Example sentences of "would [be] followed [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one or two local boats were fishing for ‘ whitefish ’ ( principally haddock , whiting and cod ) in the nearby inshore waters , they would be followed into port by a cloud of gulls , mainly herring and great black-backed gulls , who would clean up any leftover fish scraps . |
| 2 | This idea — that longer activity spans would be followed by longer sleeps and vice versa — does not find experimental support . |
| 3 | These heroic bouts of campaigning would be followed by discussions on aspects of international politics which would last well into the early hours . |
| 4 | The seemingly extensive ambitions of Tsar Nicholas I in the Near East alarmed British statesmen who feared that a collapse of the large and decaying Ottoman Empire would be followed by Russian expansion into the areas formerly controlled by the Sultan . |
| 5 | In line with the programmes produced in the late 1970s , a brief contextual statement would be followed by a closer definition of the objectives to be pursued in the economic , social , environmental and housing areas , and the role to be played by various statutory authorities and the voluntary sector ( Birmingham City Council , 1987b ; Newcastle City Council , 1987 ) . |
| 6 | The cry of ‘ Put that light out ! ’ would be followed by a hasty adjustment of a black-out curtain . |
| 7 | This would be followed by a massive Sunday lunch , and then sleep all afternoon . |
| 8 | Deborah 's parents had had a tumultuous relationship in which frequent violent arguments would be followed by tender love scenes . |
| 9 | Capitulation to the wage demand of the miners , it was believed , would be followed by an avalanche of wage claims from workers in other industries with the result that the pound , already precarious , would collapse on the international money market . |
| 10 | If he surpassed himself with a full-scale mock-up of the ceiling for the Salla Romana with a snake-pit of interwoven flowers and exuberant garlands , he could be sure that a cursory glance by Ceauşescu would be followed by the demand , ‘ More flowers , more gold leaf . ’ |
| 11 | She thought that the spasm of pain would be followed by vomiting , as it often was , but by the time she reached her bedroom it had passed . |
| 12 | When the Stock Market crashed in October 1987 , many economists thought that it would be followed by an end to the property boom and a downturn in the ‘ real ’ economy . |
| 13 | A list of good points about the authority would be followed by a list of bad points , then recommendations about problem areas and ways the force could help . |
| 14 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 15 | It was recognized that the young king was particularly close to his mother 's family , and there was therefore a danger that the coronation of the young king would be followed by an increase in the family 's power . |
| 16 | A young couple might well anticipate marriage in the complacent and deeply rooted assumption that a pregnancy would be followed by a regularisation of the tie , but in the new economic and social situation the irregularities of the economy might well snatch away the spouse . |
| 17 | On the one hand an opinion within the Southeast Asian Division of the State Department that ‘ the ardent leadership of the small Communist group will become less vital ’ and would be followed by the natural development of political parties . |
| 18 | By 1918 these fears had reached fever pitch ; one Conservative MP recalled that his family had expected that the end of the war would be followed by atrocities like those in Russia , that " families like ours would be strung up from the nearest lamp post " ; Robert Sanders was surprised to see on Armistice Day that the crowds were actually cheering the King , so unlike the fate of the Russian royal family a few months earlier . |
| 19 | A walk of often three or four miles across wild and featureless moorland to some of the furthest workings would be followed by hours of bone-twisting work in the most miserable conditions . |
| 20 | A historical adventure would be followed by a science fiction tale , then by another historical , and so on . |
| 21 | Fullagar J. , at p. 124 , considered that the payments ‘ were made in order to avoid a very real risk that a refusal to pay would be followed by action which could be ruinous to the plaintiffs . ’ |
| 22 | The grim knowledge that any attempt to dodge off unofficially would be like a minor desertion and would be followed by serious consequences , even prison , did n't weigh with me . |
| 23 | The course would be followed by a world tour . |
| 24 | In order to learn to master this sort of mismatch , simple context drills must be prepared such as the following one , in order to become accustomed to the way the word is used in German : N.B. ( to me ) indicates that it is implied in the English sentence , but not usually stated ; if stated , it would be followed by the preposition " in " , as in " Bring the books to me in the library " . |
| 25 | On every barge on the Reach a very faint ominous tap , no louder than the door of a cupboard shutting , would be followed by louder ones from every strake , timber and weatherboard , a fusillade of thunderous creaking , and even groans that seemed human . |
| 26 | The central feature was the Salvation Army Hall where each Sunday a march by most of the senior students with flags flying and drums beating would be followed by worship . |
| 27 | So sloppy police work would be followed by further sloppy police work . |
| 28 | Your talk would be part of a morning session which would also include a presentation about bus stops and shelters and one about bus stations and termini ; the latter would be followed by a visit to Glenrothes Bus Station . |
| 29 | So it was believed that a pronunciation change in one word would be followed by changes in all similar words — that there are laws of language evolution — and that is generally the case . |
| 30 | When the Secretary of State announced in August this year the route that would be followed by the high-speed link , it was a tremendous disappointment to the local authorities and consortiums in the north of England that the link would come from the east through Stratford to King 's Cross . |