Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] agree that " in BNC.

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1 Do you agree that pastoral is essentially a form of escapism ?
2 Does she agree that tobacco companies also contribute a great deal to sport , and that they employ tens of thousands of people directly and indirectly ?
3 Does he agree that Jacques Delors ' famous 80 per cent .
4 Does he agree that Jacques Delors ' famous 80 per cent .
5 Does he agree that more special constables would do a great deal to reduce levels of crime , particularly if they were better trained and more adequately remunerated ?
6 Does he agree that access to justice is more important than administrative convenience ?
7 Does he agree that what they need is support and proper resources so that they can carry out their work , not what has been happening over the past 12 years — continual restructuring and reforms which do the service no good and break up the comprehensive national health service that we all know ?
8 Does he agree that , as we approach the Christmas season , it would be appropriate to have a homeless children 's Christmas bonus , perhaps of £10 a week , and then longer-term arrangements through supplement for income support , so that we can guarantee that every child in bed-and-breakfast accommodation can have a hot meal every day ?
9 Does he agree that , if the Dutch treaty and article 103A are adopted by a qualified majority of the Council of Ministers — which is a procedure that the Government apparently accept — the Commissioners will have the power to issue secret instructions commanding the economy of another member state ?
10 Does he agree that with the massive increases in salaries for those bodies ' chairmen and the ridiculous spend on advertising that we are witnessing , those companies can well afford to drop the standing charges ?
11 Does he agree that to stimulate demand within the United Kingdom home market , where problems exist on the retail side , the industry is entitled to expect some special attention from the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the next Budget , which could include a reduction in or the total elimination of the appalling 10 per cent .
12 Does he agree that , generally speaking , smaller authorities are closer to local people and better able to reflect their needs and aspirations ?
13 Does he agree that neighbourhood watches can be deemed only an aid to proper policing , in terms of numbers and police efficiency ?
14 Does he agree that sport is one of the most character-building of activities ?
15 Does he agree that grant-maintained status plays a significant role in raising the morale of the teaching profession , raising education standards and improving the fabric of buildings ?
16 Does he agree that British people should be told that if the Labour party were in control and there was a nuclear attack on Britain , there would be no response because the Leader of the Opposition has said that he would not push the button ?
17 Does he agree that hill farmers had a substantial drop in income in recent years ?
18 Does he agree that , if my calculation is correct , that is a reduction of 31 per cent .
19 Does he agree that , if we signed the social chapter , employers ' costs would rise and jobs and foreign investment would disappear , all of which would be bad for this country ?
20 Does he agree that gas is better not only because it is transported through its own pipelines and therefore takes transport off the road , but because it is green-clean and thermally more efficient ?
21 Does he agree that city technology colleges provide a real alternative education for children in the inner city ?
22 Does he agree that western aid should be given to and deployed in the former Soviet Union with care and tact so that those proud people are not humiliated or offended ?
23 Does he agree that Scottish agriculture , including north of Scotland agriculture , can hardly have been —
24 Does he agree that to propose such a policy at this time is the economics of the mad house and that the Labour party should stop it at once ?
25 Does he agree that , at the same time , manufacturing exports increased by more than two thirds ?
26 Does he agree that , rather than arguing about what should be done at Dounreay , where a great deal of expertise is available , we should argue for open government ; and that , in that respect , a lesson can be learnt for the future ?
27 I entirely support my hon. and learned Friend 's view that people should be afraid of the law and of being caught , but does he agree that boredom has played an important role in prison riots ?
28 Does he agree that , whereas one can read too much into cause and effect , too many children and other pedestrians are being injured on our roads ?
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