Following a transition under the Sui Dynasty, Buddhist sculpture of the Tang evolved towards a markedly lifelike expression.

Following the reign of the first Sui Dynasty Emperor Wen of Sui all commanderies were abolished to be replaced by a two tier province and county system ( 州 / 郡 ).

Following the Goguryeo-Sui War, the Sui was replaced by the Tang Dynasty in China in 618.

Following the example of Charlemagne, Alfred established a court school for the education of his own children, those of the nobility, and " a good many of lesser birth ".

Following the pioneering example of Anthony Aveni, this allowed New World archaeoastronomers to make claims for motives which in the Old World would have been mere speculation.

Following this example, Quixote would suggest ' The Great Quijano ', a play on words that makes much sense in light of the character's delusions of grandeur.

Following the example of New Jersey, which enacted corporate-friendly laws at the end of the 19th century to attract businesses from New York, Delaware played the game of fiscal competition by adopting in 1899 a general incorporation act aimed at attracting more businesses.

Following Buchner's example, enzymes are usually named according to the reaction they carry out.

Following the previous example, observer A might truthfully report that a room is warm, while observer B might truthfully report that the same room is cool, though both observe the same reading on the thermometer.

Following the folk revivals of the second half of the 20th century, however, it has become common for less formal situations to find large groups of fiddlers playing together — see for example the Calgary Fiddlers, and Swedish Spelmanslag folk-musician clubs, and the worldwide phenomenon of Irish sessions.

Following the example of the holy fathers and recognizing the obligation of our office, we absolutely forbid in virtue of the authority of the Apostolic See that anyone be ordained or promoted for money in the Church of God.

Following Magellan's example, Drake tried and executed his own ' mutineer ' Thomas Doughty.

Following the British example, the constitutions of Virginia ( 1776 ) and Massachusetts ( 1780 ) and other states thereafter adopted the impeachment mechanism ; however, they restricted the punishment to removal of the official from office.

Following the example of Sarah, who gave her handmaid to Abraham after years of infertility, Rachel gave Jacob her handmaid, Bilhah, in marriage so that Rachel could raise children through her.

Following his mother's example, Mao also became a practising Buddhist from an early age, venerating a bronze statue of the Buddha which was in their home, but abandoned this faith in his mid-teenage years.

Following Ruth Benedict's example, Mead focused her research on problems of child rearing, personality, and culture.

Following this example, Polyidus used the same herb to resurrect Glaucus.

Following the example of Charlemagne, the Frankish king who had been crowned Emperor in 800, Otto was crowned Emperor in 962 by Pope John XII in Rome.

Joseph Priestley, for example, in referring to the reaction of steam on iron, whilst fully acknowledging that the iron gains weight as it binds with oxygen to form a calx, iron oxide, iron also loses “ the basis of inflammable air ( hydrogen ), and this is the substance or principle, to which we give the name phlogiston .” Following Lavoisier ’ s description of oxygen as the oxidizing principle ( hence the name oxygen: oxus

Following Plato, St. Augustine, for example, held the view that language was merely labels applied to already existing concepts, and this view remained prevalent throughout the Middle Ages.

Following the dissemination of the Zohar in the 13th century, Jewish mysticism took on a metaphorically anthropomorphic erotic element, and Song of Songs is an example of this.

Following the example of the Buddhist Tripiṭaka, it is divided into three dong (, " caves ", " grottoes ").

Following Alan Parsons ' example, vocoders began to appear in pop music in the late 1970s, for example, on disco recordings.

Following along in the diagram at left for example in the faces shaded in blue,

For example, in 1952 Hans Hartelius conducted and published an animal study on cats entitled Cerebral Changes Following Electrically Induced Convulsions in which a double-blind microscopic pathology examination showed that it was possible to distinguish the 8 shocked animals from the 8 non-shocked animals with remarkable accuracy based on statistically significant structural changes to the brain, including vessel wall changes, gliosis, and nerve cell changes.

Following the usage of, for example, John R. Searle, " speech act " is often meant to refer just to the same thing as the term illocutionary act, which John L. Austin had originally introduced in How to Do Things with Words ( published posthumously in 1962 ).

Following a revolt of the Eastern Turks in 679, the Tang abandoned its Korean campaigns.

Following, two bands became famous Hei Bao ( Black Panther ) and Tang Dynasty.

Following a mystical experience in late 1654, he had his " second conversion ", abandoned his scientific work, and devoted himself to philosophy and theology.

Following the fire, the site was abandoned.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Finland has moved steadily towards integration into Western institutions and abandoned its formal policy of neutrality, which has been recast as a policy of military nonalliance coupled with the maintenance of a credible, independent defence.

Following the release of Windows 95, which offered a much better TCP / IP interface, Cello fell into disuse and was abandoned.

Following independent Mexico's secularization of the Alta California missions from 1834 to 1843, the buildings of La Purisima Mission were abandoned, and the lands were granted Rancho Ex-Mission la Purisima.

Following the Hancock campaign, Custer was court-martialed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for being AWOL, after having abandoned his post to see his wife.

Following the accession of King James I of England, this policy was abandoned.

Following the loss of Ruad, de Molay abandoned the tactic of small advance forces, and instead put his energies into trying to raise support for a new major Crusade, as well as strengthening Templar authority in Cyprus.

Following advice from the Attorney General that the recognition of Chiefs of the Name was without basis in law, the practice of courtesy recognition was abandoned in July 2003.

Following Báetán's death in 581, the Ulstermen abandoned the Isle of Man, which they had captured in Báetán's time, perhaps driven out by Áedán who is recorded as fighting there c. 583.

Following the general public's acceptance of the postage stamps and the ridicule of the Mulready stationery produced at the same time, vast supplies of the letter sheets were given to government departments, such as the tax office, for official use and the idea of introducing an official stamp was abandoned.

Following the restoration of the Portuguese Royal House, and her father's accession to the throne on 1 December 1640, she was proposed as a bride for John of Austria, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Louis XIV and Charles II, She was seen as a useful conduit for contracting an alliance between Portugal and England, after the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 in which Portugal was arguably abandoned by France.

Following discussions with the Independent Television Commission Westcountry announced on 1 April 1992 it had abandoned the plans to build new studios on the Plymouth waterfront, opting instead to convert an industrial unit at Langage Science Park, Plymouth.

Following this successful test, the Mike design was weaponized as either the EC-16 or TX-16, but it was quickly abandoned for solid-fueled designs after the success of the Castle Bravo shot.

Following some older work which he mentions in his preface, he abandoned the historical plan of giving the decrees of each council in order and arranged them on a philosophical principle, according to their matter.

Following Savimbi's death, UNITA abandoned armed struggle and participated in electoral politics.

Following an order from the federal government in 1964 that they would unilaterally choose a site if both cities could not come to an agreement on a site, officials from the two cities finally agreed on a location for a new regional airport that was north of the abandoned GSW and almost perfectly equidistant from the two city centers.

Following decades of dissent, and the expansion of Methodism and political revolutions in the United States and France, believers in the movement felt that the established Church of England had abandoned or distorted many of the ancient traditions of Christendom.

Following the 1900 season, several cities were abandoned for bigger markets in cities recently vacated by the National League, including Minneapolis.

Following Bonn's adherence to NATO on 9 May 1955, such initiatives were abandoned by both sides.

Following Bismarck's 1878 turn from free trade to protectionism and from the National Liberal party to the Conservative parties, he also abandoned the unsuccessful Kulturkampf.

Following the 1974 oil shock, Kreisky committed Austria to developing nuclear power to reduce dependence on oil, although this policy was eventually abandoned after a referendum held in 1978.