Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for tomorrow 's race , Jeremy ca n't realistically expect to finish in the first ten first time out . |
| 2 | What I 'd like to do for the next twenty minutes of the er of the seminar is talk about client server today . |
| 3 | What do you want to do for the next two weeks ? |
| 4 | ‘ This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers who have to take over the jobs of those who have emigrated , ’ and ‘ Why do we have to wait till the next central committee meeting ? ’ were other grumbles . |
| 5 | This book has discussed only a few of the innovations we shall have to assess in the next five years or so . |
| 6 | Well I 'll have to stay for the next two years unless we go back to Lincoln . |
| 7 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
| 8 | As a result of central government policies , Islington social services suffered 8 per cent cuts in 1987/8 and all departments were asked to produce proposals for cuts of up to a further 25 per cent which they might have to achieve over the next two years . |
| 9 | It could also pay to go for the next larger filter if your pond is alternatively stocked . |
| 10 | There are many examples similar to ( b ) ; perhaps the best rule to give is that the tonic syllable will tend to occur on the last lexical word in the tone-unit , but may be placed earlier in the tone-unit if there is a word there with greater importance to what is being said . |
| 11 | Should Linda want to move over the next seven years , she does not have to worry because the loan is fully portable . |
| 12 | The bulletin said : ‘ This gives rise to the hope that the rate of increase may start to fall over the next few quarters . ’ |
| 13 | The rate of disconnections fell by nearly 50% , and should continue to fall over the next six months . |
| 14 | But we 're now reasonably confident that we will continue to increase over the next few years and are budgeting for a modest growth . ’ |
| 15 | Besides , say the Liberal Club 's supporters , Civic Forum has a responsibility to carry out its programme and must continue to function until the next general election , in less than two years ' time . |
| 16 | But it also noted that population would continue to rise over the next thirty years and presented the view that the state should plan future population growth by offering family allowances and income tax relief to those contemplating families along with the development of special services for the benefit of children and mothers . |
| 17 | Figures published by the Department of Industry ( DTI ) show that on current trends emissions of carbon dioxide in Britain will probably continue to rise over the next thirty years . |
| 18 | Besides , the temperature would continue to rise over the next few decades even if greenhouse gases stayed as they are , simply because the world is so slow to warm up , and has not yet responded to what is there already . |
| 19 | ‘ The demand for our services will continue to rise over the next three years . |