Example sentences of "to [num] over the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite having an army of 285,000 ( to be cut to 250,000 over the next three years ) , France would have been hard-pressed to do more . |
| 2 | Initially , the company will create 200 new jobs , rising to 520 over the next few years . |
| 3 | NIPPON Telegraph and Telephone , the Japanese telecommunications group , is reducing its workforce by 20,000 to 230,000 over the next two years as part of an 80 billion yen ( £343m ) cost-cutting programme . |
| 4 | The 63,500 places now available should not be allowed to reduce to 54,000 over the next five years , as would be the case if the 15 per cent . |
| 5 | The docks currently employ 36 people and this will increase to 51 over the next 18 months as part of plans to expand the business . |
| 6 | The US will probably benefit from a doubling of middle-aged people aged 45 to 54 over the next 20 years because of the baby boom of the late 1950s . |
| 7 | This number is expected to grow to 4000 over the next five years . |