following decade
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffollowinganddecade
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following
adjective
uk/ˈfɒl.əʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ɪŋ/
The following day, morning, etc. is the ...
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decade
noun[C]
uk/ˈdek.eɪd/us/ˈdek.eɪd/
a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 ...
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(Definition offollowinganddecadefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In thefollowingdecade, the standardized and quantitative model of international banking regulation was challenged.
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This prosperity clearly reached its peak in thefollowingdecadewhen the convent invested altogether 112,548 pesos in loans.
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During thefollowingdecadethe integration process in the energy field has been concentrated around the preparation, negotiation, decision and implementation of five directives.
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In thefollowingdecadeseveral high-temperature unfolding simulations on small proteins were reported.
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Thefollowingdecadewould see moves to formalise the convertibility of agricultural to non-agricultural land within a larger policy of land liberalisation.
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In thefollowingdecade(1905-1915) marital fertility began an extremely rapid fall, following a decade (1895-1905) of very intense mortality reduction.
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After 15 years of chronicity, four out of five patients improved at least one category of outcome in thefollowingdecade.
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He founded no organization until thefollowingdecadeand so devoted all his energies to writing.
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This sense of empowerment would, however, be tested repeatedly over thefollowingdecade.
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Specie transfers did not recover their former importance in thefollowingdecade.
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Although in thefollowingdecadeit grew vigorously, multiplying by a factor of between four and eight, production did nothing more than trail behind the formidable growth in demand.
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The result suggests that in 1944-^8 the probability that a confinement would be multiple was low, rose during thefollowingdecade, and returned to normal values in 1959-63.
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Half-hearted interpretations of the 'creative approach' were to prove damaging in thefollowingdecade, as more reactionary teachers blamed the initial ideas for their own failed attempts to implement them.
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Mango planting remained active throughout thefollowingdecade, during which time returns to mango production stayed well above returns to both rice and corn.
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Thefollowingdecadesaw further growth.
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Over thefollowingdecadethey managed to build too few houses in the wrong places for the wrong groups of people.
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We cannot expect legislation in one decade to last until thefollowingdecade, or even more than a few years at any time.
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It was predicted that there would be no conflict during thefollowingdecade, so forces could be scaled down.
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It is worth noting that they mostly under-performed in thefollowingdecade.
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