Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] the next [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would be great , particularly as Milan is bidding to hold the next Olympic Games after Atlanta , ’ he suggests . |
| 2 | So far , another two hundred and thirty had been taken to the nearest hospital , although few were expected to survive the next twenty-four hours . |
| 3 | And there was also an opportunity for Aberdeen and the surrounding region to look to its future as it prepared to host the next Offshore Europe in 1995 . |
| 4 | But she refuses to spend the next seven months in hospital — and I ca n't say I blame her . |
| 5 | But as Navratilova , although looking somewhat shaky , recovered to win the next two sets 6-3 , 6-4 , to complete the victory over Spain , there was no stealing Evert 's thunder . |
| 6 | Ms Short said the women 's vote could help Labour to win the next general election provided more women could be persuaded that Labour was sensitive to women 's demands . |
| 7 | Ruth drank thirstily because it was her first priority and because she was going to enjoy the next delicious moment and wanted to savour the expectancy of it . |
| 8 | Option 9.2.0 , Update Offline Parameters , is used to schedule the next Offline run . |
| 9 | Option 9.2.0 , Update Offline Parameters , is used to schedule the next offline run and details of the parameters required are described below . |
| 10 | MEANWHILE , if you 're not actually strangling a turkey at the moment then you might like to do the next worse thing and plunge into the unsavoury giblets of the 1990 calendar of the National Association of Conservative Graduates . |
| 11 | It was agreed to hold the next ordinary session in Praia , Cape Verde , in 1994 . |
| 12 | Black males and white women could be used to represent the next highest rungs of the ladder , but lower ones would have to be found in the fossil record . |
| 13 | She had far more important things to think about , like how she was going to survive the next four weeks alone with a man whose quiet voice and manner hid a ruthlessness and determination that made steel look limp by comparison . |
| 14 | THIS IS the day for signing in and checking out fellow schmoozers ; for ploughing through the completely bewildering gig schedule , and trying to work out just how we 're going to survive the next 100 hours without losing any important internal organs . |
| 15 | You 're going to spend the next few months hanging over them with your heart thumping in case they 've stopped breathing and the next few years after that stopping them committing suicide because a perfectly ordinary house has turned into a minefield of electricity and stairs and windows and boiling kettles . |
| 16 | It 's not a college , or even a church , but a Victorian town house , really rather unremarkable but for the fact that the man tipped to become the next American President used to live there . |
| 17 | The Council agreed to postpone the next full visit from the summer of 1979 until later in the year , and to release a press statement that had been agreed by the visiting party with the Polytechnic and the Teesside Education Authority . |
| 18 | Oh yes , as I , as I missed the train comma , I decided to catch the next one comma , |
| 19 | Now her memory refused the whole thing ; simply refused to countenance the next few months . |
| 20 | Those who have previously done courses on the British constitution may wish to skip the next two sections . |
| 21 | Lydia had intended to spend the next few weeks alone attempting to eradicate these shafts of reminiscence , determined not to follow the common course and go round seeking replacements for her lost love : an undignified and doom-laden procedure , leading to recriminations and disgust . |
| 22 | Microsoft had i860s in its labs , but its engineers , whilst reportedly ‘ not un-impressed ’ with the part , ‘ did n't want to spend the next six years writing assembler code , ’ for the very complex processor , and shelved the port . |
| 23 | But he knew that he did n't want to spend the next few hours in his own company . |
| 24 | In the mid-1990s , object-oriented programming promises to bring the next irresistible revolution , but until that happens , no-one should be too surprised if the mass of desktop users splits into two camps , one that goes down the Unix-with-everything route , the other that decides as a matter of policy to remain in the ‘ do n't know ’ came , judging MS-DOS with a touch of Windows here and there to be good enough for the next three or four years until the picture of the future becomes a bit clearer . |
| 25 | Beyond those possible tasks lies a heavy load of work for the UN in what several Security Council resolutions call ‘ restoring peace and stability to the area ’ — that is , trying to prevent the next Middle East war . |
| 26 | Thus they may prefer to skip the next two chapters which are more theoretical . |
| 27 | Given the decision to opt out of the social charter in Europe can the Prime Minister confirm that he is planning to fight the next general election on the slogan ’ Vote Tory for the lowest wages , least consultation and worst employment protection in Europe ’ ? |
| 28 | Hendry rallied after the break , winning four of the next five frames to trail 7-6 , but his countryman steadied to take the next two frames and seal victory . |
| 29 | Some west German firms plan to spend the next three years lobbying to incorporate eastern-style flexibility into western wage deals . |