Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] [prep] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | The present Labour MP in Barnsley West , Allen McKay , is to retire before the next general election . |
| 2 | Now if you 're a horse racing fan … the brain will be galloping … the mouth watering … at the thought of what 's to come over the next few weeks … |
| 3 | Their great day is to dawn in the next generation , for the novel becomes the great art form of the nineteenth century , from Los Angeles to New York , from London and Edinburgh to Moscow and Budapest . |
| 4 | There is hope for Hector 's , but it has certainly been saved from fishing nets at the last hour , and will need all the protection and help it can get if it is to survive through the next century . |
| 5 | Mrs. X told me in a telephone conversation today that the acting commanding officer and the warrant officer , who is the family officer , have informed her that the man is to return within the next two weeks . |
| 6 | The problem with being an astrologer is that everyone is always pestering you to find out what 's to happen in the next few days . |
| 7 | London is to feature as the next Spotlight in the September edition of Medau News and London teachers are asked to submit suggestions to Molly Hammond by 30th May at the latest . |
| 8 | A trial programme of prescribing methadone is to begin in the next two weeks at Edinburgh 's Saughton prison . |