in the wake of

1 - In the wake of yet another financial scandal, the chief accountant handed in his resignation to the director.

2 - The European Monetary System was established in 1979 in the wake of the 1974 oil crisis, which brought growing disruption to European economics because of floating exchange rates.

3 - Airport security was extra tight in the wake of September 11th bomb attacks.

4 - In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, EU member states accepted the responsibility for insurance coverage for risks linked to the use of an aircraft as a terrorist weapon.

5 - The urge to modernize business organizations, in the wake of increasing competition, knowledge explosion and continuous innovations in Science and technology has made it obligatory for our business students to update their knowledge of what is latest in different fields in the business world.