+ 名詞句を付けず the following を使用して、’after’、’in response to’ または ‘as a result of’ を意味します。

Following the bad election results of May 8th, the Prime Minister has appointed three new ministers.

Following a general strike in 1933, he fled the country and went to South America.

the following は名詞と一緒に使います。それは「次」を意味します：

They only stayed at the hotel one night and left early the following morning.

We went out on the boat. The sea was really rough and the following hour was the worst in my short life.

また、別の名詞なし the following て、リストするものや人を紹介します。

I’m afraid I can’t eat any of the following : tomatoes, cucumber, onions and cabbage.

The following have helped me with this book of photographs: David Jones, Gill Farmer, Martin Weekes and Anthony Gray.