Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Council reaffirmed its willingness to help the Soviet Union but referred back to the Commission the task of submitting before the next Council meeting proposals for decisions to be taken , and also asked it to draw up a plan for a major commercial , scientific and technical co-operation agreement with the Soviet Union . |
| 2 | That Alex Wyllie , the grizzled New Zealand coach , regards this as the All Blacks ' most important tour since the Cup is a tribute not to the Welsh but to the necessity of bringing through the next generation of players . |
| 3 | A big quake east of the Rocky Mountains — and one greater than magnitude 6 has a 50 to 60 per cent chance of occurring in the next 25 years — could make California 's Loma Prieta seem trifling . |
| 4 | They looked up at her , and it was clear without anything being said that they were doing their best to cram fifty years of living into the next week or two . |
| 5 | Already , he knew that his chances of living through the next four or five weeks had been severely curtailed . |
| 6 | ( We will talk more about the role of visualizing in the next section . ) |
| 7 | ‘ Steady , Dr. Stevie , ’ Patrick warned , as he showed every sign of rushing at the next shot . |
| 8 | Instead of switching to the next phases to be excited are , which enables the motor to develop maximum negative torque at that position . |
| 9 | where there is a screenful of records at a specific classification code , there should be a means of skipping to the next or previous codes ; |
| 10 | There are currently 1.7 million people in the UK who have a TV but not a licence , and most will be doing a lot of viewing over the next couple of weeks . |
| 11 | The unfortunate animal in question is incarcerated in a closed box which also contains a radioactive atom with a 50-50 chance of decaying in the next hour , emitting a y-ray in the process . |
| 12 | Ivo , all the way from London , England , is discussing with Motley Crue the possibilities of working on the next ‘ This Mortal Coil ’ project — which will be called ‘ This Motley Crue ’ . |
| 13 | The following month , in the same journal , a swift refutation of these tenets came in the shape of a letter from a consultant histopathologist by name of J.V. Clark , who responds to the last point regarding the relations ' not understanding what is being asked when a postmortem is requested , by pointing out that in all probability funeral directors do not explain the procedure of embalming to the next of kin and , more seriously , maintaining that delay would reduce the maximum benefit of an autopsy and also delay the funeral . |