Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the [adj] decade " in BNC.
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| 1 | However figures out today reveal that the Teesside Development Corporation is building one million square feet of office space 84pc of the county 's provision for the next decade and most of it will be concentrated on its flagship site of Teesdale , Thornaby . |
| 2 | Ford of America stressed yesterday that there would be no ‘ significant ’ changes in the way the company was run after announcing that Mr Donald Petersen , chairman for the past decade , is to retire . |
| 3 | The building materials company has been a market defensive favourite for the past decade as it concentrated on keeping down the costs of making its cement , and joinery , glass and steel products . |
| 4 | The neo-conservative economic policies in vogue throughout the West for the past decade have served to redistribute income upwards , creating the infamous Yuppies with their taste for BMWs and white wines . |
| 5 | But Mr Lafontaine , standard-bearer of the up-and-coming generation , and the second most important figure after Mr Vogel on the committee drafting the party programme for the next decade , has certainly not had things all his own way . |
| 6 | The ring main , due to be completed in 1996 , is the largest item in Thames 's £4 billion capital expenditure programme for the coming decade . |
| 7 | THE first prediction for the new decade to fall before the new decade has begun comes from World Soccer 's January edition . |
| 8 | Group Captain Martin Armstrong FHCIMA , director of RAF catering , said that after much debate , a blueprint of the optimum private/in-house mix for the next decade was in place and that elements of the catering at every RAF station in the UK would be market tested . |
| 9 | The ‘ special service ’ included occasional intelligence work abroad , but his main work for the next decade was the construction and command of the Southampton boom defences . |
| 10 | With Prince Philip , she has to share the blame for the disastrous decade which has engulfed the royals . |
| 11 | For British readers , the first model — which has been in the political , if not the economic , ascendancy for the past decade and more — is the more familiar . |
| 12 | FULLER Smith & Turner , the London brewer of London Pride and Chiswick Bitter , has announced a management reshuffle which will see Anthony Fuller , chairman and managing director for the past decade , split his two roles . |
| 13 | The order book for the Falcon 20 has now passed the 400 mark , and with the success of the Falcon 10 and the arrival of the Falcon 50 , production from Dassault 's Bordeaux facility for the next decade can confidently be expected . |
| 14 | We have laid the pattern for the coming decade . ’ |
| 15 | Fulham can now continue to lease the ground for the next decade and have the option to purchase it outright at a price of just under £8 million at any time during the 10 years . |
| 16 | Studs Lonigan dropped through the floor into a bottomless pit , never to re-emerge , even for a moment 's campus debate ; the United Artists film that was supposed to become the moving blueprint of life for the new decade of Sixties youth caused but a ripple in the thoughts of these sensitive young souls and vanished without trace . |
| 17 | They have both carried the burden of bearing the brunt for Britain in international competition for the last decade and more . |
| 18 | Armani shot down in flames those who thought the empire he founded in 1974 would die with the demise of the business half of his partnership ; he learnt fast and today manages to be all money , all business , without sacrificing the brilliant creative edge which has made him fashion 's greatest superstar for the past decade . |
| 19 | If they had accepted good professional presentation advice , they could have saved thousands , had a marvellous multi-purpose centre , proper crowd flow and huge potential for the next decade . |
| 20 | ‘ It is projected to average £33 billion annually to the turn of the century and grow to £45 billion a year for the first decade of the new century . |
| 21 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 22 | Not only would winning the order mean around some £60 million worth of work a year for the next decade for Ferranti , but it would give a successful bidder or partner for Ferranti access to crucial next-generation radar technology . |
| 23 | Another consideration is that the government expects high-technology' industries to grow by 10 per cent a year for the next decade . |
| 24 | This constituted the formal , operational information produced by the organisation , and it underpinned the subsequent R&D , manufacturing and marketing activity for the next decade . |
| 25 | In Scotland , Co-ordinated Land & estates ( CLE ) is usually associated with developments such as Clydebank Business Park but in fact property audits have been a metier of this company for the past decade . |
| 26 | This week 's riot by 150 schoolgirls at Wimbledon station will almost certainly prove to be the crucial event of the election period , and the one which sets the tone for the next decade or so . |