Example sentences of "that [prep] the next [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As Zen came through the door he suddenly saw an opening and lunged forward , so that for the next thirty seconds or so he was unable to reply to his visitor 's question .
2 Let us make sure that for the next two weeks he still can not prove . ’
3 In the Balkans it meant that for the next few years Bulgaria under Stambouloff would look to Austria-Hungary ( and even , a little , to Turkey ) , for fear of Russia .
4 Joey relaxed , happy in the knowledge that for the next few weeks at least , the place would n't run dry of drugs .
5 The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo .
6 Spain and Portugal stressed during the proceedings their willingness to continue to act as bridges for Latin American access to the European Communities ; the Spanish government also announced that during the next four to five years it would invest over US$14,000 million in the Latin American region .
7 The government is also aware that during the next ten years Japan has its last chance to provide more of the amenities that most westerners take for granted .
8 It was agreed that during the next 12 years his earnings would have been £21,000 per annum , which would have given him £7,500 after tax .
9 Market researchers predict that within the next two years the High Street will have changed beyond all recognition as customers ‘ go shopping ’ from their armchair .
10 It is estimated by those in the health profession that within the next three or four years all those units that can become self-managing will have done so .
11 A report by the Manpower Services Commission this summer said that within the next three years , industry ‘ does not predict any major shortages of electronics staff . ’
12 We 've got clients , for example , where we are waiting for the sale of land to get our monies in , so it 's reasonable to expect that we 'll see that within the next three years .
13 The report 's most dramatic assumption is that within the next 20 years electricity can replace petrol for many of the region 's cars , buses and lorries .
14 This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain .
15 I believe it is quite possible that within the next few years we might see European legislation which will not only follow that of the UK in prohibiting lead fishing weights but also outlaw the use of lead in cartridges .
16 Mr Vernon pointed out that in the next five years this programme will have cost some £20m , and that figure would need to be borne in mind when setting fund raising targets for the future .
17 WEN predict that in the next six months all soft paper manufacturers here will change their practices — labelling items according to their pulping and bleaching process and promoting ’ chlorine free ’ .
18 Versailles displayed an economic shortsightedness ; writing in 1921 R. H. Brand recognised that in the next 5 years reparations would not " be large enough very seriously to alleviate the great financial problems which … the nations of Western Europe must have solved " . "
19 It is a valuable piece of equipment , and my hon. Friend may like to know that in the next two or three years we shall proceed with some large modifications to it which we estimate will bring about £4 million worth of work to PBN on the Isle of Wight .
20 Incidentally , I ca n't be with you because I 'm trying to ensure that in the next general election Labour will win more seats .
21 And it is expected that in the next few days she will address the military 's other grievances .
22 It is hoped that in the next few months , following some training and an LEA-inspired new job description , certain simple maintenance tasks will be completed totally ‘ in-house ’ .
23 It is likely that in the next few years there will be pressure to bring into production the remaining hectares of delimited land , although economics and the overall strategy of the Champagne market will also play their part .
24 It seems likely that in the next few years funding will be increased minimally and competition will also grow .
25 His comments were a bit premature because we find that in the next few months more than half those who died were children between the ages of 8 days and 9 years .
26 But it is of concern and I do hope that in the next forthcoming er house er when the the house sits in the forthcoming rounds , that they will be mindful of the representations which have been made nationally and that the Police service and the proposals contained , particularly in the Police bill , will not be fully implemented in the way that they 're currently proposed on the white paper today .
27 That means that over the next 14 months new national vocational qualifications will be accredited and put in place at a rate of well over one a day .
28 The RYA says that over the next 10 years demand for new berths will reach 85,000 nationally on top of the present 190,000 .
29 In a departure from the stance of previous governments , the government announced in February 1990 that over the next five years it proposed to pay Sch300,000,000 in reparations to Austrian Jews who had fled the country after the Anschluss ( the forcible union of Austria with Nazi Germany in 1938 ) and who had not previously received compensation .
30 Nevertheless , he forsees that over the next two years there may be problems as fleets dispose of the diesels acquired during the last oil-burner boom .
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