Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] the following " in BNC.
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| 1 | Made of strong willow cane , the cone-shaped traps were about five feet in diameter at the mouth tapering to a point Once the unfortunate salmon had entered the trap , it was doomed Yanto hoped the recent tide had yielded a fish which he would grab before the traps were checked the following morning . |
| 2 | In 1901 , encouraged by the resurgence of peasant unrest , several local groups combined to form the Socialist Revolutionary ( SR ) Party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |
| 3 | Several local groups came together in 1901 to form the SR party , and were joined the following year by the émigré Agrarian Socialist League . |
| 4 | It was now Friday , and the first volunteers were expected the following day ! |
| 5 | Now the suite was in my name , so I was charged with possession of all these drugs , and with assault , and with a lot of other charges like operating a dive , running a disorderly house and all silly charges which were dropped the following day . |
| 6 | More bombs were used the following year , and it was this , according to MI5 documents obtained by the IRA , that prompted efforts to recruit informants among Irish people in Europe . |
| 7 | The other church leaders were released after several hours in custody , although three were re-arrested the following day . |
| 8 | Swansea took over following a 14–0 win at home to Newport , as Stuart Davies celebrated his call-up to the Wales squad with a try , but were replaced the following week by a determined Pontypool . |
| 9 | They were divorced the following year . |
| 10 | No-one was hurt and they were found the following day , after a search by RAF aircraft , Crocombe and the other seven passengers were rescued by an RAF Vickers Valencia transport . |
| 11 | The decapitated bodies of 33 people were recovered the following day ; most reports gave a death toll of at least 36 , but cited a survivor as stating that 85 had died . |
| 12 | A state of emergency was declared but at least another 40 people were killed the following day . |
| 13 | They were released the following day when a crowd of 4000 people gathered outside the police station . |
| 14 | Soviet support for the Chinese atomic programme , nonetheless , was withdrawn the following year , the USSR was neutral during the Sino-Indian war of 1959 , and in 1960 the dispute between the two communist giants came into the open . |
| 15 | Outside the university , in July 1915 he became a chairman of the Glasgow munitions tribunal , but he proved ill-suited to handling its rowdy proceedings and was dismissed the following year . |
| 16 | The building works continued in a way we might recognise today , and the architect , Mr. Fair , was given the following list of outstanding jobs to discuss with the builder — raising the chimney , painting the window of the ladies ' lavatories , completing the lockers , re-arranging the pipes at the back of the dining room door , fixing the fireplaces and completing the heating apparatus . |
| 17 | For example the Review of Railway Finances chaired by Sir David Serpell was given the following terms of reference ‘ to examine the finances of the railway and associated operations , in the light of all relevant considerations , and to report on options for alternative policies , and their related objectives , designed to secure improved financial results in an efficiently run railway in Great Britain over the next 20 years ’ . |
| 18 | A temporary ceasefire agreed on March 11 was broken the following day . |
| 19 | A week later parliament formally adopted a decree permitting the establishment of political parties , and the party was registered the following day . |
| 20 | However , it was reported the following day that talks had broken down and the employers had stopped the strikers ' wages . |
| 21 | Troops quickly dispersed the students , but further unrest was reported the following day , prompting the authorities to close down the country 's universities and colleges . |
| 22 | It was reported the following day , however , that the UAE delegation had broken off the talks . |
| 23 | The alert , the first of its kind in the city , was cancelled the following day , when ozone fell to tolerable levels . |
| 24 | The decision was attacked the following day by Drazen Budisa , chairman of the opposition Croatian Social Liberal Party ( HSLS ) , who complained that " several thousands of inhabitants of Vukovar imprisoned in Serbian camps " and " tens of thousands of Croats from Central Bosnia about whom we have no information " would be unable to obtain their Croatian nationality and thus the right to vote . |
| 25 | Before either her mother or Lydia had the opportunity for a quiet chat with Martha , the even tenor of life in the kitchen was disrupted the following day , by the arrival of Tamar . |
| 26 | At least this part of Dubrulle 's prayers was answered the following year . |
| 27 | Evidently Sir Hans supported this glowing testimonial as the appointment was made the following year . |
| 28 | Up to 1939 , the local flour mill was in operation and the last iron-rimmed wooden cartwheel was made the following year . |
| 29 | Another flight , this time of one hour , was made the following morning and another two , to complete the necessary four test flights , were made within the space of two days . |
| 30 | It first approached the CNAA in 1971 , and after some initial doubts on the part of the Council , it was told the following year that the CNAA might be able to consider a formal approach on condition that the new institution was not called a ‘ university ’ — since the CNAA was precluded by its Charter from the validation of universities . |