Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realize that I need to work my way through the next passages with care and delicacy . |
| 2 | The government 's manifesto commitment was to increase benefit in line with prices but this does not guarantee its future after the next election , and presumably any proposals on child benefit would have a long lead-in time . |
| 3 | They did n't appear to mind me playing a double game , allying with each in turn , then becoming their opponent at the next round . |
| 4 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 5 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 6 | should now have received their list for the next two months . |
| 7 | ‘ We will want to monitor her health for the next month or two at least before letting her return to England . ’ |
| 8 | She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart . |
| 9 | Wright , full of vigour and invention , was the motivating force as the Gunners made their way into the next round , where they must travel to Scarborough two days before Christmas . |
| 10 | We were completely thrown when one woman asked if she could bring her daughter to the next session . |
| 11 | The Trading Standards Office will scrutinise its operation over the next 18 months . |
| 12 | The four European factories must show their efficiency over the next year , especially by selling their products to clients outside of IBM , Winkelmann said . |
| 13 | It 's WBO super-middleweight champion Eubank 's ninth world title fight in just 22 months — and there 's to be no let-up in his quest to earn the money that can give him retirement in the next year . |
| 14 | Clearly he was saving his powder for the next negotiating battle in the GATT talks . |
| 15 | The result of each one is made known to the voter before he casts his vote in the next , and the series is prolonged until there emerges at the top of the poll a candidate with an absolute majority . |
| 16 | Even if he survived the present crisis with its unusually heavy demands on resources , there were still a few weeks to go before he received his allocation for the next year . |
| 17 | ‘ I changed things around because I was convinced the same 11 players could not do themselves justice over the next three weeks . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I want you to help me ride over the next big bore in my two seater kayak , ’ she replied defiantly . |
| 19 | He was dead , and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next . |
| 20 | It remains to be seen what precise form of words are agreed by the 12 heads of government to express their commitment to the next stage of monetary union . |
| 21 | They all sat around , reminding each other of things they all remembered , each waiting his cue for the next reminiscence to be slotted in . |
| 22 | Jovic formally withdrew his resignation at the next meeting of the Federal Presidency on March 21 . |
| 23 | With its object-oriented NeXTstep environment , the NeXT Computer System from NeXT Computer Inc is an obvious early port of call for object database vendors and Versant Object Technology Corp has announced plans to put its database on the NeXT line . |
| 24 | Two ideas over-large for reconciliation are fronting each other now , and there 'll be no peace until there 's been — no , ’ he checked himself , ‘ I wo n't say a settlement , but at least a temporary losing and winning that shall silence us both until we get our breath for the next bout . |
| 25 | At the end of the fortnight , write an Action Plan for the way you intend to use your time during the next two weeks . |
| 26 | It looks as though this would involve quite a bit more work than the seat on Snowhill and I would need to put your estimate to the next meeting of the Parish Council on Thursday 17th June . |
| 27 | I would therefore be grateful if you could publish my address in the next issue of CONTACT . |
| 28 | His wife , Elizabeth , has told Mollie that they did not really get the view that it was coming their way until the next week ; but , in fact , it was . |
| 29 | When the couple had gone upstairs to bed , Mr Stephens packed his bag for the next day 's outing , bolted the doors firmly — for many of the men stayed in Cockermouth drinking for three or four days and would roam the streets at night looking for somewhere to sleep — and then , as if to atone for those first designs he had on Emily , he picked out Silas Marner from his bookshelf and wrapped it up as a present for her . |
| 30 | If the answer was ‘ stoppin' ‘ , the labourer would be given an extra shilling to fasten his contract for the next year , but he still had the rest of the day off to attend the merrymaking at the Hirings . |