Example sentences of "[prep] [be] the next [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , that 's the way it is at San L — even if the partner you 've split with is the next king . |
| 2 | Unless toplessness is going to be the next feature of your act . ’ |
| 3 | And as for selling Newsome/Wetherall … tell me , who is going to be the next generation of central defenders ? |
| 4 | Lucinda replied : ‘ Gosh , perhaps you are going to be the next queen of England . ’ |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | This may be excellent fodder for people who are aspiring to be the next winner of Mastermind . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was to be the next King was n't he ? |
| 9 | Michael Lawrence , the Prudential 's group finance director , is to be the next chairman of the 100 Group , the influential forum for finance directors from the UK 's top public and private companies . |
| 10 | However , I do not play it this way but allow each person ‘ goosed ’ to be the next catcher . |
| 11 | At one time , it had been rumoured that he was being groomed to be the next Commissioner . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Two days later a letter appeared in the Signal ( signed ‘ Fiat Justitia ’ ) suggesting that Denry , as some reward for his public spirit , ought to be the next mayor of Bursley . ’ |
| 16 | Richard Riordan , who is likely to be the next mayor of Los Angeles , is less charismatic than Mr Perot . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Villagers in Usk , Powys , thought they were to be the next flood victims when the River Usk rose 20 feet in three hours . |
| 19 | THE FUTURE IS FRENCH France 's Aerospatiale is poised to be the next owner of Piper . |
| 20 | ‘ She liked to believe he was in line to be the next PM . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They say he 's going to be the next Director . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Emlyn Williams was precisely the right man to be the next guru . |
| 25 | She began with my mother , attempted unsuccessfully to go on to me and now feels Alexandra is old enough to be the next victim . |
| 26 | With their people weary of war , the Elves of the Sixth Council selected Bel-Korhadris of Saphery to be the next Phoenix King . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 … |
| 29 | People wanted to be the next model to sit and she 'd chat to them for about an hour and draw , and they 'd get a picture at the end of the session , just like you get in the street . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |