Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the next [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is believed that the National Gallery has committed its entire purchase grant for the next three years towards the cost of the Holbein and , given the fact that purchase grants for national museums have been frozen since 1985 , other museums are similarly powerless both to acquire when the works come onto the market , and to match their export price when their licences are suspended . |
| 2 | The government 's overall aim was to freeze spending on state-owned enterprises , social security and defence for the next four years . |
| 3 | Small wonder that the estimates of global sea-level rise for the next 100 years are very tentative . |
| 4 | Subject to that undertaking , I am pleased to announce today that I have increased the funding planned by the corporation by £22 million , bringing provision for the next three years to £130 million . |
| 5 | By the early part of the last century two kinds of hospital had emerged that set the pattern for finance and provision for the next 150 years ( Abel-Smith , 1964 ) . |
| 6 | Subject to budgetary approval , the plan ratified by both houses of the federal parliament will mean growth of 16 per cent pa in the science budget for the next four years . |
| 7 | The latest version of the Park 's Structure Plan , which sets out the basic strategy of the control of development in the park for the next 10–15 years , states that the visual impact of windfarms outweighs the net benefit to global conservation . |
| 8 | Mr Cooney said the reason Northern Ireland had received only £1.04bn European funding for the next seven years , while the Republic got £7.8bn , was because the province did not have its own negotiators in Brussels . |
| 9 | In recognition of the importance of our work , I am pleased to report that our Central Government grant was increased last year to £140,00 with guaranteed funding for the next three years . |
| 10 | It is estimated that a modest increase from the present 1.8% , to 2% of total institutional expenditure , would enable us to maintain the services at their present level for the next five years . |
| 11 | Now owned by Varity Corporation , Perkins has celebrated its diamond jubilee by signing a multi-million pound contract to supply Caterpillar for the next 10 years . |
| 12 | It was maintained with local support for the next three years , then in 1975 it acquired a three-year grant from the Council on Learning Resources ( CLR ) . |
| 13 | His new-round reputation was also reflected in smart London society flocking to see the latest novelties from Australia — dead and alive — in the ornithologist 's house in Broad Street , as well as the number of subscribers willing to pay for his extravagant Australian publications , which would provide him with an income for the next 30 years . |
| 14 | This new fashion for dressing a corpse was to remain in vogue for the next fifty years . |
| 15 | Well , Tony McCaffery , good luck for the next twenty years . |
| 16 | We regretted the decision for the next ten years . |
| 17 | The rate of ozone depletion in the Antarctic has slowed in the past few years , but the researchers say that their model predicts " a return to more rapid depletion during the next four years as the solar minimum is approached . " |
| 18 | In 1880 he was elected Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire and he held the seat for the next fourteen years . |
| 19 | Here are a few examples from the programme for the next two years : |
| 20 | The programme for the next 10 years should be based on a clear recognition of the need for an early enlargement to include the aspiring EFTA countries , to which the hon. Member for Inverness , Nairn and Lochaber ( Sir R. Johnston ) referred , and the three central European countries — Poland , Hungary and Czechoslovakia — to the east of the Community . |
| 21 | Ajax join English clubs in European exile , as UEFA bans the club for the next two years they qualify for Europe , as punishment for the previous week 's crowd trouble , when the Austria Vienna goalkeeper was felled by a metal spike . |
| 22 | It was renamed to the more familiar hydrogen in 1790 and ousted hot air as the preferred lifting agent for the next thirty years . |
| 23 | Biological and Molecular Sciences was one of a relatively small number of University Departments in the UK to be awarded ‘ Q ’ status by NERC for Research Studentships , an award that essentially ensures a steady input of NERC-funded PhD students into the Department for the next three years . |
| 24 | The troubles which surrounded the bishop 's authority in the 1570s were matched by growing economic uncertainty for the next eighty years or so . |
| 25 | Of the composers of Redford 's own generation , two of the greatest Christopher Tye ( c. 1500–1573 ) and John Taverner ( c. 1490–1545 ) — are represented by only one piece each , although Taverner 's ‘ In nomine ’ was the progenitor of a whole species of English music for keyboard , lute , or instrumental ensemble during the next hundred years and more . |
| 26 | At a series of meetings at Rosyth yesterday employees were told that although the yard had a substantial workload for the next two years , it was vital to reduce overheads and capacity to improve its competitive position . |
| 27 | Jocelyn Stevens says that he needs £156 million to carry out properly English Heritage 's traditional role , while its grant in aid for the next three years is £100 million , £104 million and £106 million . |
| 28 | The Shah asked for £75 million a year in , military aid for the next three years , but Dulles thought this was excessive . |
| 29 | More recently there have been letters and articles predicting a world population of 15 billion , but no account has been taken of the fact that between 10 and 25 per cent could die of AIDS in the next twenty years , as is already happening in parts of Africa . |
| 30 | Despite the setback , Lacalle announced his intention to continue with the privatization programme within the next two years . |