Example sentences of "by [adj] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | The message which I bring you is , that on the Government 's own figures , business failures will rise by 35,000 in the next 12 months and unemployment will rise much faster yet … ’ |
| 2 | THE NUMBER of army bands is to be cut by half over the next two years — but all Scottish regimental pipes and drums have escaped the axe . |
| 3 | Education Secretary John Patten says the Government wants to boost the number of students in further education by 222,000 over the next three years . |
| 4 | It is highly probable that by early in the next century it will require no more than ten per cent of the labour force to provide us with all our material needs — that is , all the food we eat , all the clothing we wear , all the textiles and furnishings in our houses , the houses themselves , the appliances , the automobiles , and so on . |
| 5 | It is slashing its UK retailing workforce by 3,500 over the next five years , a staggering 20% of the 15,000 total . |
| 6 | It might be thought that a programme which proposes to cut the federal workforce by 100,000 over the next four years had scant claim to be a drive for jobs . |
| 7 | We will immediately introduce an emergency programme of investment in the infrastructure and in public works in order to get companies and people back to work , thus reducing unemployment by 600,000 over the next two years . |
| 8 | Court staffing levels would be increased by 400 in the next financial year and an extra £2 million had been allocated to the court service for this financial year . |