Example sentences of "continue [to-vb] [prep] the next " in BNC.

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1 The rate of disconnections fell by nearly 50% , and should continue to fall over the next six months .
2 But we 're now reasonably confident that we will continue to increase over the next few years and are budgeting for a modest growth . ’
3 An increasing number of ex-Service personnel and their dependants are now reaching the age when they require some form of supportive housing , and this number will continue to grow over the next decade .
4 Besides , say the Liberal Club 's supporters , Civic Forum has a responsibility to carry out its programme and must continue to function until the next general election , in less than two years ' time .
5 Whether we take the retail prices index minus mortgage interest payments or producer prices , the rate of inflation has declined sharply in the past year and I suspect that the underlying measures of inflation will continue to decline in the next year — I can tell the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) , who is interrupting from a sedentary position , that the underlying rate of inflation compares extremely well with the position under the Labour Government of which he was a member .
6 After Tvrtko 's death the Bosnian nobles quarrelled and , although the Kotromanić family continued to reign for the next seventy years , their power rapidly declined .
7 They continued to rise in the next three years , and in 1984–5. they were nearly equal to the current rate of increase of the cost of living .
8 But it also noted that population would continue to rise over the next thirty years and presented the view that the state should plan future population growth by offering family allowances and income tax relief to those contemplating families along with the development of special services for the benefit of children and mothers .
9 Besides , the temperature would continue to rise over the next few decades even if greenhouse gases stayed as they are , simply because the world is so slow to warm up , and has not yet responded to what is there already .
10 ‘ The demand for our services will continue to rise over the next three years .
11 Figures published by the Department of Industry ( DTI ) show that on current trends emissions of carbon dioxide in Britain will probably continue to rise over the next thirty years .
12 But a new report predicts that the number out of work is set to continue to rise over the next four years , reaching a peak of 124,000 in 1996 and 1997 .
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