Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] four [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's overall aim was to freeze spending on state-owned enterprises , social security and defence for the next four years . |
| 2 | Subject to budgetary approval , the plan ratified by both houses of the federal parliament will mean growth of 16 per cent pa in the science budget for the next four years . |
| 3 | ‘ And of course Julius has lived like an absolute monk for the last four years , ’ Jessamy threw back at her angrily . |
| 4 | Well erm , I 've just come up and and the accident so I 'm only entitled to money for the first four days . |
| 5 | Road plea : Drivers are being asked to avoid roadworks on Birkenhead Road , Meols , Wirral , at peak times for the next four weeks due to road works . |
| 6 | Mineral revenue for the first four months of 1990 was calculated at US$1,075,600 . |
| 7 | But Bob Bagnell , who has imported charcoal from Indonesia for the last four years , says his source is not endangering the environment . |
| 8 | As head of Radio 2 's music department for the last four years , Ms Line has been responsible for the blend of easy listening that makes up 80 per cent of its 24-hours-a-day output , along with presenters such as Derek Jameson and Jimmy Young . |
| 9 | Coun Tomlinson , chairman of the social services committee , said : ‘ The Government has now announced how it intends to allocate funds for the next four years . |
| 10 | In fact , you 're a girl who 's going places — once you 've untied yourself from this man who 's been like a millstone around your neck for the last four years . |
| 11 | Waverley 's opening statement came from vice-chair Michele Munro , who said the trust board felt it was time to offer the benefits former Scottish Homes tenants in the Borders had enjoyed with Waverley for the last four years to Tweeddale tenants . |
| 12 | And our consultant has been running varied recycling for the last four years , and they are currently recycling seventy percent of the waste in that town . |
| 13 | He was nervous , too , because he was stuck with the Mollands for the next four weeks , and he was terribly afraid of feeling homesick . |
| 14 | He said Hong Kong could face a ‘ period of political siege for the next four years followed by an abrupt transition to a harsher and more repressive regime . ’ |
| 15 | It was Alexander Herzen ( 1812–70 ) who , having emigrated to the West in 1847 , began to give currency to what was to be the dominant theme of the revolutionary wing of the intelligentsia for the next four decades . |
| 16 | Output expectations for the next four months are the highest recorded by the authoritative monthly survey since May last year . |
| 17 | Woodacon has sponsored the team for the last four years and would like to take this opportunity to wish them all well for the future . |
| 18 | This in its turn was so successful that , within four months of its introduction in 1949 , the available places for the next four years had been booked , so that no new applications could be considered for admissions before 1953 ! 1949 also saw the introduction of Rugby football in place of Association , " to make better use of the space " , a decision then and since deplored and regretted by the Old Stopfordians ' Football Club . |
| 19 | Unix International ( UI ) claims the RoadMap will show that the GUI — an issue which has bedevilled the Unix community for the last four years — ‘ is separable from the operating system . ’ |
| 20 | He was given drugs which controlled this well and had no more health problems for the next four years . |
| 21 | So I was in at , at er Southwell when the job came on community affairs , I 've been on community affairs for the last four years . |
| 22 | The ACCA refuses to sanction the event at any other location , and Sydney , despite claiming rights to stage the race for the next four years , has yet to build a Grand Prix circuit . |
| 23 | For the first three weeks you will be alternating aerobic walking with moderate walking for the first four days each week , followed by one day 's rest . |
| 24 | Lewis has held the world light heavyweight title for the last four years and was conceding five stone to an opponent rated highly by the Americans . |
| 25 | Frances has been working at Ashworth for the last four years . |
| 26 | We will pay you 2,000 for seeing through to completion the data files from the submitted ASCII files for the first four titles of Reading for English , 50% of this on signature of this letter and 50% on delivery . |
| 27 | and the party as a whole played only a junior role for the next four years . |
| 28 | So I left again and lived with this other woman for the next four years , but the relationship was ruined because Marie would n't leave us alone . |
| 29 | A suggested admissions policy for the next four years is that new first year students should be admitted each October to bring the total student numbers to 10% more than the previous October . |
| 30 | If sales for the last four months were 42 , 36 , 41 , 45 units respectively , the forecast for next month would be ( ( 42+36+41+45 ) divided by 4 ) =41 units . |