Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now I 'm looking at 15 articles totalling 20,000 words which I must deliver within the next six days . |
| 2 | With the political dust not yet settled from a controversial abortion ruling in July , the nine Supreme Court justices must rule in the next nine months on three other attempts by US states to regulate abortion as well as the right of parents to terminate the life of a brain-dead daughter . |
| 3 | It will sell for £35,000 with basic instruments and the first should arrive in the next few weeks . |
| 4 | However , historians and contra-cyclical investors may argue that there have been few five year periods since the Second World War when deposits have outperformed equities — and stock markets should revive over the next five years . |
| 5 | While civil conflicts of this kind should diminish in the next twenty-five years as African states mature , they will not disappear . |
| 6 | Then we thought we should nip over the next craggy bit to get a better view . |
| 7 | But I might do in the next fifty years any of them . |
| 8 | ‘ Obviously it 's not good enough and I 'll decide over the next 48 hours what I am going to do . |
| 9 | Cleo realised she was frightened , but if there was the slightest possibility she could catch sight of Inky 's shade , she was prepared to risk whatever might happen over the next few hours . |
| 10 | Something might happen within the next few days . ’ |
| 11 | She did n't know , did she , what might happen in the next few days ? |
| 12 | I have sent round a briefing paper , and rather than go right through that , what I 'd just like to do is to highlight two or three things about myself and about the post that I now hold , and I would be pleased to answer any questions that you might have during the next two or three minutes . |
| 13 | If you are concerned about how Lothian Region might change over the next fifteen years or so , this leaflet will be of interest to you . |
| 14 | The study concluded that there has been no reported increase in any radiation-related illnesses , such as leukaemia , birth defects or thyroid cancer , in the villages surrounding the reactor , although it suggested that incidence of thyroid cancer might increase over the next five to ten years . |
| 15 | The Irish Prime Minister , Charles Haughey , could resign within the next two weeks according to Fianna Fail party sources . |
| 16 | A controlling block of the club 's shares is going back on the market and a new owner could emerge in the next few weeks . |
| 17 | Streat asked MacArthur for his views on trade with China to which the general replied that an increase in trade between Japan and mainland China would not occur immediately but that he was convinced that this could occur within the next four or five years . |
| 18 | Our perception of spermatozoa was changed forever by Woody Allen 's impersonation of one in Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex , and University of Pennsylvania are giving substance to his fantasies , putting the poor little tadpoles through an arduous obstacle course to step up the process of survival of the fittest : according to Prodigy Services Co , the mad scientists have created a new class of silicon chip that can be used for analyzing sperm samples and providing a venue for fertilisation ; the technology uses microscopic obstacle courses inside a silicon wafer to weed out unhealthy sperm , and has been used successfully to fertilise a mouse egg ; the chips are etched with a virtual theme park of twisting channels , forests of columns , and other features designed to ensure only the strongest of sperm reach their goal , with some passages so small that only a single cell can pass ; the researchers have not yet applied for approval to test human fertilisation using the chip , but say that could happen within the next 12 months — Brave New World , or the embodiment of virtual sex . |
| 19 | Now however , they will be prepared to let the tribunal decide if they sign a player out of contract — and that could happen within the next few weeks . |
| 20 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates ' threats to make life miserable for WABI by bringing out competitive products of his own ( UX No 432 ) , are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft license to Wind/U which could happen in the next few weeks , though nothing has been signed . |
| 21 | Cyclone now have approval to rebuild and service the aircraft and Bill Sherlock is strongly optimistic that full-scale production could resume within the next few months . |
| 22 | It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years . |
| 23 | there 's been no records or even wins for the England cricket team this summer … but all that could change over the next few weeks as the Womens Cricket World Cup gets underway … its being played in this country … the official opening is in London tomorrow … and England have a chance of winning … in the team are two Oxfordshire girls |
| 24 | MORE than 11,000 civil service jobs in Scotland are under threat and thousands more could go over the next few years , the Civil and Public Services Association leader , Barry Reamsbottom , will state at a rally tomorrow . |
| 25 | If you could find me a garret somewhere near you , where I could live for the next three months , I could finish it , and perhaps get it Published . |
| 26 | And last night the council gave its approval , building work could start within the next few months . |
| 27 | They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days . |
| 28 | I shall stay until the next General Election when I would expect they will select a new candidate at South Derbyshire . ’ |
| 29 | If this pace kept up , 10,000 buildings classed as ‘ historic ’ would disappear over the next twenty-five years . |
| 30 | The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life . |