Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cooney said the reason Northern Ireland had received only £1.04bn European funding for the next seven years , while the Republic got £7.8bn , was because the province did not have its own negotiators in Brussels . |
| 2 | It says a great deal for Saxon resilience that the Sussex settlements do not seem to have reverted to wholesale waste , and the pressure was greatly liked in 1017 when Cnut was elected king of England and the country passed under a Scandinavian aegis for the next half century or so . |
| 3 | The troubles which surrounded the bishop 's authority in the 1570s were matched by growing economic uncertainty for the next eighty years or so . |
| 4 | ‘ I have interesting plans for the next few centuries . |
| 5 | Reports also suggested that the delegation 's visit had been timed to coincide with the period marking the start of US budgetary procedures allocating foreign assistance for the next financial year . |
| 6 | He invited to Scotland the English architect-author Robert William Billings whose Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland provided the source book for the Scottish baronial movement for the next 40 years . |
| 7 | In this state of affairs , the electorate is presented with a clear choice between alternative programmes and parties for government in a way that enables the electorate to choose the government and the broad drift of public policy for the next 5 years . |
| 8 | The introduction of Chinese practices and ideas continued on a lesser scale for the next eight centuries . |
| 9 | Planned public expenditure for the next financial year is up by 7 per cent . |
| 10 | It was after this that Mrs Kelsall , a midwifery sister and joint team leader , embarked on a project that was to take up most of her free time for the next two years . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Small wonder that the estimates of global sea-level rise for the next 100 years are very tentative . |
| 13 | Jay borrowed Lucy 's pre-occupied indifference for the next little while . |
| 14 | He had paid three pence at the booking office for his ticket and , after waiting ten minutes or so on the cold and draughty platform for the next London-bound train , he had arrived at Christchurch some ten minutes later to run through torrential rain toward the group of cottages which flanked the open park in the town centre . |
| 15 | This year we are investing a record £1000m in science , an increase of seven per cent on last year , and the budget will continue to rise in real terms for the next three years . |
| 16 | This procedure resulted in considerable damage to the sphincter and was replaced by a technique of abdominal mucosectomy and sutured ileoanastomosis for the next 58 operations . |
| 17 | A joint candidate for the next presidential elections would be selected through the holding of " primaries " . |
| 18 | The struggle to determine the party 's attitude to the aspirations of Labour was to be its chief battleground for the next six years . |
| 19 | The declining fortunes of both racing and bookmaking came into direct collision when they tried to determine an appropriate levy for the next fiscal year . |
| 20 | In recognition of the importance of our work , I am pleased to report that our Central Government grant was increased last year to £140,00 with guaranteed funding for the next three years . |
| 21 | Yesterday at Lord 's the Test and County Cricket Board announced separate deals involving both Sky TV and British Satellite Broadcasting for the transmission of a large segment of the domestic game for the next three years . |
| 22 | Yesterday at Lord 's the Test and County Cricket Board announced separate deals involving both Sky TV and British Satellite Broadcasting for the transmission of a large segment of the domestic game for the next three years . |
| 23 | Bucephalus became Alexander 's constant companion for the next eighteen years , and Alexander rode Bucephalus in all the wars and campaigns that were to make his empire larger than any other that had ever preceded it . |
| 24 | Mr Lamont has also put his mark on Tory budgets for the next three years , regardless of whether he remains Chancellor . |
| 25 | Once one budget round is over in March , the chief executive and the chief officers ' group will prepare papers for the policy and resources committee identifying key issues for deeper analysis , possible priorities for the next financial year , and areas for major economies . |
| 26 | However , he has to take a complete rest for the next few weeks . |
| 27 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 28 | Well , Tony McCaffery , good luck for the next twenty years . |
| 29 | It is estimated that a modest increase from the present 1.8% , to 2% of total institutional expenditure , would enable us to maintain the services at their present level for the next five years . |
| 30 | At a series of meetings at Rosyth yesterday employees were told that although the yard had a substantial workload for the next two years , it was vital to reduce overheads and capacity to improve its competitive position . |