Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] the [noun sg] ['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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |