Example sentences of "follow [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then reports to the Public Accounts Committee who will follow up a selection of his reports . |
| 2 | In case of opposition he would follow up a tap from his truncheon with a butt from his head , which was reported as ‘ generally conclusive ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes , I might follow up a tape with a phone call . |
| 4 | Further heated correspondence followed over a period of months , illustrating that strong views were held on both sides and that the time for agreement had not arrived . |
| 5 | Thirdly , to avoid the problems of ‘ single stage ’ studies , we adopted a processual approach and followed up a sample of those arrested through to final outcome . |
| 6 | This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 + for six months after their discharge home . |
| 7 | The accident happened on the outskirts of Chester after a cross-county motorway chase from Warrington as police followed up a report of an attempted armed robbery . |
| 8 | The accident happened on the outskirts of Chester after a cross-county motorway chase from Warrington as police followed up a report of an attempted armed robbery . |
| 9 | Salman Rushdie followed up a meeting with prominent Muslims on Christmas Eve by announcing his conversion to Islam . |
| 10 | We have therefore followed up a group of men born before 1925 in a hospital in Sheffield where routine measurements of the baby at birth included head circumference , body length , and duration of gestation . |
| 11 | During the follow up a mean of 2.48 ( 1.39 ) tubes were required to maintain adequate hearing ability in those treated with tubes alone compared with a mean of 1.52 ( 0.85 ) in the children also receiving adenoidectomy . |
| 12 | The formal rules and regimen are not the bases for the ways in which ordinary policemen perform their tasks , for very few rankers follow even a proportion of the management 's rules of conduct ( for example see Bittner 1967 ; Cain 1973 ; Chatterton 1976 , 1979 ; Eticson 1982 ; Holdaway 1980 , 1983 ; Manning 1977 , 1979 ; Punch 1979a ; Rubinstein 1973 ; Wilson 1968 ) . |
| 13 | The criterion for the acceptance of applicants is their ability to follow successfully a course of academic study and , in appropriate cases , to qualify for admission to a profession . |
| 14 | As conditions improved , the more hardy Koi were introduced , the rest following over a period of weeks . |
| 15 | Lefevre spent much of his time standing about in the street outside the theatre to no avail , whilst Thiercelin wasted a day and a half following up a couple of false trails supplied by articles in the local newssheet . |
| 16 | Police investigating the disapearance of Thames water company Chairman Sir Roy Watts are following up a number of possible sightings . |
| 17 | DETECTIVES were yesterday following up a number of leads after an appeal on national television for information about a Darlington building society robbery . |
| 18 | as if following up a train of thought , he looked across at Joe , saying , ‘ I wonder if those thieving scoundrels will be on the prowl again tonight ? ’ and Joe answered , ‘ I should n't think they 'd have the nerve to make a third trip , not in the same week , anyway . ’ |
| 19 | Clear cross-references , supplemented by a thorough index , allow you to follow up a line of enquiry and to move easily from the text to the line drawings , maps and colour plates — each chosen to represent a particular design or type of rug typical of those currently available — offering instant visual access to the information you need . |