Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] the next few [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | ‘ I have interesting plans for the next few centuries . |
2 | They 're only in the shops for the next few weeks , so do try one now . |
3 | They are available by mail order at about £15 and will be in shops in the next few weeks . |
4 | BRITISH National Party leaflets calling for the re-introduction of hanging and forced repatriation will be sent to thousands of homes in the next few weeks . |
5 | Hours went by as I dragged my legs over the next few miles . |
6 | ‘ If you are in quality stocks with strong balance sheets in less cyclical areas of the market you will do well in equities over the next few years . ’ |
7 | While that 's clearly the most important consideration for each of the districts over the next few months , while the selection process is going on , er bearing in mind what 's said in P P G three , we regard that as axiomatic and I I find it inconceivable that the the department would allow any new settlement to proceed nowadays without the agreement of the district council . |
8 | As it was , some 50,000 soldiers were to lose their lives during the next few months in fruitless attacks on Chunuk Bair . |
9 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
10 | The September issue of Harpers & Queen marks the start of the new fashion season : a time when we look ahead to the autumn and pinpoint the directions of the next few months . |
11 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
12 | Laurie Mains , the All Black coach , was plainly displeased at Schuler 's decision , for it came about the time that Mains was hoping rugby league scouts might not be chasing his All Blacks in the next few months . |
13 | Analysts believe that the central bank , which cut interest rates by 1 percentage point last week in an attempt to stem the rise of the escudo , may be prepared to remove its barriers over the next few weeks if rate cuts staunch the flow of hot money into Lisbon . |
14 | We had quite a few visitors over the next few days and Amin , particularly , was very encouraging . |
15 | He reported diligent perusal of the Dictionary and Figures and believed them to be the ‘ compleatest work of that kind extant ’ , but expressed his regret that many American plants had been omitted : he hoped to remedy this by sending specimens of growing plants within the next few years . |
16 | There are likely to be a number of crucial calculations within the next few years that have the possibility of showing that the theory is no good . |
17 | SUDANESE and Ethiopian government troops are preparing to launch an attack from the rear on embattled southern Sudanese rebels in the next few days , rebel spokesmen said yesterday . |
18 | With a projected increase in gas filling stations in the next few years , the private vehicle market will follow . |
19 | But , though it may have perfected the art of crisis management through long necessity , it will have to face some additional strains in the next few years . |
20 | La Plata , the administrative centre of Buenos Aires province , had undergone economic vicissitudes at the end of the century , but with the upturn in its fortunes in the next few years it acquired a station of striking originality , an overall shed flanked by a staggeringly ornate pentagonal building covered in statuary and surmounted by a dome . |
21 | An issue for research libraries over the next few years is to seize the opportunity offered by technology for enrichment of OPACs as electronic access tools . |
22 | Durham St Studio Open Days HOPEFUL musicians have a wealth of advice at their fingertips over the next few days . |
23 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
24 | In her second album , which takes a sensibly modest manifesto for its title , the mix is as before ; you will hear all the tracks over the next few months if you follow the charts . |
25 | The fossil record seemed to indicate sudden steps rather than continuous development , although new discoveries over the next few decades would help the evolutionists ' case . |
26 | Notice boards outside tourist offices often display weather forecasts for the next few days . |
27 | He made over forty transcriptions of the sonnets ‘ as the best presents I could offer to those , who had in any way won my regard ’ , and in his own poetic experiments of the next few years found an important model in the work of the now-forgotten Wiltshire priest . |
28 | ‘ There are going to be some changes in the next few weeks . |
29 | ‘ One thing that industry likes is to be able to foresee the changes in the next few years , ’ he said . |
30 | But unless the children 's parents raise twenty thousand pounds within the next few days it will close . |