Example sentences of "it [prep] the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They scarcely left it for the next two weeks , their passion putting her dreams to shame . |
| 2 | There Rowicki created the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra , building it from scratch and directing it for the next five years . |
| 3 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 4 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 5 | Well , can I propose we try it for the next three meetings , and |
| 6 | Keep it in the quarantine tank , cease medication and keep an eye on it for the next few months . |
| 7 | All junior pupils will be involved in the planting and each of the five school houses will be responsible for a section , taking care of it for the next few years . |
| 8 | If the success of Drury 's frame-up was breathtaking in its audacity , the failure of the Appeal Court to expose it during the next ten years was no less so in its crassness . |
| 9 | ( But the new tube was less sure of itself , and revised versions of it during the next few months whiplashed over the map of south London like a demented snake . ) |
| 10 | Seb 's apparent resignation to the fact that Anna was to marry Nahum did nothing to ease the pain he felt whenever he thought about it during the next few days . |
| 11 | TOKYO ( Reuter ) — The Liberal Democratic Party , struggling to win back voters alienated by scandals and a sales tax , yesterday chose the Prime Minister , Toshiki Kaifu , to lead it into the next general election . |
| 12 | But erm I mean th th the debate yesterday was , was as , as budget issues always are I mean when you 're talking about budget no matter , even in boom years you 're always still talking oh we have n't got enough money erm but it was positive in the sense that it was A we 're coming off the back of some good performance , and that 's important to remember , and all I 'm saying is there 's no reason why we should n't be able to maintain our performance , even if we ca n't improve it in the next two or three months erm from , to where we actually think we should have been given that the systems come in last year . |
| 13 | In response , the largest bird importer in the US , A.A. Pare , has argued that " What we 're doing is salvaging the birds … if they stay in the jungle , they 're not going to have it in the next five years … |
| 14 | If the Labour party is abdicating the right to retain foreign and defence policy in this country , it is not speaking for the country , and the Government will exploit that against it in the next general election . |
| 15 | In other words , if you could n't get it in the next three months , you could forget about it ! |
| 16 | ‘ Not unless I do it in the next three months , ’ she told him . |
| 17 | Mr Colman if I might add that re- orientation has brought with it the need to change our pricing strategy and therefore rather than going package by package right through the whole thirty four , we 're actually trying initially on the engines to go in one bang to price everything on the engines and do it in the next few months . |
| 18 | So , you know we 've got a week now to maybe watch the T V tonight , watch the goals again tomorrow , enjoy what we 've just done , but erm some hard work ahead of it in the next few weeks . |
| 19 | The owner says he will sell at that price , but only if Fred collects the car and pays for it within the next 2 hours . |
| 20 | Mr Joseph Bronson ( HMS Milne ) , of Helmington Terrace , Hunwick , is still waiting for his medal but is expected to receive it within the next few weeks . |
| 21 | However , USL believes that HP will adopt it within the next three or four months . |
| 22 | So perhaps we can have a look there , and this will appear on the ne and , and I suggest we look at it on the next General Purposes Committee . |
| 23 | But two years of severe drought in the region have prompted suggestions to give the project a higher priority and to build it over the next two years rather than the next 14 , as originally planned . |
| 24 | We travelled thousands of miles in it over the next two years . |
| 25 | Nor was there any reason to believe they would get it over the next thirty years , either . |
| 26 | Having finally admitted that the English drift-netting is damaging to Scotland 's rivers and needs to be phased out , the Government is proposing to accomplish it over the next 30 years . |
| 27 | I recently bought a Series IIA ex-military Land Rover with the intention of completely rebuilding it over the next few years ending up with a vehicle that will last for years to come . |
| 28 | With any luck , it should not need much doing to it over the next few years . |
| 29 | It will be interesting to see if you have lost that charm , because you are going to need it over the next few days , every last gram of it . ’ |
| 30 | All we we 've agreed that we 're going to need someone to control it at the next fair . |