Example sentences of "[vb infin] over the [adj] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | And Mick chatting to Jenny about what we can expect over the next few weeks , as we spend a day in the life . |
2 | Both wines are currently from the 1988 vintage and will improve over the next few years . |
3 | And certainly , trade book publishing did not do at all badly in nineteen ninety one in a recessionary environment and erm , there are , as Frank has mentioned particularly within Penguin , quite a lot of internal restructuring has gone on and one would hope that margins would improve over the next few years as a result of that . |
4 | Kelly and Sear predict that things should actually improve over the next few months as the northern hemisphere continues to recover from the 0.5°C cooling that actually happened in June last year . |
5 | In general , it seems likely that what will emerge over the next few decades will be two parallel systems : one with large offshore windmills , wave power generators and tidal barrages providing electricity for the grid ; the other more decentralised , with solar and biomas providing heat on a small scale local basis , coupled with small windmills , water mills and turbines in rivers and streams providing electricity in certain mainly rural areas . |
6 | I had no idea how old and crotchety she 'd become over the last few years . ’ |
7 | Mr Strang said the winning of the contract was a tribute to the engineering capability at Ferranti , adding : ‘ The long term benefit is probably even greater than the 100 jobs it will sustain over the next few years . ’ |
8 | The Government will decide over the next few weeks whether to penalize Gloucestershire for overspending . |
9 | I would hope over the next few years we actually do move towards increasing towards that but I think we will have some severe difficulties , particularly with the planning department where large numbers of members of the public do visit the area . |
10 | Cleo realised she was frightened , but if there was the slightest possibility she could catch sight of Inky 's shade , she was prepared to risk whatever might happen over the next few hours . |
11 | and what 's gon na happen over the next few weeks ? |
12 | Lancashire 's hope is that slow left-armer Alex Barnett , who has joined them from Middlesex , will develop over the next few seasons into the matchwinning spinner they have been seeking ever since Jack Simmons retired . |
13 | It 's understood the jobs will disappear over the next few months as part of a slimming down exercise . |
14 | To the extent that statutory changes were necessitated by these recommendations , they have largely been made by the Courts and Legal Service Act 1990 , Part I. Consequently , the relationship between the jurisdiction and procedure of the county courts and High Court will change over the next few years . |
15 | there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls |
16 | MORE than 11,000 civil service jobs in Scotland are under threat and thousands more could go over the next few years , the Civil and Public Services Association leader , Barry Reamsbottom , will state at a rally tomorrow . |
17 | Landfills not meeting such standards are being closed : since 1980 more than 3,000 sites for household waste have been shut , and half the remaining 5,500 will shut over the next few years . |
18 | Er , first of all on the comment from Dave in relation to British Gas and the minimum achieved performance level or M A P L er the initials that I 've come to er know and love over the past few months , never having heard of them before . |
19 | But if , as seems likely , the Chancellor 's commitment to take more than £6 billion out of the economy in 1994-5 and £10 billion in 1995-6 has done enough to reassure the foreign-exchange markets , the risk of a big misjudgment of market sentiment will diminish over the next few days . |
20 | Mr. Simon Hughes As the Minister 's first answer made it clear that a price differential has been a major cause of the substantial increase in sales of unleaded petrol , and as the Secretary of State is on record as saying that the market has a role to play in cutting the use of petrol across the market in the United Kingdom , by what figures does the Department currently estimate that petrol prices will increase over the next few years ? |