Sentence examples for role of servants from inspiring English sources

It's the "wench", not the Queen, who sings, in keeping with the Elizabethan belief that it was the role of servants, not noblemen, to play music in public.

People once excluded from Western art, or reduced to the role of servants, are now in command: Mr. Wiley has used old cultural tools to create a new rule.

"They are like the ancient aristocrats of feudal times, but their parents play the role of servants," says Masahiro Yamada, a sociologist who coined the derogatory but instantly popular term "Parasite Single".

Exodus has been criticised by a number of bloggers and critics for handing its lead roles to white people, with black actors allegedly restricted to the roles of servants, slaves and lower class members of society, even though it is largely set in ancient Egypt.

In switching between the roles of servant and master, Mr. Hvorostovsky joins a distinguished list of predecessors, including Jose van Dam and Ferruccio Furlanetto.

Sir Alan Budd's inquiry report cleared him of wrongdoing in the role of civil servants in the nanny visa scandal that led to David Blunkett's resignation.

It is not – emphatically not – the role of public servants and independent statutory officers to slavishly support the government's agenda.

"The boundaries between public and private life can only be preserved when the role of public servants in such issues is made clear".

It is not the role of public servants to take sides in an industrial dispute, but they also have a duty to patients and an obligation to think about the worst that might happen when junior doctors withdraw their labour.

All the other gods and angels were restricted to the role of subordinate servants of Ahura Mazdā, whose highest manifestation on earth was not so much the sun or the sun god Mithra (Mihr) but rather the holy fire guarded and attended by his priests.

It is playing the role of the servant.