Example sentences of "[vb pp] [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 | ( The method considered to be the next fairest — flat-rate charge per person — was preferred by only 14 per cent . ) |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | London Liverpool Street , with 200,000 a day , was thought to be the next busiest . |
| 6 | The Mechonoids were intended to be the next ‘ big thing ’ from Doctor Who after the Daleks . |
| 7 | He was excellently placed to be the next Poet Laureate when the position fell vacant in ninety-six . |
| 8 | Yes , that 's the way it is at San L — even if the partner you 've split with is the next king . |
| 9 | At one time , it had been rumoured that he was being groomed to be the next Commissioner . |
| 10 | was proposed and duly elected to be the next Teachers ' Representative . |
| 11 | THE FUTURE IS FRENCH France 's Aerospatiale is poised to be the next owner of Piper . |
| 12 | 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 . |