Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [be] the next [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their people weary of war , the Elves of the Sixth Council selected Bel-Korhadris of Saphery to be the next Phoenix King . |
| 2 | AIR AND ANGELS by Susan Hill Mandarin , £3.99 THE natural choice to be the next head of his Cambridge College , a bachelor philosopher in his fifties , sees a 15-year-old girl standing on a bridge and instantly , desperately falls in love with her . |
| 3 | Emlyn Williams was precisely the right man to be the next guru . |
| 4 | ‘ She liked to believe he was in line to be the next PM . |
| 5 | Believing this to be the case , Roshanara stole the Imperial seal and used it to forge an order that proclaimed Aurangzeb 's nine-year-old youngest son to be the next Emperor in preference to the rightful heir . |