King James' own tacit, but important, approval followed between the lines in a sophisticated letter to the Earl.

His approval followed a recommendation made this summer by a high-level Pentagon board.

Despite an almost universal surprise, approval followed almost immediately.

The Council's approval, by a 4-to-1 vote, followed a three-hour public hearing, the second in two months, that attracted equal numbers of opponents and proponents.

Once the job-creating and other expansionary benefits are understood, advocates say, approval will follow.

If leading musicians admire him, popular approval will follow.

The group reckons that official approval will follow around two years later.

But while he has built significantly on that experience, approval has not always followed.

Formal approval of the venture will follow at a later date, barring insurmountable obstacles.

Such approval may follow years or even centuries later.