Example sentences of "a [noun] for the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've got a captive audience there why the hell do n't you do it a sheet why do n't you give them a programme for the next three months exactly what is happening . |
| 2 | The January 1980 Annual General Meeting was a portent for the next three years , leading to the Bondholders buyout . |
| 3 | erm there has not been a manifesto for the next General Election , which may take place in a week or two , or in a year or so . |
| 4 | There followed a period for the next 18 months where my family , having joined me from Yorkshire , came up to Scotland . |
| 5 | I remember Yvonne saying something about being away on a job for the next few days . |
| 6 | The two Officers shook hands , then they both went into the caravan after informing me that they would be attending a meeting for the next two hours . |
| 7 | Well , come by around six , Gayle — I 'm in a meeting for the next two three hours . ’ |
| 8 | Adding the quoted margin to the average gives a coupon for the next six months of 7.78125 per cent . |
| 9 | Somehow a collection for the next few months was cobbled together and gobbled up by the hungry customers . |
| 10 | And the other thing is , I am really asking you to give Wendy two more hours a week for the next three months and then review it . |
| 11 | I eat a minimum for the next seven days . |
| 12 | Under the theme of ‘ Preparing the Way ’ , leaders in dance and movement ministries will come together on 22–29 August ‘ to seek a vision for the next ten years ’ and to launch ICDF as an organisation . |
| 13 | He 'd like to shut me up in a box for the next two years . |
| 14 | BR is projecting to shed 1,000 jobs a year for the next five years , cutting the total workforce to 130,000 by 1992/93 — from around 200,000 in the early 1980s . |
| 15 | His decision was based on a prediction that South-East Asia 's economies will grow at 6.9% a year for the next four years . |
| 16 | And the National Rivers Authority has pledged to introduce 200,000 salmon a year for the next four years into the cleaned-up River Tees the first time the fish have been in the river in any numbers in the last 30 years . |
| 17 | And they could have continued to pay £1 a year for the next 21 years but it is claimed that they failed to act in time . |
| 18 | Lloyd 's long term aim is to open two clubs a year for the next ten years , a target that , if achieved , would give him 23 by the end of the century . |
| 19 | On January 29th Tesco launched a rights issue to help finance an investment programme averaging £900m a year for the next three years . |
| 20 | Tandy Corp 's Computer City subsidiary plans to expand in Europe this year : it already has superstores in Stockholm and Copenhagen and plans at least one more in Europe this year , although it 's not sure where ; Computer City — one step down from Tandy 's Incredible Universe fun palace stores — will open its 19th US superstore on April 1 in the Boston area and plans to open 16 new US superstores a year for the next three years for a total of 66 . |
| 21 | In four years , he has grown from 16 staff to 40 , and plans to add at least 10 a year for the next three years . |
| 22 | Even now , with the world economy slack and poorer Asian countries emerging as rivals for foreign investment , Thailand is likely to grow at 7–8% a year for the next few years . |
| 23 | ‘ Sugar is still a growth market and we expect it to grow by roughly 2 per cent a year for the next 25 years , ’ he says . |
| 24 | Claim twelve times a year for the next forty years , right up until retirement age , if they wish . |
| 25 | The first things Dipesh Shah did when he became managing director of BP Solar in March 1991 were to set a target for the next two years and to articulate it to everyone in the company . |
| 26 | His new-round reputation was also reflected in smart London society flocking to see the latest novelties from Australia — dead and alive — in the ornithologist 's house in Broad Street , as well as the number of subscribers willing to pay for his extravagant Australian publications , which would provide him with an income for the next 30 years . |
| 27 | My parents have given me an allowance for the next few weeks . |