Example sentences of "secretary of [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Unless the Government are prepared to provide a forum for funds and expertise to assist the defence industry to diversify into other products , the job losses and the decline in Britain 's economic performance will continue — but , then , the Secretary of State does not care .
2 This Secretary of State does not feel the need to go through such a consultation process .
3 If the Secretary of State does not recognise that as an example of two-tier lists , what will he recognise as such ?
4 It is interesting that the Secretary of State does not claim that he has a majority of public opinion on his side but merely that the very large majority against trust status was ill informed and listened to Labour propaganda .
5 If the Secretary of State does not believe that GP fund holding produces two-tier waiting lists , how can he explain the position in Manchester , where patients of fund holders are given eye treatment in a private wing , while patients of other GPs wait 13 months for an appointment ?
6 The precise question here under consideration is , if the Secretary of State does not adopt the judicial view of the tariff , is he obliged to give reasons for departing from it ?
7 The Secretary of State did not tell us that there had been a change in circumstances since the Government rejected the Prior report .
8 If there was any urgency in getting the Bill through , the Secretary of State did not show it .
9 The Secretary of State did not take the opportunity to mention that Roger Ellwood was killed by a stolen car driven by terrorists on 1 October this year .
10 The Secretary of State did not provide a good defence of the Government 's proposition .
11 In only one instance , the tobacco industry , has the MMC recommended companies actually be split up ; it recommended that Imperial Tobacco should sell its 42.5 per cent share in Gallaghers , but the Secretary of State did not accept this recommendation .
12 I 've heard it repeated on the radio recently and even the Secretary of State did n't go so far as to use the ninety percent figure but was talking about the seriously mentally ill and the not so seriously mentally ill .
13 Other than to say , the Secretary of State did n't limit his concern to reducing rates of development .
14 They 've already written to the Secretary of State and said dear Secretary of State we 're going to send this to you because it is a departure but please Secretary of State do not call it in do not exercise your powers .
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