Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days . |
| 2 | Our fascinating day among the gentle giants is completed by a drive down to Los Angeles where we will stay for the next two nights in the Anaheim area of the city . |
| 3 | However , this does not imply that BT will underperform during the next 12 months or that those shares which overperformed ( e.g. ICI with an abnormal return of +40 per cent ) will repeat their past performance . |
| 4 | Those ‘ events ’ of primitive evolution which did not qualify as ‘ good ’ should not be termed ‘ bad ’ , but simply ‘ not good ’ , because ‘ bad ’ implies the existence of ‘ evil ’ , and this did not exist during the first two of the three periods into which this book assumes universal existence to be divided . |
| 5 | Although a total prohibition exists for the third category above , special circumstances may exist for the first two services . |
| 6 | Active or REM sleep onset will persist for the first twelve months of life in normal infants . |
| 7 | The two suitcases represented everything she thought she would need for the next seven months at the Hamiltons ' , and it seemed like an odd way to be taking what might be a big step in her life . |
| 8 | As soon as the passport came through , Coleman should wait for the first convenient lull in the fighting in Beirut and then leave immediately . |
| 9 | Half of Britain 's estate agents saw prices fall during the last three months . |
| 10 | As you straighten your hand the band will jump from the first two fingers on to the third and fourth ones . |
| 11 | Few members of his own party believe the prime minister can survive until the next general election , due in 1992 . |
| 12 | His back catalogue is his best defence ; go and listen to it ( It is , incidentally , being reissued on vinyl ‘ as archive material ’ because Albini believes that the aluminium in CDs will oxidise in the next ten years and the medium — conveniently for record companies — will become defunct ) . |
| 13 | Do n't wait until the last few minutes ; it may be too late . |
| 14 | The Irish Prime Minister , Charles Haughey , could resign within the next two weeks according to Fianna Fail party sources . |
| 15 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 16 | OUR flower gardens are full of blossom at the moment , carried on plants that will not survive beyond the first few frosts of autumn . |
| 17 | The manager and the members of staff sit down and they agree over the last twelve months which of these bits of training have you had either on the job or as forward training they are ticked off , what do you need over the next six months , let's make a programme . |
| 18 | We cooked dinner , packed up things we did not need over the next two days and had a group meeting to discuss the itinerary for our journey home . |
| 19 | What I 'm planning to do is to put them back in the order , colleagues could you settle down please , I 'm planning to put them back on the agenda in the order that they fell off , and er , hopefully , the first opportunity in that connection may be Wednesday afternoon , but I need to have a discussion with colleagues about that , but I 'll certainly let you know at the first available opportunity . |
| 20 | Trees grown on MM111 rootstock will reach a robust 18–20ft in height , but wo n't crop for the first six years . |
| 21 | Oi think of a project for me that I can do for the next seven weeks . |
| 22 | Yeah , I did n't smoke for the first six months and then I finished work and I was at home |
| 23 | On Aug. 6 Islamic Jihad issued a statement saying that it would send within the next 48 hours " a special envoy " with an extremely important message to Pérez de Cuéllar . |
| 24 | The remaining themes , Communication , Culture and Change ; Communication Education , and Women 's Perspectives , will appear in the next two issues of the newsletter . |
| 25 | A formal notice of the decision reached will appear in the next available issue of the Association 's publication Hospitality . |
| 26 | Other findings were that 67 per cent think standards will decline in the next few years if things carry on as they are and that 77 per cent agree teachers do a good job in spite of everything . |
| 27 | This means the voter marks his second preference on the ballot paper ; and , if his first choice candidate does not finish in the first two , his vote is transferred to one of those who is still in with a chance . |
| 28 | He 's not gon na get anything because it did n't finish in the first three but it was two hundred to one each way , he had two pound each way on it |
| 29 | But I might do in the next fifty years any of them . |
| 30 | A win or draw for the Army will give them their 29th outright title while victory for the RAF will result in the 10th triple tie of the competition . |