Example sentences of "follow [adv prt] [art] [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 It was hoped that the Caracas talks would follow up the agreement on constitutional amendments with a detailed agreement on ceasefire terms and on how to deal with members of the military guilty of human rights violations .
5 Three quarters of local authorities did not follow up the Department of Environment 's advice and carry out checks to see if the tenant was receiving the right benefits .
6 Unsurprisingly , since some institutions have literally thousands of enquirers , records are seldom kept of those who do not follow up an enquiry with an application .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 + for six months after their discharge home .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Salman Rushdie followed up a meeting with prominent Muslims on Christmas Eve by announcing his conversion to Islam .
13 Furthermore , we followed up the course of the accompanying cholecystitis for 12 months and describe its complete cure .
14 When peace came again in 1918 we followed up the production of reversible wool rugs with the making of chenille Axminster carpets .
15 The Unit followed up the health of 700 children who had been on Blackpool beach last summer .
16 Despite Smith 's enlightening discovery no one followed up the connection until the 1960s when Swedish scientists recorded a high rate of fish deaths in the southern lakes of their country .
17 I must have looked uncomprehending , for he followed up the pantomime with :
18 In order to do this he followed up the material throughout its various processes , and plotted its progress on a chart or series of charts .
19 Bailey and Harrison ( 1984 ) followed up the research of Cohen ( 1975 ) , which had reported that percentage cloze scores seemed to represent different levels of understanding according to the nature of the subject .
20 The stream may be followed down the field to a lateral path which crosses it by yet another God 's Bridge , a stone arch formed by nature .
21 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 .
22 Kylie quickly followed up the success of ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ with another single , ‘ Go To Be Certain ’ .
23 John Ritchie , Staff Development TVEI Co-ordinator , has now followed up the audit by inviting all schools in identify developments that should be undertaken centrally to allow these gaps to be filled .
24 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 .
25 I went with the boss to do it so that we could follow up the practice of the theory you see .
26 As conditions improved , the more hardy Koi were introduced , the rest following over a period of weeks .
27 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 .
28 Police investigating the disapearance of Thames water company Chairman Sir Roy Watts are following up a number of possible sightings .
29 DETECTIVES were yesterday following up a number of leads after an appeal on national television for information about a Darlington building society robbery .
30 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 . ’
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