Example sentences of "expected [to-vb] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four more applications were received yesterday and the total of 15 is expected to increase over the next day or two . |
| 2 | He is expected to leave within the next couple of weeks , and his lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement . |
| 3 | Doctors were expected to decide in the next few hours whether Nicola would be allowed home today . |
| 4 | Apart from the UK and Scandinavian countries , penetration is still low in Europe , but this is expected to change over the next few years as telecommunications markets are opened up . |
| 5 | That the four lead artists got on so well with each other was a distinct advantage in coping with the pressurised working schedules they were expected to maintain over the next year . |
| 6 | At present , about one in five children is in full-time higher education and this number is expected to double over the next 25 years . |
| 7 | The number of cars on our roads is expected to double over the next thirty years . |
| 8 | And Mrs Hazell was going so slowly , she was n't expected to deliver within the next hour or so , and anyway , I had an important appointment to keep . ’ |
| 9 | European scientists have warned that an ozone hole could be created if a future winter was longer and colder — especially as levels of ozone-destroying chlorine in the atmosphere are expected to rise into the next century . |