Example sentences of "of sir " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Having spent the Vigour of my Youth and Genius under the Oppression of Sir Joshua & his Gang of Cunning Hired Knaves Without Employment & as much as could possibly be Without Bread , the Reader must Expect to Read in all my Remarks on these Books Nothing but Indignation and Resentment . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Fears were growing last night for the safety of Sir Vivien Blacker , Bart . |
| 3 | ‘ Sir Vivien is the eleventh baronet and is the only surviving son of Sir Tregarron Blacker , the celebrated big-game hunter who died in the sinking of the Titanic , together with his wife , Lady Mabel . |
| 4 | So when the great lady detective drew a hair from her head and stuck it across the lock on the front door of Sir Vivien 's motor car , Constable Quince said nothing . |
| 5 | In her development of the character of Poirot , she was clearly influenced by her reading of Sir Philip Sidney 's Astrophel and Stella , and particularly of the following sonnet : |
| 6 | Married Georgiana , widow of Sir Francis Destry , Bart … |
| 7 | He also recalls his father 's love of Sir Harry Lauder 's songs and those of Gilbert and Sullivan — important aspects of an otherwise sombre man . |
| 8 | It prospered and expanded under the principalship of Sir William Dawson ; by the time he had completed 38 years as Principal ( 1855–1893 ) the student body had risen from 100 to over 1000 , and Dawson had had the satisfaction of seeing great strides made in both the building programme and the various curricula — not least in his own scientific fields . |
| 9 | Under the chairmanship of Sir Peter Parker the concept of the commercial railway and the social railway was developed at the end of the 1970s and the start of the 1980s . |
| 10 | IN the glass-enclosed rear section of the elegantly furnished 1892 Caledonian Railway observation car , the guests on the Royal Scotsman gathered to sip pre-dinner cocktails , nibble fresh foie gras canapÉs , and engage in polite rapport about their day 's visit to Achnacarry Castle , the stately home of Sir Donald and Lady Cameron of Lochiel . |
| 11 | I suspect that Pound is rueful at best when he looks down and sees us industriously annotating out of Sir Edward Coke Canto 107 , without noticing that the English language is in that canto handled with none of the sensitivity that would make those labours worthwhile . |
| 12 | The Franklin philosophy was learnt in the US leveraged buyout business at the side of Sir James Goldsmith . |
| 13 | As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman . |
| 14 | For example , the last four pages of Sir Bernard Caulfield 's summing-up to the jury in the Archer case is concerned with damages , and heavily stresses the aggravating factors . |
| 15 | Finding the charms of the private sector unexpectedly resistible , he returned to government , and subsequently caught the eye of Sir Edward Youde , the Governor of Hong Kong from 1982-85 . |
| 16 | Among a number of significant later works were biographies of Sir Philip Sidney and Oliver Cromwell , as well as a long list of stimulating articles , essays and reviews . |
| 17 | The spectacle last week of 400 officers in riot gear running round the Broadwater Farm Estate and finding little or nothing in the way of drugs reminded me of Sir Robert Mark 's definition of a good police force as one which employed fewer criminals than it caught . |
| 18 | When they did this to me I was quite startled , in spite of Sir Robert 's warning . |
| 19 | Last week , Andrew Hugh Smith , chairman of the Exchange , announced the appointment of Sir Geoffrey Littler as head of the Clearing House Formation Committee , which is charged with developing the proposals for the new settlement system . |
| 20 | The terms of reference of Sir Geoffrey 's committee indicate that the Exchange is determined that all aspects of the creation of a clearing house are fully explored . |
| 21 | She had no formal education at all and was brought up by her paternal grandmother at Myrtle Grove , Youghal , which had been the home of Sir Walter Raleigh when he was the Governor of Ireland . |
| 22 | Sir David is assured of the support of Sir Claus Moser , newly-elected President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , Warden of Wadham College , Oxford , and a former head of the Government Statistical Service from 1967 to 1978 . |
| 23 | They also played down the role of Sir Alan Walters , the Prime Minister 's personal economic adviser , in the critical decisions to intervene heavily in the past two weeks and raise interest rates to protect the pound last Thursday . |
| 24 | Bankside was the work of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott , OM , the architect of Liverpool 's Anglican Cathedral , the rebuilt House of Commons and some of the last vital products of the Gothic Revival . |
| 25 | Vickers , the engineer and defence group , has confirmed the appointment of Sir Colin Chandler , 50 , as managing director-elect . |
| 26 | Vickers , the engineer and defence group , has confirmed the appointment of Sir Colin Chandler , 50 , as managing director-elect . |
| 27 | The acquisition of Sir Peter is , inescapably , the chief interest of this Figaro . |
| 28 | But the most remarkable section of Sir Geoffrey 's address to a meeting organised by the Conservative Bow Group — an influential Tory centre grouping — dealt with the trade deficit . |
| 29 | Might I remind Mr Baker of Sir Humphrey 's wise advice to his minister ? |
| 30 | The catalogue of Sir William Hamilton 's collection of antiquities , published in Naples in 1766-67 , secured £39,600 ( estimate £18,000-£20,000 ) . |