be consequent on

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Chronic inflammation may follow acute or be consequent on pelvic cellulitis.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

There existed no necessary connexion between these trains, besides the necessity or certainty that some result must be consequent on every train of events growing out of human life and action.

From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Phillips, Richard

Perhaps they were afraid worse things might be consequent on resistance.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

It couldn’t, he reflected uneasily, be consequent on that moonlight walk...

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills