Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ See you later , ’ said Sheila , already half listening to the next question . |
| 2 | Already in the 1950s the core was losing heavily , and this worsened in the next decade . |
| 3 | This leads to the next guideline . |
| 4 | In 1724 Peter I ordered that all papers relating to foreign policy should be brought together in the college archive ; and work on this continued for the next two decades . |
| 5 | There was much to do in the next few days . |
| 6 | It does n't have much bearing on the next season . |
| 7 | It does n't have much bearing on the next season . ’ |
| 8 | All creating for the next decade and beyond opportunities for a ship building industry . |
| 9 | Normally it is of the second magnitude , just about equal to the Pole Star , but every 2½ days it gives a long , slow wink , taking four hours to fade down below the third magnitude and remaining at minimum for a mere 20 minutes before starting to recover — after which nothing more happens for the next 2½ days . |
| 10 | At present , many new nation states are being created in Eastern Europe , and alongside this process there is also the development , perhaps , of a new kind of ‘ European nationalism ’ , about which I shall have more to say in the next chapter . |
| 11 | ( The ‘ higher powers ’ of an intransitive relation arise when there are chains of elements each related to the next by the relation in question ; thus , if A is the father of B , B of C , and C of D , then A stands in the ‘ third power ’ of the relation ’ — father of — ’ to D. ) It can easily be seen that A in 1(a) and P in 1(b) fulfil this requirement ( assuming , of course , that the lines in the diagrams symbolise the relation of dominance ) . |
| 12 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |