otherwise — find re-employment difficult , though it is worth noting that at least one tribunal has decided that such an employee is not bound to disclose the reason for his dismissal to a prospective employer ( Mackin v J. Carr Ltd , 1974 IRLR ) . |
2 | Thus , the Dundee tribunal has decided in the unreported case of Cox v Dundee Corporation ( 1974 ) that a man dismissed following a conviction in the Burgh Court for breach of the peace , for which he was sentenced to thirty days , had been treated unfairly . |
3 | The relationship flourished following a visit to Moscow by Sun 's Bill Joy and John Gage in October 1990 — Sun was impressed by the levels of reliability and miniaturisation , combined with a close integration of hardware and software that Elvis+ has brought to wireless networking . |
4 | According to one source , NAPF acted following a complaint from the British Aerospace pension fund about the possible impact of ‘ scurillous advertising ’ in local newspapers . |
5 | Samantha Sherratt , who is compiling the Information Pack , would be glad to hear from people with any comments or details of problems they faced following a partner 's imprisonment . |
6 | In 1886 another Tennant subsidiary in Glasgow , the Cassel Gold Extracting Company , collapsed following a scandal involving H. R. Cassel , its American founder , and MacArthur was called upon to restructure the company . |
7 | The widow of a Naval airman has been awarded more than a hundred and sixty thousand pounds in damages after he died following a bout of heavy drinking . |
8 | An Ayrshire man is considering legal action against Crosshouse Hospital after his wife died following a routine operation . |
9 | An Ayrshire man is considering legal action against Crosshouse Hospital after his wife died following a routine operation there . |
10 | A CORONER yesterday ordered a police investigation after a pensioner died following a car crash near a junction with faulty traffic lights . |
11 | Those doubts disappeared following a telephone call she received while Prince Charles was on a skiing holiday in Klosters , Switzerland . |
12 | Fausto Zapata , of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) , whose election as governor of the state of San Luis Potosí in August had sparked off great controversy , resigned following a meeting on Oct. 9 with President Carlos Salinas de Gortari . |
13 | Peterborough0 Stoke1 ( Stoke win 4–3 on aggregate ) A SINGLE goal by Stoke City secured their place in a Wembley final for the first time in 20 years on a night when defender Lee Sandford required six stitches in a cheek wound following a clash with Peterborough captain Mick Halsall . |
14 | The crisis arose following a demonstration in the capital , Santiago , outside a car repair shop , which had been identified on television as the disguised headquarters of the Army Intelligence Battalion ( BIE ) . |