Example sentences of "[noun pl] at the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I now declare you to be members of the Elect to be initiated into the Sacred Ministries at the next Easter Vigil ’ |
| 2 | The hierarchy is arranged so that groups of strong and weak elements at the lowest level themselves form strong or weak elements at the next level up and so on throughout the hierarchy , somewhat in the manner of the hierarchical structure of syntax . |
| 3 | A lively group of beefy youngsters at the next table gave a loud cheer , and a girl exclaimed ‘ Great ! ’ |
| 4 | In his address to the party conference at Brighton , Mr Kinnock said Labour was now ready , eager and able to take power from the Conservatives at the next election , and his confidence won him one of the most prolonged and enthusiastic ovations received by a Labour leader for many years . |
| 5 | He says it 'll go back to the Conservatives at the next election . |
| 6 | Outer Kent has been asked to do the honours at the next meeting . |
| 7 | Outer Kent has been asked to do the honours at the next meeting . |
| 8 | This may herald a move to a broader system of age-related rebates at the next rebate review , due in April 1996 . |
| 9 | As everyone knows , the boundary commission , which decides how many constituencies an area needs , is likely to come up with recommendations that will deprive Labour of as many as 20 of its urban seats at the next election . |
| 10 | The Conservatives will lose those seats at the next election . |
| 11 | The manager of the package being processed and all packages at the next level in the structure which reference it are temporarily changed to the specified user . |
| 12 | One of the army officers at the next table called across to my companion , ‘ Businessman ? ’ |
| 13 | Moving the suspension of standing orders at the next meeting of Cork County Council , Councillor Gene Fitzgerald TD complained that the first council members heard of the planning decision was when they read of it in the morning paper . |
| 14 | Whatever did not sell was , it is said , traded off from stalls at the next Party Conference . |
| 15 | There were moves at the next table . |
| 16 | We sincerely hope that Mr Taylor will stay with us and defeat the handful of critics at the next election . |
| 17 | For about fifteen minutes he did nothing but sit there contentedly , sipping his coffee and watching their restless , flickering scene around him through half-open eyes : the tall , bearded man with a cigar and a fatuous grin who walked up and down at an unvarying even pace like a clockwork soldier , never looking at anybody ; the plump ageing layabout in a Gestapo officers leather coat and dark glasses holding court outside the door of the cafe , trading secrets and scandal with his men friends , assessing the passers-by as thought they were for sale , calling after women and making hour-glass gestures with his hairy gold-ringed hands ; a frail old man bent like an S , with a crazy harmless expression and a transistor radio pressed to his ear walking with the exaggerated urgency of those who have nowhere to go ; slim Africans with leatherwork belts and bangles laid out on a piece of cloth ; a Gypsy child sitting n the cold stone playing the same four note again and again on a cheap concertina ; two foreigners with guitars an a small crowd around them ; a beggar with his shirt pulled down over one shoulder to reveal the stump of an amputated arm ; a pudgy shapeless women with an open suitcase full of cigarette lighters and bootleg cassettes ; the two Nordic girls at the next table , basking half-naked in the weak March sun as though this might be the last time it appeared this year . |
| 18 | It is hoped that formal Articles of Association will be ready for discussion and adoption by members at the next AGM . |
| 19 | The criticism is then seen as being political and if the electors of Greater London disapprove of what is done in their name by their representatives , the remedy lies in their hands at the next election . |
| 20 | ‘ That would mean the Conservatives losing over 1.5 million voters at the next election and many marginal seats would go with them . ’ |
| 21 | You do realize the press will be down on this train like a pack of hunting lions at the next stop ? ’ |
| 22 | The day before we left , we celebrated Ned 's 21st with lunch in a good restaurant ( the popping of the champagne cork causing much alarm and despondency among the old dears at the next table ) . |
| 23 | He proceeded to play it five times at the next night 's party ( ‘ We thought he was just being nice but he said it was great ! ’ ) . |
| 24 | Groups at the lowest level will themselves form constituents of groups at the next level up , and so on through the hierarchy . |
| 25 | Shaking her head , she speaks in a near whisper so that the women at the next table can not overhear . |
| 26 | There is no way of knowing , yet , whether the Greens at the next election will be playing Pan pipes in the background , or piping briskly into the fray . |
| 27 | Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen , predicted that the Government 's scheme for selling off British Rail would help to guarantee the defeat of the Tories at the next election . |
| 28 | Labour leaders were strongly criticised for embracing an ‘ unprincipled ’ U-turn away from unilateralism in an attempt to win votes at the next election . |
| 29 | Now Mr , in the light of what Mr has said , do you understand that if the structure plan key diagram was amended in that way , it will still yo leave you and your clients open to challenge , or you would have a better chance of challenging er the er preferred option of the County Councils at the next stage , which is either through the local plan channel or through the er the the planning application stage for the highway ? |