Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [art] next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses . |
| 2 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |
| 3 | She was heavily pregnant but she was questioned and made to wait for the next twelve hours without food or water . |
| 4 | Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall . |
| 5 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 6 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 7 | I could see his jeans , shirts , jerseys , everything he needed to wear for the next two days , neatly folded in a drawer in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | As far as I can see , there is not likely to be anywhere for it to go for the next five or 10 years , except east on the A47 or south on the A6 . |
| 9 | It could also pay to go for the next larger filter if your pond is alternatively stocked . |
| 10 | And after Haley came Presley , Little Richard , and Fats Domino , laying a freeway through popular culture that outraged left and right alike , and down which successive generations of youth were to drive for the next three decades . |
| 11 | In the upheaval that was to come during the next 12 months , only the ECSC seemed to have avoided the scrapheap . |
| 12 | Elena has now returned for more plastic surgery and although her family does not have to pay for the treatment , there will be hefty travelling expenses to meet during the next few years . |
| 13 | Philip of France had sent a force of Brabançons to help his brother-in-law , the opening shot in a campaign which he was to wage for the next thirty years . |
| 14 | A hundred years were to pass before the next Roman invasion and this time they came to stay . |
| 15 | RAIL fares are scheduled to soar in the next few years and at least 5,000 railway jobs will be lost following the Government 's decision to slash grants for British Rail in the early 1990s . |
| 16 | These trends are likely to persist within the next five years , and necessitate a continuous review of the IT market-place , and mechanisms to ensure that Garden staff are using the most cost-effective IT in pursuit of Garden priorities . |
| 17 | Use the erm , they they invited the Chislehurst May Queen , dan maypole dancers to come to the next open evening . |
| 18 | The pace of investment is planned to increase over the next five years with over £50 million of expenditure planned in new and improved port facilities and associated infrastructure . |
| 19 | Though the number of people over the age of 65 is predicted not to increase over the next 10 years and to rise slowly thereafter , the profile of this group will change considerably . |
| 20 | But we 're now reasonably confident that we will continue to increase over the next few years and are budgeting for a modest growth . ’ |
| 21 | But if progress in the past couple of decades has appeared hectic , there is plenty to come over the next two . |
| 22 | Now if you 're a horse racing fan … the brain will be galloping … the mouth watering … at the thought of what 's to come over the next few weeks … |
| 23 | But it has also been argued that the basic features of positivism applied to all causal theories of crime , whether biological ( as in the case of the founding fathers ) , psychological or sociological , that were to appear over the next half century or more ( Jeffery , 1960 ; Matza , 1964 ) . |
| 24 | The fact that resources which should have been released at point B are not available to work on the next planned project until point C is an ‘ opportunity cost ’ and will quite possibly result in that project being delayed too . |
| 25 | The fact that resources which should have been released at point B are not available to work on the next planned project until point C is an ‘ opportunity cost ’ and will quite possibly result in that project being delayed too . |
| 26 | After five sentences , stop and pause , take a deep breath , look out of the window , then come back to work on the next five sentences . |
| 27 | We arranged to meet at the next new mum 's group at my house the following week . |
| 28 | O N A less acrimonious note , I was glad to read that David Alton , the Liberal Democrat MP for Liverpool Mossley Hill , is likely to stand at the next General Election . |
| 29 | The new committee to serve for the next two years was elected and is Chairman — Reg Simmons , Vice-Chairman — Ian Johnson , Secretary — Sheila Hamson , and Treasurer — Phil Johnson . |
| 30 | But er , we were not successful in putting up an er and er to have a member of Wales elected on this occasion to serve for the next seven years unfortunately ! |