Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] for the foreseeable [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They are well understood , cheap to collect and very difficult to evade … rates should remain for the foreseeable future the main source of local revenue for local government ’ ( DOE/Welsh Office 1983a : 14 ) . |
2 | Two years later , however , in a further White Paper , Rates : Proposals for Rate Limitation and Reform of the Rating System ( 1983 ) , the government recognized that wide consultation had failed to find any consensus for an alternative local tax , and conceded that rates should remain for the foreseeable future as the main source of local government revenue . |
3 | While NATO must maintain for the foreseeable future a mix of nuclear and conventional forces in Europe , the declaration reaffirmed that no weapons would ever be used except in self-defence and that the lowest and most stable level of nuclear forces to prevent war was sought . |
4 | Celtic , on 21 March , 1992 , were the last side to beat Rangers at Ibrox and that is a record which , domestically at any rate , could stand for the foreseeable future unless visiting clubs are willing to alter their attitude to them . |
5 | Accept that it hurts , that every movement will hurt for the foreseeable future . |
6 | Although a good deal of success has been achieved with regard to mapping vegetation ( Hathout , 1980 ) , there are still problems with resolution and cloud cover ( Allan , 1980 ) and although these are gradually being resolved by radar , the problem of more detailed and fine-grained interpretation will remain for the foreseeable future ( Deane , 1980 ) . |
7 | But , that niggle aside , London is where he will remain for the foreseeable future . |
8 | Although microfilm will remain for the foreseeable future by far the more acceptable medium of preservation , as a versatile aid to the scholar the computer image is far in advance . |