Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [num ord] [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 | Then Beryl went on to outline a couple of job offers that had come in within the last few days . |
| 4 | Well the list has certainly took off over the last few days . |
| 5 | So many people give up because , after the elation of seeing the pounds fall off in the first few days , they lose heart when weight loss slows down . |
| 6 | A few little personality defects like indecision but we 'll get those sorted out over the next few months . |
| 7 | However , Keegan 's No 2 , Terry McDermott , hinted that the move could be sorted out in the next few days . |
| 8 | Rain said : ‘ I found out during the last few days . |
| 9 | The Dorset , Devon and Cornwall holiday areas benefited from the good summer weather and from the upgrading of pubs carried out over the last few years . |
| 10 | The operation is one of hundreds that have been carried out in the last few years by keyhole surgery . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They seemed to have everything in command at Pickie on Saturday , but let the BLI come storming back over the last few ends to win on three of the four rinks . |
| 13 | ‘ Adam Reed came on for the last half hour and did well for a 16-year-old . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been fed up for the last few years and people have been telling me I am in danger of wasting my time . |
| 17 | What I have tried to set out in the last few pages is an understanding of ‘ meaning theism ’ which embraces a rather larger area than Ayer allows for . |
| 18 | PLENTY of barmy things going on for the next few days , as the Festival of Comedy gets underway . |
| 19 | Fact is , I do n't want them to see what 's going on in the next few hours . |
| 20 | LLANDUDNO General Hospital will be virtually closed down for the next few days while the scale of the damage is assessed . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ Most people who use the train regularly know everyone who gets on at the first few stops . |
| 23 | The extra 300 staff will be phased in over the next few years . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Tory sources insist that Mr Major is leaving the decision up to backbenchers , who will be sounded out over the next few days . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This aspect of the work has been phased out over the last few years as the UK content in most projects has risen to more than 70 per cent , leaving OSO to concentrate on its other roles in encouraging research and development into new offshore technology and using UK expertise to gain export orders on the back of North Sea achievements . |
| 29 | The grounding could be the beginning of the end for the Wessex — with a gradual phasing out over the next few years : |
| 30 | And when I got back for the last few weeks Mortimer had left … ’ |