Example sentences of "[num] following [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | though the Conservative government were able , in 1981 , to amend the GDO to increase the scope of permitted development from 10 to 15 per cent , the Labour government ‘ were forced to withdraw similar proposals in 1977 following a spirited battle in the House of Lords ’ . |
| 32 | The space shuttle Discovery returned to Earth on April 29 following a five-day mission during which it successfully deployed the US$1,500 million Hubble Space Telescope jointly developed by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) and the European Space Agency ( ESA ) . |
| 33 | Reports of plans inviting former Warsaw Pact countries to establish closer relations with NATO had been confirmed on Oct. 3 following a joint US-German declaration recommending the creation of a pan-European " North Atlantic Cooperation Council " . |
| 34 | A new National Council of Ministers was sworn in on Jan. 13 ; its predecessor had been dissolved on Jan. 3 following a decision to reduce the number of ministries from 25 to 16 as part of a rationalization of the civil service . |
| 35 | Alan Bond , one of Australia 's most flamboyant entrepreneurs and former chairman of Bond Corporation Holdings , was arrested on Dec. 6 following an investigation into the November 1988 collapse of Rothwells Ltd. , a merchant bank run by his friend and business associate Laurie Connell . |
| 36 | Bond was arrested on Dec. 6 following an investigation into the 1988 collapse of Rothwells Ltd. , a merchant bank run by his business associate , Laurie Connell [ see p. 37920 ] . |
| 37 | These two major blows basically saw the end of his racing career , although he continued to compete on BMWs and Nortons again , before retiring in September 1961 following a crash in Sweden . |
| 38 | Karkeek , who died aged 55 in 1858 following an accident to his gig , qualified on 1 December 1834 . |
| 39 | An agreement to increase contacts aimed at resolving the financial dispute between Iran and France [ see p. 37929 ] was confirmed on Sept. 27 following a meeting in New York between Vellayati and his French counterpart , Roland Dumas . |
| 40 | Nicholas Braithwaite , 64 , was appointed Prime Minister by Governor-General Sir Paul Scoon on March 16 following an inconclusive general election on March 13 . |
| 41 | This contest , for Under-15s , started in 1970 following a suggestion by The Cricketer 's chairman , Ben Brocklehurst , to the ESCA President Hubert Doggart and , together with the invaluable financial help of The Lord 's Taverners , The Cricketer has been proud to organise and support this competition ever since . |
| 42 | It was introduced in 1970 following an amendment to the articles of agreement of the IMF and the formation of a special drawing account . |
| 43 | The PKO bill was finally approved by the upper house in the early hours of June 9 by 137 votes to 102 following a major filibustering effort by the SDPJ and the Japan Communist Party ( JCP ) which lasted for almost four days and nights . |
| 44 | Construction of a nuclear power station on Belene Island in the Danube was finally suspended on Feb. 15 following a general strike in the nearby town of Svishtov . |
| 45 | His editorship ended in 1880 following a change of ownership , but in 1877 Knowles had already founded a new magazine , the Nineteenth Century , which became even more influential , bringing Knowles again into the centre of contemporary thought and politics . |
| 46 | This emphasis , repeated by UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Oct. 23 following a meeting in London with the Amir of Kuwait , was seen as an attempt to counteract the perception of a softening in the Saudi attitude [ see below ] . |
| 47 | Chiddingfold continued to dominate and Judge made it four following a corner . |
| 48 | Mr King , who was sacked from the group 's board in November 1989 following a problematic £629m management buyout eight months earlier , was told by a High Court judge that he had carried out his duties correctly . |
| 49 | Opened in May 1989 following a total refurbishment . |
| 50 | The Flag Protection Act had been passed in October 1989 following a Supreme Court decision four months earlier which overturned a similar Texas statute . |
| 51 | The military strength of the CPB was seriously diminished in 1989 following a mutiny by Wa tribesmen , who constituted an estimated 80 per cent of the CPB 's membership . |
| 52 | At the end of 1989 following a meeting with Lancashire County Council Transport Department it was agreed that the minibus bringing children to Scorton School should be able to take fare-paying passengers to the A6 to connect with the bus services to Lancaster and Preston . |
| 53 | Plexus , which went bankrupt in 1989 following an unstable transition from hardware to software production , was subsequently rescued by Dallas , Texas-based Recognition Equipment Inc . |
| 54 | The interim coalition government , formed in November 1989 following an inconclusive general election , collapsed on Feb. 12 when all three component parties withdrew their ministers . |
| 55 | The intercommunal talks had reopened on Feb. 26 after having been broken off in July 1989 following an incident on the " green line " between the Greek and Turkish sectors of the island , when more than 100 Greek Cypriots were arrested by Turkish Cypriot police [ see p. 36822 ] . |
| 56 | The ballet dancer , Rudolf Nureyev , has died at the age of fifty-four following a long illness . |
| 57 | Fairburn died in London 12 October 1945 following a heart attack . |
| 58 | We may roughly classify problems connected with fishing industries as those which are affected by very quick changes , such as uncertainties of the weather ; or by changes of moderate length , such as the increased demand for fish caused by the scarcity of meat during the year or two following a cattle plague . [ … ] |
| 59 | have taken over the lead in division two following a hard fought win Jarrow . |
| 60 | The Constitution was suspended in 1974 following a military coup [ see pp. 26486-97 ] , and the country was ruled by a Supreme Military Council under Seyni Kountché until his death in November 1987 , when the Supreme Military Council appointed the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces , Brig. |