Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] right [adj] friend " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could my right hon. Friend reinforce the point that he has just made ? |
| 2 | Could my right hon. Friend find time today to think again about the significance of an historic referendum which took place in the Ukraine on 1 December , in which the people of Ukraine freely and democratically voted for their sovereignty and independence ? |
| 3 | Could my right hon. Friend make it clear that , during the passage of the Bill , he and his colleagues will have consultations with those who make representations to ensure that their worries about links between people with different claims and the causes of large-scale immigration are considered together ? |
| 4 | Could my right hon. Friend find time for a short debate on the question of Short money ? |
| 5 | Composing himself , Sir Michael pressed on : ‘ Would my Right Honourable Friend reflect on the great progress that has been made during the last 10 years in the well-being of our country and the competitiveness of our industries and … |
| 6 | ‘ Would my Right Honourable Friend accept how much I regret , ’ Mr Tebbit had begun his snarl at the Foreign Secretary , ‘ having to say how much I disagree with nearly everything he said and agree with nearly everything said by the Right Honourable Gentleman for the Opposition . ’ |
| 7 | Would my right honourable friend care to pay tribute to the work of the training and enterprise councils in helping women particularly who want to get back into work by providing child care facilities er and would he also like to comment on the threshold scheme in Northampton which he visited last week which is an example of partnership between the public sector , the private sector , the TECs er promoting this sort of work . |
| 8 | Would my right honourable friend , sorry would honourable friend agree that the way you build jobs in an economy is through having successful businesses . |
| 9 | Er would my would my right honourable friend confirm that in the United States there are no government training schemes of any kind . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Would my right honourable friend not agree that because of their irresponsible behaviour in disrupting G C H Q's vital work in the early nineteen eighties the trade unions only have themselves to blame for this ban . |
| 12 | Er would my right honourable friend agree with me that the appearance of Jerry Adams on the Walden programme proved beyond any doubt that whatever Sinn Fein say Sinn Fein have rejected the er Downing Street declaration . |
| 13 | Would my right , would my right honourable friend agree that the use of American and French and British planes to bomb the hills around Sarajevo may not necessarily produce lasting peace in Bosnia and would he further agree that if the idea is to achieve a demilitarised zone , policed effectively around Sarajevo then the best chances of so doing are by ensuring that Russian soldier in United Nations uniforms , in integrated units with British and French forces so help in the policing of that zone . |
| 14 | This , for instance , is Tony Marlow questioning the prime minister on 3 June 1992 after the Danish referendum result : ‘ Would my right hon. Friend suggest to Monsieur Napoleon Delors — who today , rather than showing humility , seems to be showing his customary arrogance — that , henceforth , 2 June ( the day of the Danish vote ) should be a public holiday throughout Europe , to be known as the day of the people , the day of democracy or , even better , the day of the nation state ? ’ |
| 15 | As this is ’ Youth and Parliament ’ day , led by the British Youth Council , would my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of investing in the young , overcoming unnecessary disadvantages such as handicap , and giving them the opportunity to contribute fully to a better future for the country ? |
| 16 | Would my right hon. Friend — |
| 17 | Would my right hon. Friend feel able to lead a crusade with other European countries to put pressure on the Governments of central and south America so that every child there has a home , food , clothing and education and is not allowed to fall prey to the worst excesses of human nature ? |
| 18 | Would my right hon. Friend care to estimate what percentage of those interesting crime figures are the result of members of the Labour party asking people to break the law ? |
| 19 | Would my right hon. Friend care to come to the county town of Lancaster to see how outstandingly well our schools , under local management , are spending their money now that they have been freed from an extravagant county council which never had the right priorities and always deprived our schools of the money that they should have had ? |
| 20 | If asked , would my right hon. Friend be able to confirm that private sponsorship of the arts has generated an additional £46 million on top of the already large amounts of public expenditure ? |
| 21 | Would my right hon. Friend care to speculate as to the impact on pensioner living standards of the suggestion that petrol prices be increased by 50p per gallon , and especially the impact on pensioners who live in the country and who need a motor car for shopping and other aspects of life ? |
| 22 | What message would my right hon. Friend and my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancashire give us to take back to our constituents in the light of recent research showing that nearly 200 of the top British firms believe that the best way to increase unemployment and inflation and decrease investment would be the calamity of a Labour Government ? |
| 23 | At the summit will my right honourable friend enquire about the progress in the employment of disabled people and the advantages to the American economy in consequence of the Americans with disabilities act . |
| 24 | Will my right Hon. Friend tell me whether the Wales tourist board , or other agencies , will still be able to distribute grant as required to areas of Wales where development is still needed ? |
| 25 | Mr. Harris : Given the common problems faced by the tourist industry in Wales and the more remote parts of England such as Cornwall , will my right Hon. Friend tell me why on earth section 4 grants under the Development of Tourism Act 1969 are being suspended in England whereas , as he says , they are being tripled in Wales ? |
| 26 | Mr. Raffan : Will my right Hon. Friend join me in congratulating the miners at Point of Air in my constituency for their dramatically increased productivity since the miners ' strike ? |
| 27 | Mr. Raffan : As the review referred to a much higher incidence of heart disease , strokes and most forms of cancer in Wales compared to the rest of the United Kingdom , will my right Hon. Friend assure the House that the Health Promotion Authority for Wales will have a much higher profile than it has had and a budget to match ? |
| 28 | Will my right Hon. Friend confirm that the authority 's detailed proposals will be published before the summer , and will those proposals include advertising campaigns on tobacco and alcohol abuse , which account for more than 100,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom ? |
| 29 | Will my right Hon. Friend and those responsible soften their hearts and open those seats , formally reserved for peers , to members of the public , hundreds of whom are disappointed every day in their attempts to enter the House ? |
| 30 | Here is Nicholas Winterton on the same occasion : ‘ Will my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister confirm that the ‘ no ’ vote in Denmark is binding upon the Danish Government ? ’ |