Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately for Napoleon III , Alexander II was so involved for the next six years with the internal reconstruction of his Empire , which the Crimean War had shown to be lamentably weak , that he had no time for a ‘ forward ’ policy in Europe which might thwart French designs . |
| 2 | The emergency staff had realised at 5 a.m. on Thursday 7 July that dialysis patients were at special risk from the aluminium , but the house of Robert Hill , a local man with kidney failure and a dialysis machine , was not contacted until the next day . |
| 3 | The lawyer told the court the injured party went to hospital where he was told his ear could have been sewn back on if he had brought it with him , but it was not found until the next day . |
| 4 | The price list agreed by masters and men in 1787 was generally observed for the next twenty years and with employment brisk , knitters were able to earn , up to 1810 , 14 to 15s ( 70-75p ) a week for a twelve- to thirteen-hour day : too much for their own good , according to a local clerical magistrate . |
| 5 | It began when a respected local historian , Norman Scarfe , claimed in the East Anglia Daily Times that , in the rumour-filled summer of 1940 when Britain faced an imminent Nazi invasion , a War Office file on the evacuation of the civilian population from the hamlet was mysteriously sealed until the next century . |
| 6 | Her fleet , which had almost ceased to exist by the end of the War of the Spanish Succession , was rapidly revived in the next two decades by able ministers such as Alberoni and Patino . |
| 7 | Mr Howard Davies , 41 , controller of the Audit Commission , was yesterday confirmed as the next director-general of the Confederation of British Industry at a starting salary of around £175,000 . |
| 8 | The device was also hailed as the next step in Inmos 's technological evolution , filling the gap between the former T2 , 4 and 8 families and the proposed modular ‘ Chameleon ’ product line ( CI No 2,137 ) . |
| 9 | David Blunkett , Labour 's local government spokesman , said the announcement meant that the Government had admitted defeat over the poll tax , and that the money was solely aimed at the next election . |
| 10 | From there he was transferred to a prison in Rabat , where he was severely tortured for the next three days . |
| 11 | Polythene was virtually forgotten for the next two and a half years . |