Example sentences of "following [art] [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 Following the transfer of power the opposition parties officially called off their agitation programmes and urged a return to work .
2 At present , such guidelines require that options may not be exercised until at least five years from their date of grant and then only if over a five year period following the date of grant the Company has achieved growth in earnings per share which exceeds the growth in the Retail Prices Index by at least ten percentage points .
3 Following the death of William the Silent in 1584 a majority of the councillors , with Burghley and Mildmay dissenting , urged direct support for the Dutch rebels .
4 There is evidence that following the start of treatment the lesions of primary or secondary syphilis are free of active treponemes within 48 hours , although it would be a brave person who took this to mean that intercourse was safe so soon after starting treatment .
5 Following the lead of cotton the later changes revolutionised production .
6 In Australia , following a period of drought the advent of rain has been shown to rehydrate large numbers of apparently desiccated L3 ( anhydrobiosis ) which then become active and rapidly available to grazing animals .
7 So far there 've been no prosecutions but following a period of grace the speeders will now be taken to court .
8 Following an exchange of fire the Ju88 flew back to Sicily in a damaged condition and with one crewman wounded , but one Beaufighter — T3239 ‘ B ’ crewed by Flt.Lt .
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