Example sentences of "to [be] lord [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man who offered this piece of advice turned out to be Lord Cole , who was chairman of Unilever at the time and went on to be chairman of Rolls-Royce and several other major companies . |
| 2 | One , John Anderson , Viscount Waverley , a wartime Chancellor and Lord President , was to be Lord Privy Seal and ‘ overlord ’ for supply and raw materials and of the Treasury and Board of Trade . |
| 3 | Prime Minister has it in mind to recommend to Your Majesty the appointment of Fotherington-Smythe to be Lord Lieutenant of Borsetshire . ’ |
| 4 | With Sir Walter — soon to be Lord Marshall of Goring and known also to environmentalists as ‘ The Dark Lord ’ — leading the scientific battles of claim and counter-claim , at times the acid rain issue seemed to follow a pantomime script full of cries of ‘ oh yes you did ’ and ‘ oh no we did n't ’ . |
| 5 | British domination of Egypt was set up by Sir Evelyn Baring ( soon to be Lord Cromer and known to his subordinates as " the Lord " ) . |
| 6 | He was just a butcher 's son from Ipswich who had risen to be Lord Chancellor and leading churchman of England . |
| 7 | I said , ‘ I do n't want to be Lord Mayor of London . |