Example sentences of "[noun] as the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Soviet Union had become the major influence on revolutionary socialist movements since 1917 , the Communist International had always looked upon Germany as the next most likely centre for a proletarian revolution . |
| 2 | In 1064 , Harold sailed from Bosham ; a storm cast him up in Normandy where he was apparently tricked into giving his oath on saints ' bones to pledge support for Duke William as the next king of England . |
| 3 | But looked at in its full historical perspective , Karajan 's career from 1929 to 1949 was as subject to trauma , disruption , and the vagaries of the times as the next man 's . |
| 4 | In the last years of Queen Anne 's reign Jacobites became hopeful — and Whigs fearful — that the Tory ministry , with the connivance of the Queen , might undo the Act of Settlement and establish the Old Pretender as the next in line to the throne . |
| 5 | THE OIL-RICH Arab states should examine the space scene as the next area of commerce into which to pour petrodollars . |
| 6 | By contrast , wherever managers and subordinates are in the same layer separated only by pay grade — subordinates see the boss as too close , breathing down their necks , and they identify their ‘ real ’ boss as the next manager at a genuinely higher level of cognitive and task complexity . |
| 7 | He believed that it was the official Opposition and had an undoubted right to take its place as the next in line . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm as subject to the frailties of human nature as the next man — or woman . ’ |
| 9 | TREATY : An agreement signed by Europe 's governments as the next step towards political and economic unity . |
| 10 | Now openly tipped as a candidate to succeed Norman Lamont as the next Chancellor in a summer reshuffle , the bookies have also cottoned on to him as a possible future leader of the party and cut his odds from 33-1 to 16-1 . |
| 11 | OUR January issue cover story was the first comprehensive airing of the pros and cons regarding South Africa 's suitability as the next venue . |
| 12 | Immediate matters arising from the appointment of Louis Gerstner as the next chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp : Gerstner says he made three IBM executive decisions — all of them undisclosed — during the five-block walk from the Midtown Manhattan Hilton where the announcement of his appointment was made and IBM 's Madison Avenue offices ; and while many say that it has looked to be that way for most of this year , it seems that for a couple of days , IBM really will be leaderless , because John Akers says he will resign at today 's board meeting , and Gerstner is not due to take up his posts until Thursday . |
| 13 | But first tonight , news that support is growing for the notion of having Joe Jordan as the next Scotland manager . |
| 14 | The Marquis of Blandford has insisted he ca n't be stopped from succeeding his father as the next Duke Of Marlborough . |
| 15 | The Forum chose former Kiribati President Ieremia Tabia to replace Henry Naisali as the next secretary-general of its Secretariat . |
| 16 | ‘ Listen , ’ he said crossly , ’ I 'm as sorry for those people as the next guy but this country spends millions of dollars every year on overseas aid and expertise . |
| 17 | After being tipped in The Observer as the next Labour leader ( Gadfly , Feb 19 ) he is now favoured apparently by the Prime Minister himself . |
| 18 | Well this is all very admirable , you might say , and is n't the climbing world just as helpful and welcoming to one newcomer as the next ? |
| 19 | Lloyd George saw ill-health as the next major problem to be tackled . |
| 20 | Seven million new leaflets are being sent to 35,000 GPs as the next stage of the BMA campaign against the NHS White Paper , which has now cost more than £2m . |
| 21 | And Mrs Reveley immediately pinpointed Kempton as the next target . |
| 22 | Oh , well , we forgot Agrippa 's strange advice as the next few days passed . |
| 23 | On 6th March 1674 Thomas Morris and Samuel Needham appeared before the Goldsmiths as the next candidates . |
| 24 | All Waimea veterans speak of the outer reefs as the next frontier : the majestic ‘ cloud breaks ’ that erupt a mile and more from shore where the Aleutian juice is pure and unadulterated and waves even bigger than those at Waimea can , theoretically , be surfed . |
| 25 | If there are many siblings who must compete for the mother 's favours , and if no one of them can exclude the others , each will probably demand equality as the next best thing to preference , and most definitely as the best way of preventing the preference of others . |
| 26 | I tell you in all candour that the option no longer exists , and that , insofar as it ever did exist , it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy , followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step . ’ ? |
| 27 | Both have ambitions to succeed Charles Haughey as the next Irish Prime Minister . |
| 28 | Stuart is too good to be kept on the sidelines at a time when England have looked to include him in the B squad as the next stage of his international career . |
| 29 | They believe that with this unity a Labour Government becomes directly into view as the next stage on the road to working class power . |
| 30 | They have families and mortgages and are just as worried about the possibility of a radiation leak as the next person . ’ |