Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] the next [det] " in BNC.
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1 | There seems little chance of one of the party 's senior professionals stepping down in the next few months to create a by-election for the Tory chairman . |
2 | ‘ Acid house was nothing to what 's in store , ’ he says , and Danny nods excitedly in agreement : ‘ Who knows what 's going to come along in the next few years ? ’ |
3 | A few little personality defects like indecision but we 'll get those sorted out over the next few months . |
4 | However , Keegan 's No 2 , Terry McDermott , hinted that the move could be sorted out in the next few days . |
5 | He had several phone calls from Japan to deal with , and a request from a Bombay-based Hindu businessman that he fly out in the next few weeks to — as Mr Kapoor put it — ‘ spring clean ’ his collection of modern primitives . |
6 | The 25-year-old will cost around £700,000 and the signing is likely to be pushed through in the next few days in time for the Christmas programme . |
7 | There might seem to be a number of inherent problems in producing a journal on British Surrealism , namely that the possibility of live interviews will diminish as the first generation of these artists and writers die off in the next few years ; secondly , there seems to be a tendency on the part of those who produce surrealist literature to make it look surrealist , although the rather bitty appearance of the present journal is probably as much to do with its very low budget ( a small grant from the University of London ) as with its artistic affiliations . |
8 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
9 | Fact is , I do n't want them to see what 's going on in the next few hours . |
10 | LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed . |
11 | Well , she thought , replacing the receiver , unless her ‘ friend ’ showed up within the next half an hour she would come to find an empty room . |
12 | The extra 300 staff will be phased in over the next few years . |
13 | ‘ I do n't know exactly what we have up there , or what stuff we are likely to be sending up in the next few years … but I 'll take side bets on orbital weapons , either ready or in the pipe-line . ’ |
14 | Tory sources insist that Mr Major is leaving the decision up to backbenchers , who will be sounded out over the next few days . |
15 | Less-damaging coolants than CFCs are being developed , and an international agreement signed in June 1990 will ensure that all CFCs are progressively phased out over the next few years . |
16 | In 1990 it will be extended to cover all SCOTVEC certification with the exception of the old system of HNCs and HNDs which are being phased out over the next few years . |
17 | The grounding could be the beginning of the end for the Wessex — with a gradual phasing out over the next few years : |
18 | The chips themselves are being worked on by ITT , which has said the problems will be ironed out in the next few weeks . |
19 | Many of the offices are in the West End of London , where rentals are still growing , and there are quite a few rent reviews coming up in the next few months . |
20 | Yes I do erm Peter , it 's a smashing book erm very smart indeed and erm it 's it 'll be a really nice thing to have , it 'll be very useful this season for checking up some of the two year olds who are now three year olds , coming up in the next few months . |
21 | Coming up in the next half hour , there 'll be a chance to win some superb prizes , that 's for horse racing fans , so stay listening for that . |
22 | The first will be shipped out over the next few weeks to start competing with the conventional hydrofoils , Boeing Jetfoil and high-speed catamarans that vie for business on the 78 km route to Macau . |
23 | ‘ France will go under in the next few days . |
24 | And that 's an arrangement which will be carrying on over the next few years . |
25 | The full benefits will come through during the next few years . |
26 | Events lined up for the next few weeks include Indian dancer Bisakha Sarker performing as part of a Verbal Images event , a European Youth Dance Night , The Cholmondleys and V-Tol Dance Company . |
27 | They plan to move in within the next few weeks . |
28 | But falling pupil numbers at Soudley Primary School could lead to it being shut down within the next few years . |
29 | I sat up for the next few nights , my head poking out of the back skylight of the loft , my ears straining for the tinkle of glass breaking or muffled curses , or the more usual signal of the birds being disturbed and taking flight , but nothing more happened . |
30 | When the goslings hatch , they will recognize the first moving object they see as the creature to follow around for the next few weeks . |