Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the next 50 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Human population expansion is threatening to lead to unprecedented extinctions of plants and animals over the next 50 years , according to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) . |
| 2 | Hughie Gallacher 's career was a microcosm of the kind of scandals that would decorate Scottish football over the next 50 years . |
| 3 | Some of the consequences for this group include over 120 spontaneous leukaemias during the next 50 years and an increased risk of genetic disorders in future generations ( Anspaugh et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 4 | I ca n't believe there 's going to be the same sort of changes in the next 50 years . |
| 5 | Even if we stopped using all CFCs today , depletion of the ozone layer — the earth 's barrier against cancer-causing ultra violet radiation — would carry on at the same rate for the next 50 years . |
| 6 | We might pause at this juncture to ask just why the British Government should assume an obligation to provide decent housing for the working classes , when in other countries rather different policies were pursued ; also why Britain embarked , consciously or otherwise , on a massive shift in housing tenure over the next 50 years and more . |
| 7 | Predictions on the basis of the Met Office model suggest that an additional 400 million people would become at risk from hunger over the next 50 years . |
| 8 | ( 1988 ) estimate 17,000 additional fatal cancers in Europe in the next 50 years but highlight that the Chernobyl legacy adds an increment of only 0.01 per cent to European lifetime fatal cancer risk . |
| 9 | The forecast is based on assumptions of variable temperature rises across the region during the next 50 years , from around 1.1 to 4.2 degrees centigrade . |