Example sentences of "[prep] [be] the next [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Erica Chalkley , 65 , said she thought Mr Ashdown had ‘ leadership qualities ’ but she was unhappy about his military background and was ‘ glad on the whole ’ that he was not likely to be the next Prime Minister . |
| 2 | In the absence of a ticket to San Francisco they felt that London would have to be the next best thing . |
| 3 | Mitsubishi is expected to be the next Japanese company to begin car manufacture in Europe following in the footsteps of Nissan , Toyota and Honda . |
| 4 | ( The method considered to be the next fairest — flat-rate charge per person — was preferred by only 14 per cent . ) |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If he thought that he would hardly want to be the next head boy . ’ |
| 7 | Right so Steve is undertaking to be the next brave soldier to write something for |
| 8 | ‘ The Masters is important also , but if I have to choose I would prefer the Davis Cup to be the next big thing to win . ’ |
| 9 | Here the agent is investing in the small artist , trusting the manager 's judgement that this act should go on to be the next big thing . |
| 10 | In what must now rank as one of the most well worn cliches of modern football , Peter Marinello was dubbed ‘ The Scottish George Best ’ , and with predictable results , the machinery of pop music , fashion and advertising pursued the young Hibernian player as if he was guaranteed to be the next big thing . |
| 11 | Skincare , including cleansers and moisturisers , are expected to be the next big growth area . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | London Liverpool Street , with 200,000 a day , was thought to be the next busiest . |
| 14 | Natural gas is likely to be the next raw material of choice . |