Example sentences of "[n mass] [num] [prep] the next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Bush did not specify how much such assistance — which would be additional to the $203,000,000 already agreed — would amount to , some US officials suggested that it could measure more than $3,500 million over the next decade . |
| 2 | As a result of the collapse of talks in July 1989 at a meeting of the International Coffee Organization ( ICO ) [ see p. 36836 ] , officials in September 1989 estimated that Colombia would lose $411 million over the next year , a quarter of annual coffee export earnings . |
| 3 | Mr Lamont estimated that the four moves would save the Exchequer £70 million in the next tax year , rising to more than £480 million the following year . |
| 4 | At the beginning of 1991 Brady suggested that the operation would cost $80,000 million in the next year alone , and he pressed Congress to provide immediate additional funds . |
| 5 | Elaborate pricing mechanisms — the K-factors and all the rest — were set up by the government before the sell-off ; they were aimed at helping the industry , which had long been a victim of under-investment , to pay for a capital-spending programme of at least £18 billion over the next decade . |
| 6 | Britain 's involvement could cost up to £90 million over the next year . |