Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus if a bailee negligently allows goods in his charge to be destroyed the plaintiff 's loss is just the same as if the bailee had wrongfully sold them to a third party but there is no conversion because the negligent ( as opposed to deliberate ) destruction is not an assertion of any rights in the goods . |
| 2 | Lord Strange wrote to Robert Cecil in 1593 that since his father , the Earl of Derby , was unlikely to live long , he wished to be given the earl 's office of Chamberlain of Chester . |
| 3 | If payments are to be certified the builder 's surveyor may delay the issue of the documentation until the interim certificate for the main contract is received from the architect . |
| 4 | SUPERMARKET chain William Morrison has beaten off Sainsbury and Tesco to be named the UK 's best performing company . |
| 5 | John and Maureen took their first-ever fortnight 's holiday in their 16 years in the Harrow and returned to be told the Benskin 's board had rejected the plan to turn the pub over to management . |
| 6 | In The Tale of Genji , which has a claim to be considered the world 's first novel , an emperor weeps for lost love in the opening pages . |
| 7 | No I 'm not so I mean things like that there 's wear and tear I mean the seats have to be recovered the carpet 's have to be replaced the place has to be redecorated yes we do that . |