Example sentences of "follow [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " 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 The DRO can follow up a placement to discuss any problems that may arise between the disabled worker and his employer .
5 She could hardly follow up the exchange they had just had with a question about his relationship with Puddephat .
6 He 'll follow up the contact , phone Steven , drop by and see him .
7 But first let us follow up the possibility that the problem is entirely to do with the estimate .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 But among those with special achievements to their credit were the branches at Knebworth ( Hertfordshire ) , Kelvedon , Manningtree and Wivenhoe ( Essex ) , all of which published village histories during 1953–54 ; at Hemel Hempstead which duplicated and sold Welfare and the State , the log-book of weekly discussions in a Long Terminal on ‘ Economic and Social Problems ’ held in 1956–57 ; at Linton ( Cambridgeshire ) which followed up a music course by helping to launch the Linton Music Festival in July 1957 , destined to become an annual event ; and at Colchester where a Tutorial on archaeology from 1955 to 1958 led to the formation of the Colchester Archaeological Group .
13 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 .
14 This study followed up a cohort of 386 patients aged 65 + for six months after their discharge home .
15 He also followed up a rumour that another ME I 10 had crash-landed north of Glasgow the same night , although he did not get to the bottom of it , and assumed it was more evidence of the Scottish Saturday Night .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Salman Rushdie followed up a meeting with prominent Muslims on Christmas Eve by announcing his conversion to Islam .
19 At the time he was racing a boat on the international circuit and his crew member 's cousin was none other than David Kay of GKR ; Stork followed up the contact and , because of his research , marketing and overseas experience , the newly-established GKR offered him a job to develop their search business in Europe .
20 Furthermore , we followed up the course of the accompanying cholecystitis for 12 months and describe its complete cure .
21 Anyway , that meant that the whole thing was top secret , because they did n't want to risk any leaks in case somebody followed up the work and got in first with a patent . ’
22 I left the cycle near a ruin and followed up the burn beyond .
23 When peace came again in 1918 we followed up the production of reversible wool rugs with the making of chenille Axminster carpets .
24 The Unit followed up the health of 700 children who had been on Blackpool beach last summer .
25 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 .
26 I must have looked uncomprehending , for he followed up the pantomime with :
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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