Example sentences of "[was/were] followed [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | More cheers were followed by a rendering of the National Anthem from the regimental band . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His words were followed by a silence as the women turned with one accord to stare at Doreen . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This was followed by a circular of the same title which set out proposals to help long-stay hospital patients to return to the community . |
| 13 | He was in France again in the spring of 1952 , and this was followed by a trip to the United States and then one to Scotland . |
| 14 | This was followed by a life of E. F. L. Wood , first Earl of Halifax [ q.v. ] , whom he had served as parliamentary private secretary in 1938–9 , published as Halifax ( 1965 ) . |
| 15 | His Anthology of Nineties Verse ( 1930 ) was followed by a life of Sir H. M. Stanley [ q.v. ] ( 1933 ) . |
| 16 | The foundation of UWUSA in May 1986 , six months after the launch of the pro-ANC Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) , was followed by a wave of shopfloor violence and the killing of several COSATU activists . |
| 17 | This was followed by a second at the Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum , Kelvingrove . |
| 18 | Jackie 's third and final championship , 1973 , was another story , with the season starting in ascending order : a third place in Argentina was followed by a second in Brazil and a victory in South Africa . |
| 19 | A tow to the SS Reina Del Pacifico was followed by a wash in the Chief Petty Officers ' quarters , interrupted by two hits on the ship from a French battery , and when the canoeists came back on deck they found the canoe had been stripped by souvenir hunters , who now began asking for autographs . |
| 20 | Down by the bus station I was followed by a gang of youths chanting ‘ Puff , the Magic Dragon ’ . |
| 21 | The technical director of Magnesium Elektron and chairman of the Manchester Section , Frank Farnworth , made the presentation on behalf of the Society and this was followed by a tour of the Zirconium Chemicals Plant and lunch . |
| 22 | This was followed by a tour of Lending Services , the Scottish Science Library , and the Map Library . |
| 23 | Not much rose on the Tees at Stockton in those days , least of all trout ; and a ducking was followed by a dash to hospital and an appointment with a stomach pump . |
| 24 | Sustained pressure in the Army media was followed by a decision by Suchinda on Nov. 12 to ban " unusual " gatherings of more than 10 people outside Government House , thereby preventing the holding of a pro-Chalerm rally ; the ban was lifted on Nov. 16 . |
| 25 | This was followed by a stint in Castle Street , Tralee . |
| 26 | It was followed by a rash of local selective strikes by health-service workers , dustmen , even the grave-diggers of Liverpool . |
| 27 | This was followed by a film of a mediaeval banquet at which the guests , after much lusty eating and drinking , undressed one another at a leisurely pace , then climbed on to the refectory table for a general post , to the accompaniment on the sound track of much wheezing and grunting . |
| 28 | This was followed by a film of workings in the Shrewsbury sheds and the demolition of the GWR shed . |
| 29 | An introductory lecture on land designation and the planning system was followed by a history of the national parks movement from George Yeomans , Deputy National Park Officer . |
| 30 | This was followed by a presentation by Mr Michael Foley on ‘ Celebrating Baptism as a Parish Community ’ . |