Example sentences of "[vb infin] following the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) if accepting shareholders may be worried that the offeror 's share price may fall following the " hype " of a contested takeover battle , the issue of a convertible loan stock instead of ordinary shares may remedy the situation by offering conversion at the current market price of the offeror 's shares together with a promise of a minimum cash value at a future date with a commercial yield in the meantime ; |
| 2 | Mr Smith did not retreat following the election defeat from Labour 's policies on Europe and on creating jobs , caring for people , building homes , equipping schools and re-opening hospital wards . |
| 3 | Any young woman may enjoy following the latest fashions , but for Pakistani women there is a difference in their attitude to clothes . |
| 4 | Students will thoroughly enjoy following the exploits of the comic cartoon characters , Carstairs and Carruthers , who are engaged in a race around the world . |
| 5 | A notice will appear following the March committee meeting . |
| 6 | And if we can enjoy a reducing diet , it follows that we wo n't mind following the basic principles in the long term . |
| 7 | Heave damage can occur following the removal of trees if their roots have been causing subsidence damage to the building . |
| 8 | Despite the eviction order there remained considerable press speculation that the US government would seek to reopen the issue of Subic Bay 's future with the new Philippine government which would emerge following the presidential elections of May 1992 . |
| 9 | Laczko and Phillipson do not suggest following the course taken by the United States and introducing an Age Discrimination in Employment Act , but they are convinced that it is important to press for legislation as well as seeking to improve the attitudes of employers . |
| 10 | The company believed more opportunities in the pub sector could materialise following the implementation of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report . |
| 11 | And he could relax following the hard slog of his new Western The Unforgiven . |
| 12 | Please send in your suggestions quickly for a venue and ideas on the form the programme could take following the business meeting . |
| 13 | Rangers will announce tomorrow what action , if any , they 'll take following the vandalism in the Broomloan Stand . |
| 14 | At the conference , the US Secretary of State James Baker promised that the USA 's engagement in Asia would increase rather than decrease following the end of US-Soviet confrontation . |
| 15 | The costs of the CAP will soar following the admission of any of these countries , adding to the serious budgetary difficulties which will be caused by the entry of the Višegrad trio . |
| 16 | Maintenance staff at Sullom Voe are now getting to parts of the plant other standard lifting equipment can not reach following the acquisition of a new 90-tonne mobile crane and two articulated telescopic boom working platforms . |
| 17 | For Labour , accommodation to the changing mood meant adopting the essentially green idea of assessing the environmental costs of growth and working them into the balance sheets ( which the Tories are also adopting ) , but it did not mean following the Greens in calling for a halt to growth . |
| 18 | How to avoid the problems which a business can encounter following the sudden death or disablement of a director or key employee ; and the insurance cover every business needs — or is legally obliged to have — against common accidents and other perils . |
| 19 | On the same day Kadhafi , in a message to Pérez de Cuéllar , urged him to ensure that all " raids on Iraq " would cease following the " retrieval of Kuwait " . |
| 20 | Qiao Shi , a member of the politburo 's standing committee , told a national conference on Oct. 22 that the country 's " serious onslaught " on crime would continue following the Games . |
| 21 | Reversing the image ( so that it wo n't appear back to front ) will make following the instructions for the Swiss embroidery much easier . |
| 22 | In any case the CSU ( the CDU wing in Bavaria ) insisted on the return of Franz Josef Strauss to the Cabinet , which the FDP could never accept following the Spiegel affair . |
| 23 | But Keegan warned his players not to let standards slip following the controversial 4-2 defeat at Oxford on Monday . |