Example sentences of "secretary [prep] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be up to the Secretary of State to decide on the exact order of priority and we shall publish guidelines to help the new commission . |
| 2 | The freedom of the Secretary of State to depart from the recommendations of the National Curriculum Council ( to which proposals on attainment targets and programmes of study must be referred ) , as in effect happened in the case of the history curriculum , stands in marked contrast to the restrictions binding teachers under the National Curriculum . |
| 3 | She submitted there was no other appropriate or fair way for the Secretary of State to deal with the case other than to allow Doherty at least an oral hearing or written representation . |
| 4 | Surely arrangements should have been made to allow the Secretary of State to report to the House on the outcome of the consultations and on the advice of his expert , Mr. Roy Stoner of Southampton university , about the objections voiced during the consultation period . |
| 5 | Would it not be right for the Secretary of State to come to the House to say what steps are being taken to try to ensure that the sort of dishonesty and crookery that went on at MGN is not being repeated elsewhere ? |
| 6 | That power enables the Secretary of State to intervene in the private sector and , in a sense , to discriminate against one particular group of private sector companies those which take over one of the STG subsidiaries . |
| 7 | I have asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to look into the matter and to contact the hon. Gentleman . |
| 8 | If asked by your secretary of state to speak on the departmental paper , you have four minutes to explain it , however complicated the subject matter , to present the choices and to add a touch of heterodoxy . |
| 9 | This would not merely perpetuate such control but would allow the Secretary of State to interfere in the activities of Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries to a greater extent than at present . |