Example sentences of "[noun pl] for the [adj] five " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the following morning Mr Reynolds was apyrexial and although his temperature was recorded every four hours for the next five days it remained within normal limits . |
| 2 | It was adopted as an ISO standard back in 1986 , and has led something of a ghostly existence in the commercial market ever since , hovering on the boundaries of document interoperability solutions for the last five years . |
| 3 | Carmichael 's sexism — not that the word existed : ‘ the role of women in the struggle is prone ’ — and the obsession with struggle elsewhere and male intellectuals ' struggles here with an uncomprehending world , threw down enough issues to sustain a variety of competing tendencies , articles , and books for the following five years . |
| 4 | So when you get to the planning calendars , put everything before the planning calendars in the storage binder please , and then you should find some planning calendars for the next five years . |
| 5 | The magazine carries an interview with the Princess 's favourite clairvoy ant , Irish psychic Betty Palko , of Surbiton , Surrey , who has given Diana spiri tualist sessions for the last five years . |
| 6 | She had maintained two thousand feet for the last five miles . |
| 7 | Will my right hon. Friend convey to the Governor of Hong Kong my congratulations and those of the House on the skilful and successful way in which he has conducted the affairs of Hong Kong in difficult circumstances for the past five years ? |
| 8 | Erm the economic development unit of the borough , Mr Allenby , should know more about it than me , but they have done studies of the firms in Harrogate that can be expected to seek relocation within the borough as they sort themselves out over the next five years , and erm their own calculations for the next five years is more than the county 's whole calculation for the next fifteen years , which suggested to us again that there was a problem about the understanding that the county had on the matter of relocations within Harrogate compared with what was going on locally . |
| 9 | A federation of recreation industry unions compiled a list of more than 100 MPs from ruling and opposition parties who allegedly received huge sums of money from pachinko barons for the past five years . |
| 10 | An Academic Development Officer was appointed and an Academic Development Committee set up , and in 1971 the Polytechnic was approved by the CNAA as a centre for its awards for the next five years . |
| 11 | We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled . |
| 12 | So , a yearly 10 per cent rise in fares for the next five years . |
| 13 | Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip . |
| 14 | Tom checked his NatWest statements for the previous five years and was repaid £14,974 . |
| 15 | Dougherty has been doing the basic research and clinical studies for the past five years . |
| 16 | It was against this background that WACC 's Central Committee considered WACC 's priorities for the next five years . |
| 17 | Because i it is assumed management is learned by picking up the bad habits of your predecessor and their predecessors for the last five hundred years . |
| 18 | He has sold organic wines for the past five years , ever since he got a licence . |
| 19 | Does he realise that it shows huge decreases for the next five years , especially in London , with up to 95 per cent . |
| 20 | Now that you have a goal and some objectives for the next five years , let's concentrate on some more specific objectives for the next year . |
| 21 | But it might help your learners if they used some of your techniques for the first five or ten minutes of viewing . |
| 22 | I 'll just have to make alternative arrangements for the other five . ’ |
| 23 | He is stuck with the same rigid pricing arrangements for the next five years . |
| 24 | Our automatic knitting machine , for example , has full orders for the next five years . |
| 25 | He and his aunt have contrived with some skill to avoid their neighbours ’ cutlets for the last five years . |
| 26 | STUART SURRIDGE , who died aged 74 at his home in Wimbledon on Monday , wrote in his diary when appointed captain of Surrey in 1952 that the county would be champions for the next five years . |
| 27 | E W Swanton writes : Alec Bedser has recorded how , before W S Surridge started his first season as captain , he made this entry in his diary : ‘ Surrey will be champions for the next five years . ’ |
| 28 | Phil Davies is recalled as Wales axe six players for the final Five Nations Championship match on Saturday . |
| 29 | Ricci would give masterclasses for the next five mornings , each one lasting from 9 am to 1 pm . |
| 30 | Oxford , without the services of Mike Spracklen , whose subtle genius as finishing coach helped them to victories for the previous five races , have Pat Sweeney , a regular Oxford coach since 1988 , in charge . |