Example sentences of "followed [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is ironical that one of the definitions of ‘ professional ’ given in The Shorter Oxford Dictionary ( 1975 ) is ‘ applied to one who follows , by way of profession , what is generally followed as a pastime , as a p. cricketer ’ . |
| 2 | The boundary is located by the sharp change in n∼ and its movement is followed as a function of time using one or other of the optical methods available . |
| 3 | Internalization only followed as a consequence of that external conflict once the sons began to internalize the primal father through chronically ambivalent , guilt-ridden mourning for him . |
| 4 | Negotiations followed as a result of which M. signed a document , whereby he surrendered the lease in consideration of the landlord accepting goods , listed in an inventory made by the bailiffs , ‘ in full and final settlement of all claims and demands against me under the terms of the lease . ’ |
| 5 | Togetherness and self-help in the birth process , followed as a matter of course by breast feeding , is now embraced with less evangelical fervour than it was by Fifties pioneer couples . |
| 6 | Had he not been followed as a Surrey opener by Jack Hobbs , then perhaps he would be better known to posterity . |
| 7 | A distinctly mature audience had come to hear a band whose fortunes they 've followed for a quarter of a century . |
| 8 | From Dent , the street opposite the Sedgwick memorial is taken ; this soon becomes a country lane followed for a mile and a half to Deepdale Methodist Chapel , ignoring a signposted branch to Ingleton after a mile . |
| 9 | This dramatic reduction has been accompanied by a major change in course provision ; during recent years , the three-year Certificate of Education course , followed for a minority of students by a fourth year leading to a Bachelor of Education degree , has been completely replaced by integrated three- and four-year courses leading to ordinary and honours BEd degrees respectively . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Ninety two patients have been followed for a median 14 months ( range 6–37 months ) . |
| 13 | Depending on the software , further overflow records may take no additional time — if it is not necessary to follow all chains — or the average time per overflow record may be nR/2 , where there are n overflow records per track and every overflow chain has to be followed during a record search . |
| 14 | She had wanted to argue the matter out , for she had every next sentence there , in her head , only to be followed like a crochet pattern . |
| 15 | Individual ants have been repeatedly followed with a trolley carrying a mirror that displaces the image of the sun as seen by the ant . |
| 16 | He watched the last of the brothers slip away still awed and silent through the cloister , and followed with a glance the swirl of Robert Bossu 's crimson skirts as he crossed the court with his two attendants at his heels . |
| 17 | Some tablets used the word ‘ o-no ’ , thought to be ‘ wonos ’ ( = price ) , with a commodity and then followed with an amount of some other commodity , such as olive oil or wool . |
| 18 | An impressive demonstration of the role of this factor is its effect on a single progenitor cell which can be followed under a microscope . |
| 19 | Davies v. Sumner is the leading authority on the meaning of the expression ‘ in the course of a business ’ and has been followed in a case under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , R. & B. Customs Brokers v. United Dominion Trust , where it was held that a business 's buying of two or three cars over a period of five years was an insufficient degree of regularity for the latest such purchase to be regarded as made in the course of the business ( see paragraph 10–18 above . ) |
| 20 | The Law Society has published a statement recommending the procedure to be followed in a case of exchange by telephone or telex ( [ 1980 ] Gazette , 13 February , 144 ) . |
| 21 | Nevertheless the problem remains of explaining why sex differential rules arise and are followed in a language at all . |
| 22 | Walking room , as you might expect , is the allowance of extra space ahead of a moving subject which is being followed in a pan shot , whether a human figure , a vehicle or some other object . |
| 23 | The police followed from a distance its blue lights flashing . |
| 24 | The procedures which must be followed before a trial in the High Court or county court should be used by the parties to expose the real area of difference between them and concentrate attention upon it . |
| 25 | Sections 272 to 275 cover the procedure to be followed on a debtor 's petition , including the interesting role of the insolvency practitioner . |
| 26 | A groove is gained and followed to a ledge and large pinnacle block below . |
| 27 | Since the proper title to print depends on the linear context , a more sophisticated system would note the path followed to a node and print the title which suited the context . |
| 28 | The pedestrianisation of the city centres and the huge investment In public transport systems as alternatives to road building have meant that ‘ German cities have led and the rest of the world — including Britain — have followed at a distance . ’ |
| 29 | Since then , victories have followed at a pace , including a class win in the renowned 125-mile international Devizes to Westminster canoe race , and several successes in the Essex Canoeing Association Winter Series Championship . |
| 30 | At the sound of his name , he swallowed his tea , excused himself and , followed at a step behind by Leroy Burns , made his portly way down to the lobby . |