Example sentences of "[num] [num] [noun pl] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | A US Department of Energy report has predicted output to rise from 890 million tonnes to 1,240 million tonnes in the next 20 years . |
| 2 | The bill provided for expenditure cuts of over 30,000 million kronor over the next three years in addition to cuts of 27,000 million kronor already announced in January ( the figure of 14,000 million kronor given on p. 38737 representing the net spending cut ) . |
| 3 | Public pressure on the Canadian and Quebec governments has resulted in the pledge of more than 2.4 billion dollars over the next 10 years to clean up the St Lawrence and create a marine sanctuary for the remaining belugas . |
| 4 | British Telecom is to axe twenty-five thousand jobs over the next year partly because of the recession . |
| 5 | Thanks to their efforts we can look forward to achieving at least another five million tonnes over the next decade ’ . |
| 6 | erm I saw in the newspaper , as I am sure you probably did , last week that the government has just devoted , I think , nine million pounds over the next few years to develop curricula and methods of training teachers in schools , and I think it 's tremendously important that that does n't become merely a bit more science of one form or another . |
| 7 | The EPA plans to spend almost one million dollars over the next three years , looking for organisms that can use the chlorinated aromatics as their sources of carbon . |
| 8 | But unless the children 's parents raise twenty thousand pounds within the next few days it will close . |
| 9 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S plans for the NHS could cost the Tories 1.5 million votes at the next general election , Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman , claimed yesterday . |
| 10 | ‘ That would mean the Conservatives losing over 1.5 million voters at the next election and many marginal seats would go with them . ’ |
| 11 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 12 | WATER meters are to be compulsorily installed in nearly four million homes over the next 20 years , it was announced yesterday . |
| 13 | ‘ We have been promised around 80 000 tonnes , we will need around 200 000 tonnes over the next 12 months . ’ |
| 14 | Now the group 's pledged 2 000 000 pounds over the next 4 years to setting up similar hostels elsewhere . |