Example sentences of "[be] followed by " in BNC.

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1 The finish , specified by the church architect , was a mixture of oils and spirits and ammonia , to be followed by beeswax .
2 Instructions can be left by those who wish to donate their bodies for research , although these do not have to be followed by the executors .
3 Here a month before closure Class 207 dmu No 1306 leaves Eridge with the 14.35 from Uckfield , to Victoria , to be followed by unit No 1310 ( in platform 1 on the right ) forming the 14.59 to tonbridge via Tunbridge Wells .
4 They will be followed by flocks of pintail ducks and greylag geese .
5 There are rumours of a London investment presentation , to be followed by a US roadshow .
6 He said this will be followed by a wafer fabrication plant on the same site at a cost of at least I £150m and finally a finishing and test centre .
7 IF , in the Forties and Fifties , a traditional training course for British comedians would start with the period of apprenticeship in ENSA and be followed by a stint filling in the gaps between trippers at the Windmill Theatre , these days a university degree ( from Cambridge , ideally ) has increasingly become a requisite for any successful career in stage , films or television humour .
8 By 1908 , when he saw that his stipulation was ruled out by the failure of British immigrants and the Liberal acceleration of colonial self-government — soon to be followed by South African union — he unhesitatingly drew the correct conclusion :
9 Exaggeration is an integral part of the Irish storytelling and myth making tradition and any tale will be followed by the remark ‘ sure that 's nothin' ’ from an unimpressed listener who will then proceed to recall or invent an even more amazing yarn .
10 Badfinger had worked out of the studios but the main guy topped himself in 1975 ( to be followed by another in 1983 ) and Bill was left with a studio and no band .
11 Historians might say that in the twentieth century in Britain only the reforming administrations of 1906 and 1945 provided a major change in direction to be followed by administrations which consolidated the changes .
12 This idea — that longer activity spans would be followed by longer sleeps and vice versa — does not find experimental support .
13 The reverse is seen : long ‘ daytimes ’ tend to be followed by shorter sleeps and vice versa .
14 While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’
15 Talks with Mr Bush and his National Security Advisor , General Brent Scowcroft , are to be followed by a what is planned to be as informal a lunch as Mrs Thatcher 's presence will permit .
16 Jokes about the subject suggest the punch-line might be followed by the odd shattered knee cap .
17 However , Austria has already submitted its request for full membership of the EC and this might be followed by Norway and Sweden if the attempt to negotiate a wider West European unity breaks down .
18 Two members of this summer 's Lions squad , Mike Griffiths and Mike Hall , decided to leave Bridgend for Cardiff last week , while the Wales hooker Ian Watkins joined them from Ebbw Vale in August to be followed by Newport 's Wales B wing Damien Griffiths and the Abertillery lock Stuart Nunnerley .
19 You can predict that the romantic will be followed by the realistic .
20 Future projects include a series on Channel 4 in April , to be followed by a sitcom for Granada , hopefully in the summer .
21 This fight could be followed by another between rival claimants to the throne .
22 The theory of demographic transition suggests that as nations move towards maturity that the decline in death rates , occasioned by higher living standards , will be followed by a decline in birth rates to a more or less similar level .
23 From then on the snowball gathered momentum until on 24th November , the entire Politburo resigned , to be followed by the collapse of its still communist-dominated replacement government on 7th December .
24 Eight hours of election result coverage will be followed by ‘ Goodbye to the Old Days ’ .
25 These heroic bouts of campaigning would be followed by discussions on aspects of international politics which would last well into the early hours .
26 She will be followed by Tanya Williams and Britain 's 1991 lightweight representative , Sue Appelboom .
27 When Floriade closes , some of the plantings will remain and part of the site will be used for new town expansion Meanwhile in the giant flowerbeds more than 400 varieties of tulips , daffodils and hyacinths will flower , to be followed by annuals , then dahlias and chrysanthemums .
28 The company has dropped strong hints to union leaders that the current programme involving cuts of 24,000 over the next year will be followed by a further rundown , although at a lower rate .
29 That book , a ‘ bodice ripper ’ , will soon be followed by a thriller , inevitably titled Campaign .
30 In France , royalty was abolished in 1792 , and a Republic proclaimed , to be followed by the ‘ Reign of Terror ’ , with the notorious Robespierre , lasting until 1794 .
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