Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems little chance of one of the party 's senior professionals stepping down in the next few months to create a by-election for the Tory chairman . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be right here beside you , ’ she added , climbing on to the next horse . |
| 3 | ‘ I would n't have thought so , ’ Aldridge said , walking over to the next one . |
| 4 | Furthermore , if males are in short supply in one generation , they will be selectively favoured by contributing disproportionately to the next generation . |
| 5 | Faced with a new branch of nationwide chain opening up in the next street leading to falling sales at one 's own bookshop , a bookseller might go for interviews with customers leaving the new store . |
| 6 | This was acquired in the early ‘ twenties by the Noyce family and they continued trading there for the next sixty years . |
| 7 | Yet all this time the front wheel is pointing dead ahead and the bike is driving hard towards the next , faster left . |
| 8 | The Hong Kong government had announced on Nov. 19 that it was pressing ahead with the next stage of construction of the airport , despite a lack of agreement with China . |
| 9 | Here we are , then , me and Anna , starving romantically in the next best thing to a garret : a tiny room in a dreadful hotel near the Pantheon . |
| 10 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 11 | Both bought a gratifyingly large number of things before passing on to the next stall , where Miss Pettigrew sat behind pyramids of tinned food , most of which , on closer inspection , proved to be for cats . |
| 12 | He also urged them to remember Tory supporters living overseas at the next election . |
| 13 | I believe that the whole country thinks that with the uncertainties in the world — in the middle east and elsewhere , as well as in the Soviet Union — and looking ahead to the next 10 years , it is essential that we maintain our minimum credible nuclear deterrent . |
| 14 | He continued : ‘ I am looking forward to the next Labour government throwing out the Tory anti-union laws and giving working people the protection that they need to conduct legitimate industrial action . |
| 15 | He had the good lecturer 's habit of referring back to the previous lecture , and looking forward to the next , so that the course flowed smoothly on . |
| 16 | We 're looking forward to the next issue , reminding us of home . |
| 17 | Some may be looking forward to the next life , others begin to take a pride in having reached advanced years , even in outliving others . |
| 18 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 19 | an effective means of looking forward to the next appropriate teaching steps . |
| 20 | It was so bad , I 'd be looking forward to the next meal before I 'd finished the last one , ’ she says . |
| 21 | the end of the day saw children and parents — tired but happy — set off for home , already looking forward to the next party . |
| 22 | We 're dealing with the day to day running of the theatre ; shows coming in , maintenance , but also looking forward to the next productions . |
| 23 | As one motor racing season comes to an end , a Banbury engineering company are looking forward to the next . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sick last season has ended , but I 'm looking forward to the next one more than I have any season . |
| 25 | I am looking forward to the next stage of Tencel and we are already working with Fibers and Research to set up the teams for a new project . |
| 26 | for more than 50 years ICI acrylic materials — sheet and mooulding powders — have been used and enjoyed worldwide , Ken Barrlett reports on a business looking forward to the next 50 years . |
| 27 | All in all , it was a happy and stimulating Course and as one resident put it ‘ looking forward to the next time in ‘ bootiful ’ Norfolk ! |
| 28 | And finally , I you looking forward to the next year ? |
| 29 | On no account should it be regarded as something through which the traveller passes quickly while hurrying on to the next destination . |
| 30 | Omit each food or set of foods for about two weeks before going on to the next set . |