Example sentences of "was [verb] for the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the end of the first visit and a date , 10 days away , was arranged for the next visit . |
| 2 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 3 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 4 | Philip of France had sent a force of Brabançons to help his brother-in-law , the opening shot in a campaign which he was to wage for the next thirty years . |
| 5 | When it reappeared in December , Index had taken over the printing — and Gutenberg 's technology was to rule for the next 12 years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By around 1700 grave-clothes changed , probably as a result of the influence of the soft-goods trade in ready-made items , and adopted a form which was to last for the next seventy-five years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One patient developed a transitory respiratory arrest and the procedure was deferred for the next 48 hours . |
| 10 | The proclamation may not have had the effect which was desired for the next lease to come to light is 17 years later , between Sir John Pennington bart. , and Thomas Gorsuch of London , described as a goldsmith . |
| 11 | Trouble , it seemed , was still in bed ; trouble was recuperating for the next engagement . |
| 12 | By 1934 the Labour Party was Preparing for the next election and the delegates at Southport resisted the attempts of the Socialist League to change the programme For Socialism and Peace into a radical appeal for a rapid transformation to socialism . |
| 13 | We were told that even if inward migration was to stop for the next ten years , 45,000 new houses would still be needed to cater for the predicted natural growth of 49,000 people , plus the trend towards smaller households . |
| 14 | My first real task was to prepare for the next meeting of the Accidents Investigation Division of ICAO in Montreal . |