Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the next few years " in BNC.

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1 Longevity seems set for the next few years , at least , to have , at best , a sharply reduced economic value .
2 The committee was told a Kincardine Bridge replacement was likely within the next few years , but was a separate issue and all transport organisations plus the Scottish Office agreed a new crossing of the Forth near the existing bridge was essential .
3 As the Western and Eastern alliances fade — as now looks increasingly likely over the next few years — the European Community will become the dominant focus for European foreign policy and security .
4 With the growth that seems likely over the next few years one can not help asking what the future holds .
5 Ozone depletion is likely to become more rapid over the next few years , according to researchers from the University of Arizona 's lunar and planetary laboratory , because of links between ozone concentrations and the sun 's activity .
6 An Act passed by the US Congress now provides Federal resources to clean up these hazardous sites — the number of which could increase 10-fold in the next few years .
7 The first remedy involves the use of larger corpora which will become increasingly available in the next few years .
8 Highly selective vagotomy was introduced about 20 years ago and hence any cancer risk should become apparent in the next few years .
9 These are likely to be hefty in the next few years as the European Community ( EC ) tightens the rules on drinking water and imposes new ones on sewage disposal .
10 Siemens also says it expects losses at the semiconductor division to go on , saying that the prospects of it breaking even over the next few years as a result of cost-cutting had been dampened by weak demand .
11 Almost every transaction can now be completed by the use of a transfer deed , and this means that the use and the art of preparing a conveyance deed will slowly become obsolete over the next few years .
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