Example sentences of "at [adv] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | A goalkeeper does not ‘ perform ’ his function in its theatrical sense , only in the sociological usage of ‘ perform ’ which we shall be looking at further in the next chapter . |
| 2 | Only a day or two ago in The Times , a high academic figure was complaining that ‘ the nature of the demand for education , at least over the next few years , seems unlikely to correspond with any precision to the national need for more scientists and technologists ’ . |
| 3 | Craft workers are likely to be in increased demand , at least over the next several years , to carry out maintenance on advanced equipment such as CNC machine tools and robots , though craft work is likely to change its context . |
| 4 | Part at least of the next ten years was evidently spent in the Newfoundland fishing trade , as he developed a specialist knowledge of the waters round that island . |
| 5 | However , the scientists say they believed the layer would continue to thin every winter at least for the next eight years , after which a ban on use of certain gases will start to have a beneficial effect . |
| 6 | This further increased its authority and enabled it to keep control over events , at least for the next few months . |
| 7 | By comparison , the risks of ‘ doing nothing ’ , at least for the next three or four years , are less acute . |
| 8 | At least for the next few days , allow yourself to be more impulsive . |
| 9 | For your own good , at least for the next year or so , I think you 'd be best out of the way . |
| 10 | Prices for Vines 5.50 , which includes StreetTalk , remain unchanged , at least for the next few months . |
| 11 | ‘ Roger , Roger , ’ he whispered , ‘ I am the Cardinal 's man in peace and war , at least for the next ten years . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm here , ’ Robbie snapped , side-stepping him and moving further into the galley , ‘ because I 'm going to live here — at least for the next six months . ’ |
| 13 | the farmers will hope it holds off at least for the next few weeks . |
| 14 | SHIPPING giant ACL today pledged to stick with Liverpool at least for the next four years after a new contract was hammered out between the Swedish-owned company and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company . |
| 15 | Serious economic reform seems blocked , at least until the next presidential election , due in 1992 . |
| 16 | Then , just as I 'd half a mind to twiddle with the radio in case Marlene Dietrich was still on , there would be another lurch of the Tardis-like mood and I 'd come upon a garishly-lit motel , freshly shipped across from the West , or else be smartly overtaken by a monstrous new Mercedes doing 200 kph or more with effortless abandon , at least until the next plunge into potholes and waterlogged scree . |
| 17 | It only remained for Terence Higgins ( Worthing ) to wrap up Serpell in moth balls , where it will remain until at least after the next election |
| 18 | Might such considerations explain Mrs Thatcher 's reluctance to join the system , at least before the next election ? |