Example sentences of "[prep] [art] next [det] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longevity seems set for the next few years , at least , to have , at best , a sharply reduced economic value . |
| 2 | The child is receiving his direct physical care from a carefully selected woman who will be his nurse-cum-mother for the next few years . |
| 3 | Jim concluded gloomily that in his view we should go on sliding downhill for the next few years . |
| 4 | When Mary I married Philip of Spain she decreed they ruled England jointly , and for the next few years until Elizabeth came to the throne the following strange convention was adopted for recording their regnal years : On 17 March 1649 the monarchy was abolished and during the period until parliamentary government was overtaken by the Restoration , English official documents were dated by the year of grace . |
| 5 | This brought a swift end to the Marquis 's exploits and he and La Tour had to go into hiding for the next few years . |
| 6 | For the next few years I threw myself into a whirlwind of activities — involving myself in a Women 's Aid refuge , women 's centres , campaigns , demonstrations and conferences . |
| 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 | They really run this hospital , and they 'll be running your life for the next few years . ’ |
| 9 | For the next few years American audiences were shown aspects of their society that they could never have expected to have encountered at the movies and it must have struck at least some members of the public that film-going had become a more serious business . |
| 10 | In the Balkans it meant that for the next few years Bulgaria under Stambouloff would look to Austria-Hungary ( and even , a little , to Turkey ) , for fear of Russia . |
| 11 | For the next few years the horde ravaged at will through the mountains , desecrating shrines , despoiling tombs , and waylaying travellers , but Grom was unable to take any of the Dwarf holds or bring them to battle . |
| 12 | DEC claims its UK workstation business will grow at a compound annual rate of 2% or 3% for the next few years , and ambitiously predicts its will overhaul Sun to become market leader by 1995/96 . |
| 13 | Tordjman expects software products to grow faster this year than engineering and systems integration , but he would like to maintain the same division of revenue for the next few years . |
| 14 | The restructuring and the exit from the Sparcsystems business have left Opus with a creditor repayment plan for the next few years . |
| 15 | Even now , with the world economy slack and poorer Asian countries emerging as rivals for foreign investment , Thailand is likely to grow at 7–8% a year for the next few years . |
| 16 | King John was now faced by two rivals who , for the next few years , acted together with the possibility of partitioning the French kingdom between them . |
| 17 | Noel 's colleagues all wish him well and the very best of health in his retirement , which fortunately is only partial since for the next few years he remains with us as Research Professor in German . |
| 18 | For the next few years they stay in these fresh waters but even at this stage in their lives , their wanderings do not cease . |
| 19 | For the next few years , David Whitaker immersed himself in all aspects of writing for Television . |
| 20 | As father said at the beginning of gruelling sessions in the vacs , the techniques I needed for the next few years — apart from those concerned with sport — dealt not so much with manual skills but with communication , both written and oral . |
| 21 | For the next few years at least , the real messy world is likely to be unpredictable . |
| 22 | For the next few years , the White Revolution achieved marked successes . |
| 23 | To elude Khomeinis avenging angels , Behbehanian went underground and for the next few years lived incognito at the homes of various friend , particularly in Switzerland . |
| 24 | He was a competent and careful administrator and retired in 1909 , with unfortunate results for the publishing company for the next few years . |
| 25 | In 1830 Artis returned to Castor and for the next few years divided his time between his business interests in Doncaster and small-scale excavations at Castor . |
| 26 | Success followed success for the next few years but no races were held in 1888 and 1890 and the revival in 1891 was the beginning of another era with new builders entering the field although Lee 's still took an interest in events for in 1900 their steamboat " Lee " dressed overall took 80 members of the firm to see the Medway Barge Race . |
| 27 | With plans to expand our cutter fleet in the offing Venturous took on a new role as training ship during the winter periods for the next few years . |
| 28 | Staying here probably , for the next few years . |
| 29 | After the break-up with Hugh she had resolved to concentrate on her career for the next few years . |
| 30 | A general election last Thursday would have settled once and for all the political policies that the country will follow for the next few years . |