Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the next twenty years " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an innovator , what directions would you like to see archaeology go in over the next twenty years ? |
| 2 | ‘ Hostility to the Forest system grew rapidly in the next twenty years . ’ |
| 3 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 4 | For many there was a conviction that the post-war world must be made a better place , a view that recurred regularly over the next twenty years . |
| 5 | In parallel with predicted growth in the demand for energy and fuel , the Government assumes demand for raw materials such as building aggregates will increase dramatically over the next twenty years . |
| 6 | Prosecutions for abortion doubled between 1900 and 1910 and doubled again during the next twenty years , but this may merely indicate more vigilance on the part of the authorities rather than increasing incidence . |