Example sentences of "[was/were] followed [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this they were followed on a much smaller scale by unit trusts and on a very small scale by investment trusts . |
| 2 | Cotton also presented in 1987 17 patients , two ( 12% ) developed biliary related problems requring surgery , one having a stormy postoperative period but no deaths ; two had a second endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with duct clearance and five died of unrelated causes ; the remaining eight patients were followed for a mean of 39 months . |
| 3 | Twenty consecutive patients with AIDS related sclerosing cholangitis , defined from at least two characteristic lesions at endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , were followed for a minimum of 10 months or until death . |
| 4 | The ace of diamonds and another club ruff were followed by a second heart ruff in dummy , leaving the following position : |
| 5 | We were followed by a family — mother , father and daughter . |
| 6 | Drinks were served and these were followed by a splendid steak dinner at the large dining-table . |
| 7 | Light beer and vodka were followed by a simple but nourishing meal of stewed meat and boiled potatoes , preceded by borscht . |
| 8 | These were followed by a Soviet Government decree on 28 June 1918 which nationalised all branches of industry . |
| 9 | These were followed by a fourth sortie of around one hour ten minutes , involving a display . |
| 10 | It may not be a coincidence that the Otago Rugby Union , of which Dowling is a committee member and former chairman , actually requested that the NZRFU cancel the July-August tour of South Africa because of the drug scandals that had occurred — and which were followed by a variety of other allegations and proof of steroid use in the Republic . |
| 11 | It was not Sussex backwardness alone that brought trouble but the collapse of the artificial prosperity across England when the wars ended in 1815 and were followed by a series of disastrous harvests . |
| 12 | The sea trials , which were successful , were followed by a series of lectures and practical training at the Guangzhou Survey Base with a young and enthusiastic team of geologists and technicians . |
| 13 | But Plange hit back with two tries in three minutes — and when Mark Aston 's conversion and penalty were followed by a 46th-minute debut try from Gary Jack , it was all over . |
| 14 | They were followed by a port-wine jelly and a cold soup . |
| 15 | The years in Italy were followed by a couple of years in France , where his father was in charge of the BTA 's Paris office , but rather than go to school in France , Patrick was sent to Dulwich College . |
| 16 | The raids were followed by a military action on the ground , and neutral Cambodia was drawn into the conflict , with appalling loss of life there over the next few years . |
| 17 | In Scotland , a survey and plan for the Lothians ( 1966 ) was followed by a similar study for Grangemouth-Falkirk ( 1968 ) ; expansion plans for the Central Borders ( 1968 ) and Tayside ( 1970 ) were followed by a strategy for South-west Scotland ( also 1970 ) and a West-central Scotland Plan ( 1974 ) . |
| 18 | These were followed by a wide range of commissions which display his inventive powers , including the Gothic Marischal College of 1837 , the New Market of 1840 , and in the same year his headquarters of the North of Scotland Bank , with its quadrant corner screen and richly decorated interior incorporating the Parthenon frieze . |
| 19 | I have come to the conclusion that the important points here are that ( i ) since there was no danger at this time in registering a protest , ( ii ) the final payments were made without any qualification , and ( iii ) were followed by a delay until July 31 , 1975 , before the owners put forward their claim , the correct inference to draw , taking an objective view of the facts , is that the action and inaction of the owners can only be regarded as an affirmation of the variation in June , 1973 , of the terms of the original contract by the agreement to pay the additional 10 per cent . |
| 20 | His words were followed by a silence as the women turned with one accord to stare at Doreen . |
| 21 | The arrests of Islamic fundamentalists in April 1989 ( see p. 36603 ) were followed by a security clampdown in mid-May at the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan which included a ban on open-air prayer meetings outside mosques in many potential trouble spots including slum areas of Cairo and fundamentalist strongholds in Upper Egypt . |
| 22 | Bases of the 14th Army had come under attack from civilians looking for weapons , and initial assurances that the Army would remain neutral were followed by a statement issued on March 17 that , should war in the region become a reality , the Army would act to defend itself . |
| 23 | Her scream , the crash of the chair , and his shouts of pain were followed by a moment 's silence , and then by the ringing of an alarm . |
| 24 | There is some evidence that Cornish tin-mining maintained a reasonable level of production , although with some fluctuations : a sharp drop just after the Black Death and a boom at the end of the fourteenth century were followed by a period of depression in the half-century after 1430 , with a considerable recovery by the early sixteenth century . |
| 25 | More cheers were followed by a rendering of the National Anthem from the regimental band . |
| 26 | Open classes by Margaret Charlwood and Rosemary Gould were followed by a ploughman 's lunch and a video and film display featuring Medau pat and present . |
| 27 | The day began with lively classes given by Jean Parmiter and Joan Gatfield ; these classes were followed by a tasty Ploughman 's lunch when members were joined by our President , Lady Braithwaite and her husband , Sir Franklin . |
| 28 | In the West of Scotland , South Wales , and Fast London — all areas of significantly high immigration — professional boxing was followed with a fierce passion and local fighters were folk-heroes . |
| 29 | These received exposure in which the stimulus was followed on a random 50 per cent of occasions by the presentation of a reinforcer . |
| 30 | This was followed by a wedding staged as if the Bride and Groom were being manipulated as puppets by a group of servants , a particular japanese theatrical tradition . |