Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [be] the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mitsubishi is expected to be the next Japanese company to begin car manufacture in Europe following in the footsteps of Nissan , Toyota and Honda . |
| 2 | Skincare , including cleansers and moisturisers , are expected to be the next big growth area . |
| 3 | If you want to be the next Harry Craig , send a tape of your playing to I 'm The World 's Worst Guitar Player , The House Of Guitars , 645 Titus Avenue , Rochester , N.Y. 14617 sometime before the end of the year , and the very worst of luck to you … |
| 4 | ( The method considered to be the next fairest — flat-rate charge per person — was preferred by only 14 per cent . ) |
| 5 | However , his presence at the Treasury keeps the Thatcherite torch alive : he was once tipped to be the next leader but two ; now he could the next leader but one . |
| 6 | BRITT Ekland wants to be the next Jackie Collins-style novelist . |
| 7 | Most of the smaller bands put out seven-inch singles themselves , whereas here everyone wants to be the next big thing and I hate all that . ’ |
| 8 | This may be excellent fodder for people who are aspiring to be the next winner of Mastermind . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | London Liverpool Street , with 200,000 a day , was thought to be the next busiest . |
| 11 | The main thing to remember when looking for your first gigs is that promoters , bookers and pub landlords are n't bothered whether you are going to be the next U2 . |
| 12 | When you talk about politics to BBC people , they immediately assume you mean BBC politics , not relations between the parties or the superpowers , but who 's going to be the next DG . |
| 13 | Lucinda replied : ‘ Gosh , perhaps you are going to be the next queen of England . ’ |
| 14 | They say he 's going to be the next Director . ’ |
| 15 | 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 — ’ |
| 16 | And as for selling Newsome/Wetherall … tell me , who is going to be the next generation of central defenders ? |
| 17 | Unless toplessness is going to be the next feature of your act . ’ |
| 18 | He 's not going to be the next Boris Becker . |
| 19 | 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 … |
| 20 | So we 've got four plus minus one is three , four plus minus two is two , four plus minus three is one , four plus minus four is nought , four plus minus five is minus one what 's going to be the next one ? |
| 21 | Massive economic growth made the country think it was going to be the next Japan . |
| 22 | 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 ’ . |
| 23 | In the absence of a ticket to San Francisco they felt that London would have to be the next best thing . |
| 24 | Mr Levy , a Moroccan-born former building worker , who aspired to be the next Likud leader , announced his intention to resign last week in a power struggle with Mr Shamir . |
| 25 | Then they came and said , ‘ We want to do a second album ’ , and I really did n't want to do it , because I do n't want to be the next , let's say , Joe Satriani or Eric Johnson , even though those guys are really successful in their field . |
| 26 | What we had n't bargained for was that she might not want to be the next Franz Klammer . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | If he thought that he would hardly want to be the next head boy . ’ |
| 29 | The Mechonoids were intended to be the next ‘ big thing ’ from Doctor Who after the Daleks . |
| 30 | He was excellently placed to be the next Poet Laureate when the position fell vacant in ninety-six . |