Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] the next few " in BNC.
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| 1 | They returned to the room where she explained about Philpott 's heart attack and his subsequent convalescence at the Bellevue Hospital where he would remain for the next few days . |
| 2 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 3 | Other findings were that 67 per cent think standards will decline in the next few years if things carry on as they are and that 77 per cent agree teachers do a good job in spite of everything . |
| 4 | And Mick chatting to Jenny about what we can expect over the next few weeks , as we spend a day in the life . |
| 5 | Kelly and Sear predict that things should actually improve over the next few months as the northern hemisphere continues to recover from the 0.5°C cooling that actually happened in June last year . |
| 6 | Both wines are currently from the 1988 vintage and will improve over the next few years . |
| 7 | And certainly , trade book publishing did not do at all badly in nineteen ninety one in a recessionary environment and erm , there are , as Frank has mentioned particularly within Penguin , quite a lot of internal restructuring has gone on and one would hope that margins would improve over the next few years as a result of that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As we shall see in the next few chapters , changes in values and attitudes will cause changes in the kinds of products that people buy . |
| 10 | DETAILED design work will begin in the next few weeks on an Israeli hydroelectric scheme that will shift 1.6 billion cubic metres of water per year from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea . |
| 11 | A controlling block of the club 's shares is going back on the market and a new owner could emerge in the next few weeks . |
| 12 | Count Tolstoy is refusing to back down and says new evidence will emerge in the next few days which will vindicate him . |
| 13 | In general , it seems likely that what will emerge over the next few decades will be two parallel systems : one with large offshore windmills , wave power generators and tidal barrages providing electricity for the grid ; the other more decentralised , with solar and biomas providing heat on a small scale local basis , coupled with small windmills , water mills and turbines in rivers and streams providing electricity in certain mainly rural areas . |
| 14 | Mr Strang said the winning of the contract was a tribute to the engineering capability at Ferranti , adding : ‘ The long term benefit is probably even greater than the 100 jobs it will sustain over the next few years . ’ |
| 15 | Quite how shares will move in the next few weeks and months is unclear at this stage and will take some to clarify as the pension funds decide what strategy to adopt in the wake of the unwelcome attack from Mr Lamont . |
| 16 | The Director of Public Prosecutions will decide in the next few weeks if BR must face corporate manslaughter charges over the disaster on December 12 which claimed 35 lives . |
| 17 | A High Court judge will decide in the next few months whether the tribunal has considered all evidence correctly . |
| 18 | The Government will decide over the next few weeks whether to penalize Gloucestershire for overspending . |
| 19 | I would hope over the next few years we actually do move towards increasing towards that but I think we will have some severe difficulties , particularly with the planning department where large numbers of members of the public do visit the area . |
| 20 | , The Chemical Industries Association in the UK has predicted that environmental spending by its member companies will double within the next few years , despite an overall drop in capital spending of 14 per cent in 1991-93 , compared with 1988-90 . |
| 21 | Cyclone now have approval to rebuild and service the aircraft and Bill Sherlock is strongly optimistic that full-scale production could resume within the next few months . |
| 22 | Something might happen within the next few days . ’ |
| 23 | Now however , they will be prepared to let the tribunal decide if they sign a player out of contract — and that could happen within the next few weeks . |
| 24 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates ' threats to make life miserable for WABI by bringing out competitive products of his own ( UX No 432 ) , are believed to involve Bristol and a Microsoft license to Wind/U which could happen in the next few weeks , though nothing has been signed . |
| 25 | She did n't know , did she , what might happen in the next few days ? |
| 26 | It is possible that a substantial increase in demand for teacher education on language could develop in the next few years . |
| 27 | Cleo realised she was frightened , but if there was the slightest possibility she could catch sight of Inky 's shade , she was prepared to risk whatever might happen over the next few hours . |
| 28 | and what 's gon na happen over the next few weeks ? |
| 29 | Lancashire 's hope is that slow left-armer Alex Barnett , who has joined them from Middlesex , will develop over the next few seasons into the matchwinning spinner they have been seeking ever since Jack Simmons retired . |
| 30 | It 's understood the jobs will disappear over the next few months as part of a slimming down exercise . |