Example sentences of "be [vb pp] the [noun sg] ['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 | 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 . |
| 4 | when he or she is expected to adhere to general rules of conduct , what might be called the family 's ‘ standing orders ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Lighting will be provided the room 's light . |
| 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | PAKISTAN should today simply be hailed the world 's best cricket team . |