Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] the [num ord] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bomber Command lost over 500 aircraft during the next few months over Berlin , and when you consider that this meant 3,500 fully trained men , it can be realised that it was a critical time . |
| 2 | DEC claims its UK workstation business will grow at a compound annual rate of 2% or 3% for the next few years , and ambitiously predicts its will overhaul Sun to become market leader by 1995/96 . |
| 3 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
| 4 | Beach capable of bigger cod in the next few weeks . |
| 5 | He is likely to be put on an aircraft in the next few days . |
| 6 | The Pentagon announced that women pilots in the navy and air force would be allowed to fly combat aircraft within the next few months . |
| 7 | Australian mining companies have been pressing hard for the upgrade for the past 18 months but , ironically , demand for Landsat data in the last few months has dropped by 60 per cent . |
| 8 | In the Far East it already has two partners in the shape of Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd and presently state-owned Singapore Telecom , and the trio say they will spend over $100m over the next few years on WorldPartners . |
| 9 | The newly-flooded margins will be attractive to the fish in the first few days , until the sudden influx of size ten waders make them wary . |
| 10 | The manufacturer reckons that the deal will be worth in the region of £100m over the next few years as Cambridge-based Ionica rolls out its UK network . |
| 11 | According to the Government , water bills will rise by 50% within the next few years . |
| 12 | The anti-smoking campaigns in the media in the last few years have made everyone aware of the risks we run if we continue to smoke . |
| 13 | He reckons he needs between 50 and 100 people in the next few weeks , presumably all drawn from the 300 or so that lost their jobs when his first company closed its doors . |
| 14 | Some Age Concern groups , social services departments and other organisations run a variety of hospital discharge schemes which can help people over the first few days or weeks after a stay in hospital . |
| 15 | The Government is promoting Compacts because it recognises that there will be a shortfall in supply of responsible and qualified young people over the next few years . |
| 16 | But it was impossible to forget entirely the rumours that William had been involved with some very undesirable people over the last few years . |
| 17 | We feel that the experiences of some staff over the last few months would be beneficial to all people who travel overseas , and so we have collated various pieces of information which we hope will be useful to you . |
| 18 | Market analysis suggests that inkjet sales , which were virtually zilch three or four years ago , will massively exceed both laser and dot matrix printer sales over the next few years , accounting for about half of the total printer market by 1997 . |
| 19 | THERE 'S been a revolution in media over the last few years and it 's going to continue at an ever-increasing pace for sometime to come . |
| 20 | Having fallen back from about 360p to 320p over the last few days , Fisons ' top management was busy round at Hoare Govett yesterday , trying to reassure nervous institutions investors . |
| 21 | Now the water industry is set to spend billions of pounds in improvements , the likely result of which is that our bills will go up by at least 50% over the next few years . |
| 22 | It sees the Japanese market for X-terminals growing at 100% over the next few years . |
| 23 | The River Nene around Peterborough has really come on form for roach in the last few months , despite the weather , with double-figure hauls of quality fish commonplace . |
| 24 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 25 | ICL also now generates about half its revenues from higher margin non-hardware sales , and expects this to increase to between 55% and 60% over the next few years . |
| 26 | The first in a series over the next few weeks on Monday . |