Example sentences of "following a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen above that this involves a shift from the concrete perceptual meaning of " following a phenomenon with the senses " to viewing perception merely as the basis for asserting that the infinitive 's event really took place . |
| 2 | MacLeod has toughened up the side during a close season which saw the club turn full-time following a flirtation with relegation last year . |
| 3 | However , the issue was not settled and following a rating revaluation in Scotland , which caused much unrest , a further inquiry ( the fourth in fifteen years ) began , which resulted in the 1986 Green Paper , Paying for Local Government . |
| 4 | In fairness to Sarah he had wanted to devote a whole day to her , but the pressure of his work had made it impossible , and he had been forced to settle for an afternoon wedding , following a Governors ' meeting , so that he and his bride could depart for Chertsey on the last train . |
| 5 | Following a colleaque 's battle against skin cancer , Canberra musician , Tim Marshall ( pictured right ) , organised a ‘ one man sponsored run ’ in aid of Wessex Cancer Fund . |
| 6 | The visitors reduced the arrears with a try on twenty minutes scored by Colin Vynal and converted by Neil Smith , and right on the interval took the lead with another try , this time from skipper , Simon Grater erm again converted by Neil Smith following a mistake in the Old Boys ' defence . |
| 7 | Jackson obtained another patent in 1760 , for manufacturing isinglass from British materials at his own factory , following a journey to Russia . |
| 8 | Following a journey to Persia in 1889–90 of which he published an account in 1892 , he tells of the constitution in the 1840s of a Turco-Persian commission pursuant to the Second Treaty of Erzerum concluded at the prompting of Britain and Russia : |
| 9 | Why , following a revolution , does a government which has effective power backed up with military force , seek to make a constitution ? |
| 10 | KEVIN KEEGAN was keeping cool yesterday following a run of three defeats that has left fans wondering whether Newcastle 's bubble has burst . |
| 11 | Keegan got Newcastle back on the rails at Birmingham , following a run of three defeats . |
| 12 | Chambers added a penalty goal for Banbridge after 15 minutes but Bangor were now well in control and Jeffrey McMaster almost got his name on the score sheet following a run down the left wing but he was stopped short and hooker Darryl Flanagan was up quickly for the try which Strutt converted . |
| 13 | The experienced Peter Thomson then showed his younger Darlington counterparts the way as he pulled a goal back following a run of sheer determination from his own half . |
| 14 | Apparently following a plea by the newly returned Uniate Cardinal Miroslav Lubachivsky [ see p. 38104-05 ] , Khmara had finally been released pending trial on April 5 after almost five months in investigative custody ( the delay in bringing him to trial resulted from the original indictment having been withdrawn by the prosecution in early March for further investigations ) . |
| 15 | Following a Federation Council meeting on Jan. 3 Gorbachev announced on television that a provisional agreement had been reached to end the budget deadlock . |
| 16 | Mr Charles Sawyer , an ambulanceman for five years , was also suspended on his return from taking an elderly woman to hospital following a crash in Chelsea . |
| 17 | A few miles away another motorist was killed after a pile-up on the A38 , which feeds onto the M1 at junction 28 , following a crash which involved 20 vehicles . |
| 18 | For McCallen it was a poor day as he missed the Superbike race on doctor 's orders following a crash in the first 250cc . |
| 19 | Parents and staff at a primary school are calling for compulsory seat belts on coaches following a crash in which thirteen children were injured . |
| 20 | Charles died on the 28th January 814 , after complications following a winter cold . |
| 21 | Ozone levels over much of North America and Europe were at the lowest levels on record in February , at between 9 and 20 per cent below normal , following a winter of persistently depleted levels . |
| 22 | We studied 20 children with coeliac disease who had been following a gluten free diet for mean ( SD ) 14 ( 3 ) months . |
| 23 | THOUSANDS of homes have been relying on stored water supplies following a discharge of diesel oil into the River Tees . |
| 24 | Two men were later arrested — one was shot by an Army marksman and the other taken from a house following a siege . |
| 25 | Labour MP Alan Milburn has called for action following a siege in Lyonette Road , Darlington , when 21-year-old Leanne Rees was held at gunpoint for 47 hours . |
| 26 | James Thear , 28 , of Aspley Gardens , Kenton , Newcastle , was remanded in custody by Newcastle Crown Court yesterday on firearms charges following a siege in Little Benton last December . |
| 27 | If each firm believes the other 's threat to minimax forever following a defection , its best response is not to defect . |
| 28 | Now , consider what would be the situation at the beginning of the period immediately following a defection . |
| 29 | They begin by asking the question : in the period immediately following a defection , what would stop the firms getting together and , instead of actually carrying out the punishment , agreeing to reinstitute the collusive agreement ? |
| 30 | Poor families have also suffered from the withdrawal of free school meals for 500,000 children in 1988/89 , following a tightening of the eligibility criteria . |