Example sentences of "[prep] the next 15 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the next 15 years she was to lead an undistinguished life of secluded domesticity until her marriage to a middle-aged magistrate , by whom she bore three children . |
| 2 | According to the architects of Newcastle 's development plan for the next 15 years , the north east of England will be lost to large-scale economic development unless good quality sites can be made available in the region 's capital . |
| 3 | Labour won the 1964 election and was in power for 11 of the next 15 years . |
| 4 | Since only adults set up households , all those who will do so in the next 15 years are alive now , and we can estimate accurately how many will actually be alive in each age group — except perhaps for the oldest age groups — for at least that period ahead . |
| 5 | Design difficulties , problems , chloride contamination , and inadequate waterproofing of materials have caused major problems for bridges — leaving the ministry with an £800 million repair bill over the next 15 years . |
| 6 | The office warns that up to 4,250 of the 5,900 concrete bridges could be contaminated , which would require £800 million to be spent over the next 15 years . |
| 7 | FoE calculated that replacing old , worn-out fridges and freezers with energy efficient models over the next 15 years would wipe out the need for 1.8GW of electricity . |
| 8 | Samsung Co , Seoul , South Korea is to install a telephone system for 150,000 subscribers in the province of Opole over the next two years : the South Korean Government is to grant loans totalling $50m for the purpose , to be repaid over the next 15 years , starting in five years . |
| 9 | Roughly six tonnes of plutonium and 30 tonnes of HEU are due to be released annually over the next 15 years as Soviet warheads are scrapped . |
| 10 | It will argue to delegates in Kyoto that , while a Bryde 's whale is worth about ¥33.4m ( $100,000 ) in a fish market , the 16 resident Bryde 's whales at Ogata are expected to bring in ¥675m to the boatmen over the next 15 years and nearly eight times as much in hotel accommodation and assorted knick-knacks . |
| 11 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 12 | However , a report submitted by the Department of Environment to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the following month , suggested that the UK 's total energy consumption could be cut by as much as 60 per cent over the next 15 years through energy conservation . |
| 13 | It reckons more than 8,400 new jet airliners will be sold by western manufacturers over the next 15 years , worth more than $500 billion ( see chart overleaf ) . |
| 14 | Boeing predicts that revenue passenger miles ( RPMs — the number of passengers carried on each flight multiplied by the distance of the flight ) will continue to grow by 5.4% a year over the next 15 years . |
| 15 | * Meanwhile , a report for the European Commission has shown how EC countries could implement a 20 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions over the next 15 years ( by 2005 ) at a cost that is almost negligible . |
| 16 | The government plans to build a further 56 large pulping mills over the next 15 years . |
| 17 | One of the main aims of the programme will be to collect information over the next 15 years to measure the impact of global warming . |
| 18 | He told a London conference on acid rain that nearly half of southern Sweden 's forest soils are seriously damaged now , or at risk of serious damage over the next 15 years . |
| 19 | The Gloucestershire firm will supply the Lockheed Company of America with £200 million worth of propellers over the next 15 years . |