Example sentences of "while [pers pn] be the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | His friend Dr Burney , not a Cambridge man , expressed similar concern at Smart 's lack of discretion : ‘ While he was the pride of Cambridge and the chief poetical ornament of that University , he ruined himself by returning the tavern treats of strangers who had invited him as a wit and an extraordinary personage , in order to boast of his acquaintance ’ . |
| 2 | He says he found out about the ban while he was the subject of a court case where medical reports were needed . |
| 3 | He was a fine writer , essayist and philosopher who wrote The Tragic Sense of Life and who was persecuted by Franco and put under house arrest by Primo de Rivera because of his liberal views expressed fearlessly while he was the Rector of the University . |
| 4 | While it is the responsibility of your seller-client to prepare the plan where necessary ( and do n't be persuaded to take on this heavy responsibility in your client 's stead ) you should , as the conveyancer , scrutinise what is handed to you with a critical eye coupled with your knowledge of the title and the property . |
| 5 | While it is the hostility of ‘ outsiders ’ that often legitimates violence , the definition of who counts as ‘ outsider ’ is a highly relative matter , as the cases cited above suggest . |
| 6 | While it is the task of oppositions to oppose , the veracity of that opposition is dependent on the mass media , just as public judgements about the competence of that opposition rely on information derived from the mass media . |