Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Energy Department announced a five-year , $103m agreement with the Sematech semiconductor consortium to develop equipment for producing the next generation of chips : its Sandia National Laboratories , near Albuquerque , New Mexico will contribute the materials database and the expertise in advanced systems design needed to improve performance and reliability and Sematech will provide manufacturing expertise to the five-year programme . |
| 2 | Microtus makes her nest underground in a burrow , so she can safely bring her young into the world when they are still at an early stage of their development , and then within a few hours , start on the business of producing the next litter . |
| 3 | Indeed , several employ the recently established body of appraisal and synthesis contained in Oliver Neighbour 's Keyboard and consort music of William Byrd and Joseph Kerman 's Masses and motets as a launch-pad from which to commence the process of establishing the next generation of new observations . |
| 4 | At the time of writing the next excursion is not far ahead , on Saturday the 15th of July . |
| 5 | Some large firms have found it impossible to match competitors ' spending : Jaguar found it could not afford the costs of developing the next generation of engines and models and was forced to sell out to Ford in 1989 for £1.6 billion . |
| 6 | Famous hunters such as F. C. Selous returned home to lecture on the value of big-game hunting as a means of training the next generation of empire-builders . |
| 7 | Such discretion was granted on the understanding ( 1 ) that any changes made to the approved Course regulations were notified to the IFS Board for information ; ( 2 ) that all changes to the Course were monitored and evaluated for the purpose of informing the next submission for renewal of approval , and subsequent Course review visits ; and ( 3 ) that all changes to assessment requirements were agreed with the appropriate external examiner . |
| 8 | It must seek every conceivable way of persuading the next government to introduce proportional representation — for without PR , the SDP is dead . |
| 9 | However , a democracy can vote as it feels fit , and the Tories are in very real danger of losing the next election as homeowners desert to the opposition parties . |
| 10 | In 1927 his sister Evangeline presented a reasoned " memorandum " suggesting that it would be wise to establish a different method of appointing the next General . |
| 11 | For once though Town had the luck … about time to … and they made sure of victory with a well worked second goal from Andy Mutch … scoring against your old team is always sweet … even sweeter when it gives Town a favourites chance of reaching the next round of the cup … |
| 12 | Within a month or so the French , having won important skirmishes at Jargeau and Patay , could turn towards achieving the next logical step of their success story , the coronation of the dauphin as king of France . |
| 13 | But I do think the specific point you make as to whether there 's any prospect of the National Commission for Racial Equality putting any money towards the development worker that 's wished , ought to be addressed by somebody at some point in the context of preparing the next report . |
| 14 | Attitudes outside Parliament were very similar , and would have reduced Labour 's chances of winning the next election if they had advocated non-nuclear defence in 1957 . |
| 15 | GRAHAM TAYLOR yesterday turned for salvation to Nigel Clough , the Nottingham Forest star who declared England had no chance of winning the next World Cup . |
| 16 | A further point is that departmental officials ( and client groups ) might feel threatened by the policy implications of performance measurement , as might ‘ a Cabinet of ministers committed to a party programme and to ways of winning the next general election ’ ( Lee , 1984 , p. 5 ) . |
| 17 | I 've designed a new yacht which we believe stands an excellent chance of winning the next round-the-world race . |
| 18 | The first function connects economic conditions-unemployment , inflation and the rate of economic growth-to the incumbent 's party political popularity and hence his or her chances of winning the next election . |
| 19 | However , it also had to act in a way that would not jeopardize its chance of winning the next election . |
| 20 | His victory transformed the conference , and Labour 's chances of winning the next General Election . |
| 21 | The stags ' antlers are cast each year and are best left where found as they are nibbled and eaten to recycle the chemicals and nutrients needed for growing the next set , which is probably more useful than lying in the loft at home or being turned into a table lamp . |
| 22 | Stewards were appointed to bear the cost of the entertainment and on one occasion Petiver wrote to Dr Sloane about fixing the next Herborising , ‘ and Putney Heath being a place not this year visited , I have determined ye Bowling Green there for ye lecture of Botany , where we shall dine on Tuesday next . ’ |
| 23 | EAST Germany 's vast security police apparatus , once a fearsome state within a state , looks like becoming the next centre of Stalinist power to fall to the country 's ‘ people power ’ revolution . |
| 24 | The touching blocks disappear , possibly opening up new paths for moving the next block . |
| 25 | But I 've never had a sponsor and all that cash went back into financing the next three years . ’ |
| 26 | Meanwhile , obviously she wants us to get on with completing the next issue . ’ |
| 27 | Sally lost her baby pre-term and was told only a fortnight later , ‘ Just get on with having the next one , dearie . ’ |
| 28 | Can you please return this to stock for use in completing the next order ? |
| 29 | The program proceeds by incrementing POINTER , picking up the next delay value from the acceleration table and waiting until the step interval is complete , before generating the next excitation change . |
| 30 | It will take to the air and leave Britain for Africa where it will winter , before returning the next year to become a brood parasite in its own right . |