Example sentences of "friend [vb base] that [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Does my right hon. Friend mean that British industrialists do not want to go back to national plans , solemn and binding undertakings , high inflation , nationalisation , high taxation and trade union unrest ?
2 Will my hon. Friend confirm that many companies find that the loyalty given to them by disabled people more than makes up for any days that they may have to take off work to undergo treatment ?
3 Does my hon. Friend agree that that approach contrasts greatly with the latest approach from Brussels , which is that international bodies should be involved in deciding even where we erect a front porch ?
4 Does my right hon. Friend agree that proportional representation reduces democracy and effective government ?
5 Does my hon. Friend agree that many pensioners have built up savings throughout their lives , partly from income and , occasionally , from redundancy payments , and that it is rare that that income from savings is unearned ?
6 Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people confuse the level of the state pension with the amount of money that pensioners have available to pay all their weekly bills ?
7 Does my right hon. Friend agree that recent developments have underlined the fact that the Shops Act 1950 is illogical , out of date , rarely enforced and out of touch with the reality of the 1990s ?
8 Does my right hon. Friend agree that free markets need only a system of laws and not all that bureaucracy ?
9 Does my hon. Friend agree that those figures reflect a sharp improvement in this country over the past few years and scope for some of our Community partners to do more to encourage unleaded petrol sales ?
10 Does my right hon. Friend agree that those figures sit ill with the , I am sure honourable , argument of the Opposition that we are trying to close the health service ?
11 Does my right hon. Friend agree that any proposal to double the European Community structural funds will inevitably result in higher tax bills for the British taxpayer ?
12 Does my right hon. Friend agree that any proposal to raise the higher rate of income tax , as advocated by the Opposition , would be damaging for morale and prosperity , because such a move would not only destroy the will to work but drive some of our best brains out of the country ?
13 Does my hon. Friend agree that any proposal to abolish the upper limit on national insurance contributions would mean that millions of people who could never remotely be regarded as rich would pay a great deal more in contributions and get nothing extra in benefits ?
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