Example sentences of "immediately [verb] by a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early years of the " new diplomacy " in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries it had not been unusual for a diplomat who died in post to be immediately succeeded by a relative , often a close one , who had been attached to his mission with this possibility in mind . |
| 2 | Therefore it is not a feature of such crises that they were immediately preceded by a lack of effective demand on the market for consumer goods . |
| 3 | This broadcast was immediately preceded by a report where predictions were already showing that the Conservatives were very likely to gain an overall majority . |
| 4 | Lizzy went into the party with Joanie and was immediately surrounded by a crowd of boys . |
| 5 | The sense of relief that the Danes had ‘ let us all painlessly off the Maastricht hook ’ was immediately replaced by a despondency at the Government 's response . |
| 6 | It is first necessary to recognize that some financial assets are closer substitutes for money than other financial assets , and so are the more likely to be immediately affected by a change in the money supply . |
| 7 | Entry and exit is easier in an Apache than many other light twins and inside one is immediately struck by an impression of space . |
| 8 | The nauseating sound of breaking bone was immediately followed by a crash as another blow to the side of the head dropped him like a stone . |
| 9 | You may seize hold of your opponent as long as this is immediately followed by a scoring technique . |
| 10 | The attack begins with a side kick of the rear foot , which , when it has returned to the ground , is immediately followed by a back kick with the left foot . |
| 11 | Thus the publication of the review reports was immediately followed by a proposal to mount a major three-year research project . |
| 12 | The Hawaii Ironman is the original and ultimate triathlon , where the swim is through 2.4 miles of ocean , and is immediately followed by a 112-mile cycle ride up on the black lava fields , where by mid-morning the temperature will be over 100 degrees . |
| 13 | A policy taken out shortly before a holiday commences immediately followed by a claim under this Section requires careful investigation . |
| 14 | Noticeably , Graves 's 1927 review of Malinowski and Rivers is immediately followed by a review written by Eliot and dealing exclusively with Christian books . |
| 15 | This refusal is much more of a " classic " polite refusal : it is not immediate ( being offset instead by laughter , which also marks it as " non-serious " ) and is immediately followed by an excuse ( " I 'm gon na take Natasha over the park " ) , which could also be seen as a bid to be treated as doing something equivalently onerous : looking after a child instead of washing up . |
| 16 | The application of the Woolwich principle in the present case might well create no administrative difficulties inasmuch the payment was made under protest and was almost immediately followed by an application for judicial review . |
| 17 | These ‘ couple of shots ’ were , in fact , four winners , which were immediately aided by a penalty point and abetted by a change in fortunes in refereeing decisions . |
| 18 | The newly elected Governor , Zacaria Candao , was immediately confronted by an outbreak of serious fighting in June arising from a dispute between rival family clans . |