Example sentences of "secretary [prep] [noun] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The principal Secretary of State had a salary of £100 per annum from the Crown , the Lord Admiral got £200 , the Master of the Court of Wards £233.6s. 8d. , the Clerk of Wards £20 .
2 First , the Secretary of State has a power , in section 17 , to provide , by regulation , that the National Curriculum shall not apply , or shall apply in a modified form , in cases or circumstances which may be specified .
3 The commission is independent of both central and local government although the Secretary of State has a power to issue directives and local councillors are included among its membership .
4 According to the 1944 Education Act the Secretary of State has a duty to ‘ promote the education of the people of England and Wales and the progressive development of institutions devoted to that purpose … ’ , although effective control was , at the time of the Tyndale dispute , devolved to the LEAs .
5 The Secretary of State has a duty to tell the House why that decision was made .
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