Example sentences of "lord [noun prp] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spencer soap opera was launched when Raine , daughter of the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland , married Lord Spencer to become the first member of the cast . |
| 2 | He was a good friend of Benjamin Franklin and tried unsuccessfully in 1774–5 to mediate between Franklin and the government of Lord North to avoid the impending break with the American colonies . |
| 3 | Unfortunately for the member of parliament , however , when he approached Lord Ilay to secure the desired permission for young Buchanan to succeed to the office of keeper , his request was denied on the ground that this would be enough to make the post hereditary . |
| 4 | In the light of recent allegations … the Prime Minister has asked Lord Bridge to examine the relevant papers to determine whether authorisations since May 1979 have named the individuals in question and , if so , whether those authorisations have been sought and given in accordance with the procedures and criteria in the Birkett report of 1957 and the White Paper of April 1980 . |
| 5 | The critical distinction drawn by Lord Bridge of Harwich was one between the decision making functions of the local authority and its executive functions , by which I take Lord Bridge to mean the administrative acts to be performed in giving effect to the relevant decision . |
| 6 | He said he planned to fly to Libya with leading Scottish defence QC Lord Macaulay to meet the accused men . |
| 7 | Palmerston took the defeat as a vote of no confidence and tendered the Government 's resignation to the Queen on 21st February , 1858 , and she immediately asked Lord Derby to form the new Government . |