Example sentences of "follow up 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 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 .
5 This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 + for six months after their discharge home .
6 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 .
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 Salman Rushdie followed up a meeting with prominent Muslims on Christmas Eve by announcing his conversion to Islam .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Police investigating the disapearance of Thames water company Chairman Sir Roy Watts are following up a number of possible sightings .
13 DETECTIVES were yesterday following up a number of leads after an appeal on national television for information about a Darlington building society robbery .
14 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 . ’
15 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 .
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