Example sentences of "to be the next " in BNC.
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| 31 | And Lew Platt , 51 , is to be the next president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co following John Young 's retirement on October 31 . |
| 32 | The international Consultative Committee for the cultural programme of the Council of Europe , made up of European museum directors , chose the exhibition to be the next in the series of twenty-one shows which has included ‘ The French Revolution and Europe ’ , also held in Paris ( 1989 ) , ‘ The Portuguese discoveries and Renaissance Europe ’ ( Lisbon , 1983 ) and ‘ Gothic art in Europe ’ ( 1968 ) . |
| 33 | As to the question of where the resources should come from , avoiding the easy ( albeit probably correct ) let-out of ‘ abolish capitalism ’ , I would say simply that the transfer of money to unpaid workers ought to be the next stage in the redistribution of wealth , taking precedence over ‘ breadwinners ’ pay claims , tax-cuts or ‘ family ’ benefit increases . |
| 34 | Lucinda replied : ‘ Gosh , perhaps you are going to be the next queen of England . ’ |
| 35 | THE FUTURE IS FRENCH France 's Aerospatiale is poised to be the next owner of Piper . |
| 36 | But the Horde really should be sufficiently and stubbornly ambitious to be the next classic band and in the process to take that soaraway sound into the Nineties . |
| 37 | ( The method considered to be the next fairest — flat-rate charge per person — was preferred by only 14 per cent . ) |
| 38 | The Mechonoids were intended to be the next ‘ big thing ’ from Doctor Who after the Daleks . |
| 39 | They say he 's going to be the next Director . ’ |
| 40 | Following a skiing holiday with Prince Charles early in 1978 , Lady Sarah , then 23 , announced : ‘ I do n't want to be the next Queen ’ . |
| 41 | London Liverpool Street , with 200,000 a day , was thought to be the next busiest . |
| 42 | I thought it was appropriate to put my neck on the line with the trade and say , ‘ I think this guy is really great and has got what it takes to be the next Lena Kennedy ’ . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | He was excellently placed to be the next Poet Laureate when the position fell vacant in ninety-six . |
| 45 | She began with my mother , attempted unsuccessfully to go on to me and now feels Alexandra is old enough to be the next victim . |
| 46 | If he thought that he would hardly want to be the next head boy . ’ |
| 47 | I do n't like him at all , and if he was going to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright , I could n't care less , and it would n't change my opinion of him as a man , which is that he 's — ’ |
| 48 | In the absence of a ticket to San Francisco they felt that London would have to be the next best thing . |
| 49 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 50 | Howard Cooke , the current President of the Senate and a veteran politician of the People 's National Party ( PNP ) , was chosen by the government in late July to be the next Governor General ; the opposition Jamaica Labour Party ( JLP ) stated that it should have been consulted and expressed disappointment with the choice . |
| 51 | The witches tell him that he is to be the next king , and instead of leaving the matter to take its natural course , he murders the King , and claims the throne . |
| 52 | The view was almost identical with Gifford Tate 's picture which the doctor had shown him — the picture that was to be the next ‘ new ’ Tate . |
| 53 | And as for selling Newsome/Wetherall … tell me , who is going to be the next generation of central defenders ? |
| 54 | Right so Steve is undertaking to be the next brave soldier to write something for |
| 55 | Unless toplessness is going to be the next feature of your act . ’ |
| 56 | He 's not going to be the next Boris Becker . |
| 57 | The man who hopes to be the next Nigel Mansell . |
| 58 | So who 's going to be the next manager of Oxford United … the shortlist is being drawn up this weekend … the appointment will be made early next week … we ca n't tell you yet who it 's going to be but we can tell the Manor Ground directors who you want … |
| 59 | The Drummond Lectures were given by another former member of staff , Professor Stewart Sutherland , Vice-Chancellor of the University of London , and who , it was recently announced , is to be the next Principal of the University of Edinburgh . |
| 60 | was proposed and duly elected to be the next Teachers ' Representative . |