Example sentences of "[adj] following [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group claimed to have executed him in October 1985 following Israel 's air-raid on the PLO headquarters in Tunis . |
| 2 | The diocese of the eastern Angles was divided in the mid-670s on the illness of Bishop Bisi ( HE IV , 5 ) , the Mercian diocese likewise , probably on the deposition of Bishop Wynfrith and the appointment of Seaxwulf , abbot of Peterborough , as bishop , c. 674–5 ( HE IV , 6 ) , 17 and the territory of the northern Angles was partitioned in 678 following King Ecgfrith 's expulsion of Wilfrid , bishop of York ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 24 : HE IV , 12 ) . |
| 3 | BASIC DATA Controlled by Spain since the 19th century , Western Sahara was divided between Morocco and Mauritania under the tripartite Madrid agreement of 1975 following Spain 's decision to withdraw from the territory ( see pp. 27575-77 ) . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Muhammad Hamzah al-Zubaydi , Interior Minister Ali Hasan al-Majid and the head of the Ba'ath Party secretariat , Mizban Khader Hadi , were appointed members of the Revolutionary Command Council ( RCC ) on Oct. 5 following Ba'ath Party elections in September [ see also p. 38452 ] . |
| 5 | An agreement to resume diplomatic relations with Syria after a 30-month break was announced on Jan. 9 , 1989 ( for severance of relations in July 1987 following Hassan 's meeting with Israeli Prime Minister see pp. 34832-33 ) . |
| 6 | The missile programme had been initiated jointly with Egypt in 1982 following Argentina 's defeat by the United Kingdom in the Falklands war , and had been financed partly by Iraq . |
| 7 | An important step in this direction was made on Oct. 28 following Obuchi 's confirmation as leader at a meeting of the whole faction . |