Example sentences of "be sir [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am Sir William Keith , Knight Marischal of Scotland , ’ Keith called . |
| 2 | ‘ I am Sir Alexander Seton of that Ilk , Governor of this town and port , and the cannon are fired on my command and with the authority of King David 's Regent . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am Sir John Cranston , king 's coroner in the city . |
| 4 | I am Sir John Cranston , coroner of the city . ’ |
| 5 | Whilst AM Sir John was generally acknowledged as a very rare intellect and , particularly , an excellent scribe in the best Staff College style , he was no match whatsoever for Don Bennett with his mass of technical knowledge and practical hard-won experience . |
| 6 | ‘ I am Sir John Cranston , Coroner . |
| 7 | There would have been Sir William before that . |
| 8 | This had been Sir Ivor at his brilliant best , striking with one deadly burst of speed . |
| 9 | He had been Sir Lancelot , which was a heroic character , but what we wanted with Ian was someone resonant that the public would respond to . |
| 10 | There have been many Sir Johns , and you could have been Sir John yourself . ’ |
| 11 | His earliest ally had been Sir Robert Heath , who had promoted Vermuyden 's advancement at court , and had even managed to get him out of prison . |
| 12 | Another important element is the chairman : successive chairmen of the Treasury Committee have been Sir Ernest du Cann and Mr Terence Higgins and their stature , experience and ability added greatly to the weight of this committee . |
| 13 | His second cousin had been Sir James Wyatt , ‘ the brilliant but facile ’ Surveyor General . |
| 14 | Some in the profession of political commentating would opt for Bagehot as their formative influence , but mine has long been Sir David — a founder of biased Tory journalism . |
| 15 | If Law had a political model , then it must have been Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a fellow Scot who had shown that an ordinary man could hold the highest office without discredit and that he could beat the clever and the politically sophisticated at their own game . |
| 16 | The three new Privy Counsellors are Sir Nicholas Lyell , the Solicitor-General , and two high-flyers of the class of ‘ 79 who are still stuck as ministers of state : Mr William Waldegrave of the Foreign Office and the Home Office 's John Patten . |
| 17 | I Cup finalists are Sir Joseph Paxton and Kennett Brothers . |
| 18 | AMONG the first to receive honorary degrees awarded by Staffordshire University are Sir Arthur Bryan and Susie Cooper . |
| 19 | Among others who come to mind are Sir Ellis Waterhouse , Christopher White , Martin Butlin and Graham Reynolds . |
| 20 | Among the many leading architects and landscape gardeners , represented by drawings , engravings and watercolours , are Sir John Vanbrugh , Lancelot ‘ Capability ’ Brown , Humphrey Repton and Sir Edwin Lutyens . |
| 21 | Among these are Sir George Hayter 's ‘ Lady Stuart de Rothesay and her daughters ’ , Pauline Borghese 's canopied bed , the spectacular surtout de table by Thomire , Jacques-Émile Blanche 's ‘ Queen Alexandra ’ and J.D. Wingfield 's ‘ The Picture Gallery , Stafford House , c.1848 ’ . |
| 22 | Other members of the committee are Sir Campbell Adamson , Mr. Charles Bracken , Mrs. Gillian Waddington , and Sir Ralph Halpern , who was at the ball accompanied by his pretty daughter Miss Jennifer Halpern . |
| 23 | Good Lord , Athelstan thought , anyone here could be Sir Ralph 's murderer . |
| 24 | And the man behind the shock ‘ Do n't back Ulster Tories ’ was alleged to be Sir Patrick Mayhew . |
| 25 | Keynote speaker will be Sir Paul Girolami , chairman of Glaxo , and there will be panel sessions on corporate reporting and management towards the millennium , worker participation , the use of Ecus in corporate accounts and banking towards 2000 . |
| 26 | The fifth member is to be Sir Peter Middleton , deputy chairman of Barclays . |
| 27 | Included in this sale of British pictures will be Sir Edwin Landseer 's ‘ The Cover Hack ’ , which is estimated to realize £120-150,000 ( $215–265,000 ) , and ‘ Mr George Marriott on his bay Hunter taking a fence ’ , which is estimated to make £80–100,000 ( $140–180,000 ) . |
| 28 | This proved to be Sir Simon Fraser and Sir Robert Keith . |
| 29 | In 1971 Michael ( two years later to be Sir Michael ) Clapham succeeded Lord Kings Norton as Chairman of the Council , and Edwin Kerr was appointed to take over from Frank Hornby in 1972 . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , it could be Sir Fulke . |