Example sentences of "friend [vb base] that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best way to raise standards in our schools is to provide more testing and to make the results of those tests publicly available — both of which the Labour party opposes ? |
| 2 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best way to provide improved employment prospects is to get inflation and interest rates down , as the Government have done so commendably in the past 18 months ? |
| 3 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the Labour party is a party of slow learners ? |
| 4 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the whole purpose of the reforms is to increase the number of inspections in schools , not reduce them , and that the monitoring and regulation of the new system will be such that it would not be in the professional interest of any inspector to try to fiddle a report ? |
| 5 | Would my right honourable friend confirm that the former director of G C H Q , Sir Brian Tovey , stated that during the imposition of martial law in Warsaw and during the Soviet anva invasion of Afghanistan some ten thousand hours of cover were lost at G C H Q. And will he not confirm that is a perfectly good reason for the ban on external er interference by trade unions in the activities of G C H Q and will he also assure the house that the existing trade assoc the staff association works perfectly well and there is no reason whatever for an external trade union to interfere in G C H Q's affairs . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that the greatest danger to the North sea would be an incoming Labour Government , who would seek to shackle the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls and high taxes ? |
| 7 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that the green belt , which enables us all to have a degree of green and open space and fresh air , has been doubled under this Conservative Government ? |
| 8 | Will my right hon. Friend accept that no hon. Member on this side of the House and , if they can leave aside party politicking for a moment , no hon. Member on the Opposition Benches , would believe that my right hon. Friend was capable of flouting the law — — as has been suggested , either in his personal capacity , or , still less , as a holder of one of the great offices of State ? |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the current security situation in Northern Ireland illustrates the irresponsibility of those who oppose the Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions ) Act ? |
| 10 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the good farmers of Hexham are grateful for his sincere effort to look after the interests of farmers in the less-favoured areas ? |
| 11 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the continuing Government pressure to bring about the improvements is welcome news ? |
| 12 | Does my hon. Friend agree that a co-ordinated tax policy across the Community — now advocated by the Opposition — would severely damage inward investment , much of which is attracted here by our lower corporation tax and income tax rates ? |
| 13 | Although those figures are very encouraging , does my hon. Friend agree that an awful lot of older vehicles could be converted to run on unleaded petrol but that people are ignorant of that fact ? |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the real problem facing students , particularly those from areas such as my own in Leeds , is that the local education authorities have been extraordinarily late in supplying their mandatory grants ? |
| 15 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the greatest injustice to genuine asylum seekers is to be found in the enormously long delays that occur in the processing of applications ? |
| 16 | Although jobs are always welcome , particularly at this time , does my hon. Friend agree that the environmental impact on the locality is also important , because a safe environment will protect the area for future generations ? |
| 17 | As someone interested in trying to promote industrial regeneration and further growth in the north-east does my hon. Friend agree that the additional burdens laid on businesses in regions such as his own by the absurd idea of the imposition of a regional tier of government and the increased taxation necessary to pay for that tier would have an adverse effect on local business , would increase costs , would reduce competitiveness and would help to drive business and jobs away from his region ? |
| 18 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the continued success of beef exports is not only good news for the industry but is a powerful reminder , after all the scare stories last year , that British beef is among the best in the world ? |
| 19 | All terrorist crime is detestable , whoever the victims , but does not my right hon. Friend agree that the recent upsurge of violence has made more urgent the granting of the Chief Constable 's request for at least 400 additional men in his establishment ? |
| 20 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the pillared structure that has been negotiated by our right hon. Friends is more likely to provide the sort of flexibility that the institutions will need , bearing in mind that Europe is standing , to some extent , on shifting sands and that none of the situations extant in the 1950s , at the birth of the Community , remains the same today ? |
| 21 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the ever-growing problem of street children is a consequence of overpopulation ? |
| 22 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best way to preserve the integrity of Croatia is to work for a permanent settlement after a lasting ceasefire , and that recognition is just one of the issues that has to be sorted out before there can be a successful conclusion ? |
| 23 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the best method for underpinning democracy is through economic stability ? |
| 24 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the principal attraction of grant-maintained schools is not the additional funding that they receive but the greater independence from the LEAs that they then enjoy ? |
| 25 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the disposable income of 10 million mortgage payers is affected by two factors — income tax and interest rates ? |
| 26 | Does not my hon. Friend agree that the whole thrust of the proposals , as they are currently based , directly discriminates against efficiency ? |
| 27 | Does not my right hon. Friend agree that the last thing that business needs is for business rates to be brought back under the control of uncapped , loony Labour authorities who will send rates sky rocketing , as they did during the early 1980s ? |
| 28 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the full implementation of the Food Safety Act 1990 will ensure that Britain is in the forefront of Europe in terms of food safety in years to come ? |
| 29 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the national health service management reforms , with the forthcoming trust status and record amounts of money being spent on the health service in Wales , will enable the health service there to build upon its success of treating record numbers of patients ? |
| 30 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the welcome improvement in staying-on rates may be related to the quality of education in schools ? |