Example sentences of "[vb pp] for the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I noticed there are horse treks arranged for the next three days . |
| 2 | The couple will begin their married life in Cyprus , where Paul , whose home is in Liverpool , has been posted for the next 18 months . |
| 3 | Savings accounts in banks were left untouched , but the decree limited for the next six months the amount of cash which could be withdrawn from accounts to a maximum Rbs500 per month , although it authorized the use of bank transfers by individuals for payment to state shops and enterprises . |
| 4 | It was they who caused a reluctant minister to accept , in 1963 , the introduction of an examination at 15 + other than O level ( the CSE examination ) specifically designed for the next 40 per cent of the ability range below the 20 per cent for whom 0 level was thought to be appropriate . |
| 5 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 6 | People first settled there perhaps 130000 or 120000 years ago and the site seems to have been almost continuously occupied for the next 40000 to 8000 years . |
| 7 | Polythene was virtually forgotten for the next two and a half years . |
| 8 | Darlington health authority 's budget has been frozen for the next four years prompting a review of spending priorities . |
| 9 | Sylvia had rung up me about booking for a meal and I thought , originally they talked about going a Friday night , and they said , Friday and Saturday are fully booked for the next five weeks . |
| 10 | Delegates to the signing conference in Lucerne warned that funding for environmental projects would be extremely constrained for the next five to 10 years . |
| 11 | Beeney was great and I do n't see how he can fail to be selected for the next few games short of leg amputation ( and even then … ) |
| 12 | Thereafter , possibly because the magazine began to appear more irregularly , Minton produced one further design , showing pages of manuscript fluttering down between buildings , and which was used for the next seven issues . |
| 13 | A place has been found in the loneliest part of the island where , it is agreed ( ‘ Not yet , not yet ! ’ ) , ta skoupidia can be buried for the next 25–30 years , much more cheaply than by shipping it to Attica ( ‘ But the figure is not yet known ! ’ ) . |
| 14 | To this end the researcher will ask specialists in the fields covered by the database to comment on the range and area of research on women and gender issues in order to establish a research agenda , and an assessment of the facilities needed for the next few years . |
| 15 | Broadmeadows Gurkha , a 15-month-old Broadmeadows Cannon son from Broadmeadows Pedigree Livestock of Garvald , East Lothian , sold for the next highest bid of 8000gn . |
| 16 | Next morning , through the sheets of rain , another glimpse of Scottish eighteenth-century life : the men of the Macleods left the castle early bound for the next large sea-loch south of Dunvegan , Loch Bracadale , to say goodbye to emigrants bound for America . |
| 17 | CONFERENCE delegates yesterday swept aside a warning from the party leadership and called for the next Labour government to take back into public ownership immediately land sold off by privatised water companies . |
| 18 | They 're based for the next few weeks at RAF Lyneham , which is proud to be playing host to one of the most spectacular display teams in the world . |
| 19 | But the new house signified something else , the powerful hold over Sussex life which a few very great landowners exercised for the next two centuries or so . |
| 20 | Those assigned to surgery were scheduled for the next available or convenient operating list . |
| 21 | If one of the possible extensions scored well , i.e. the top-down prediction appeared to be correct , then the island would be extended further , otherwise the seed would be abandoned for the next best seed word generated bottom-up over that area . |
| 22 | One patient developed a transitory respiratory arrest and the procedure was deferred for the next 48 hours . |
| 23 | The allocation of ore was settled for the next two years in America 's favour , but the compensating exchange of information was far less liberal than the British negotiators had hoped . |
| 24 | The patient recovered but needed further glucose infusions for recurring hypoglycaemia and remained somewhat confused for the next 48 h . |
| 25 | All manner of gatecrashers followed for the next twenty years . |
| 26 | Will the Minister accept that the flaw in his argument is that no figure is projected for the next financial year which will take the amount needed over the present limits agreed under the 1987 legislation ? |
| 27 | The price list agreed by masters and men in 1787 was generally observed for the next twenty years and with employment brisk , knitters were able to earn , up to 1810 , 14 to 15s ( 70-75p ) a week for a twelve- to thirteen-hour day : too much for their own good , according to a local clerical magistrate . |
| 28 | The northbound carriageway between junctions nine and ten is still blocked and we 're told it 's likely to remain blocked for the next two hours . |
| 29 | Encounters with Donald were documented for the next 6 years , during which time he travelled on a southward odyssey along some 480 km ( 300 miles ) of British coastline , from the Isle of Man to Wales and then to Cornwall , stopping off in small harbours , boat havens and coves along the way to socialise . |
| 30 | But Labour ‘ won ’ on a minority vote and governed for the next five years . |