Example sentences of "[vb pp] at the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , the British people do not want a return to the failed interventionist , socialist policies of the 1960s and 1970s — and that is another reason why Labour will be defeated at the next general election . |
| 2 | The plenum , which was described as " stormy " , decided that a formal CPSU stance on the question of CPL independence would be adopted at the next central committee plenum ( scheduled for late January but subsequently deferred until February ) , to be based on assessments made as a result of Gorbachev 's visit to Lithuania . |
| 3 | ‘ We shall break the historic habit because we shall not just get elected tomorrow to clear up the mess , we are going to get re-elected at the next general election as well , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Though Jean 's resignation will be officially recognised at the next Annual General Meeting , we would like to be first in recording our grateful thanks for the tremendous amount of hard work and time which she has given to the Society during her years in office . |
| 5 | In any event , the views of the electorate would be much more fairly represented at the next local elections . |
| 6 | Similarly , if extension of devolved responsibility is being sought , the Quality Audit will look at the system which the centre proposes to use to ensure that the appropriate SCOTVEC criteria will be applied : the operation in practice of the new devolved responsibility would be monitored and be reviewed at the next full audit . |
| 7 | Proposals for a permanent peace treaty were expected to be discussed at the next Korean Premiers ' meeting . |
| 8 | The matter is to be discussed at the next inter-church committee meeting , but meanwhile the meeting felt that a reasonable contribution towards costs could be forthcoming from the council . |
| 9 | But a plan to bring ‘ political awareness ’ into data processing — which will be developed at the next major IBI conference in Havana next year — is creating controversy . |
| 10 | He told a Westminster press lunch : ‘ I want to see a Conservative government returned at the next general election under Margaret Thatcher 's leadership . ’ |
| 11 | The weight percentage retained on the coarsest sieve is plotted at the appropriate grain diameter , the sum of weight percentages retained in the two coarsest sieves is plotted at the next finer mesh , the cumulative contents of the first three sieves at the next finer mesh and so on until the entire sediment has been accounted for at 100% . |