Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | SUPERMARKET chain William Morrison has beaten off Sainsbury and Tesco to be named the UK 's best performing company . |
| 4 | However , now councillors are being urged to give tenants permission to keep pets on a permanent basis , without having to apply annually.The matter will be discussed by the council 's housing services sub-committee on Tuesday.The meeting will be told the council 's pets policy had not run into any difficulties over the past two years . |
| 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 | when he or she is expected to adhere to general rules of conduct , what might be called the family 's ‘ standing orders ’ . |
| 7 | The librarian The librarian is what might today be called the college 's chief information scientist — responsible for the policy and running of one of the college 's principal physical assets — its information base , contained in books , journals , computer and microfiche stores and archives . |
| 8 | Historically it could be called the Taxman 's Revenge . |
| 9 | Lighting will be provided the room 's light . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Unless some of these problems can be overcome the GMC 's recommendations will be impossible to implement . |
| 12 | If a woman and a man are living together as a couple , the woman can be charged her partner 's Poll Tax if he does not pay , and the man can be charged the woman 's Poll Tax if she does not pay . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | PAKISTAN should today simply be hailed the world 's best cricket team . |