Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] the hon. " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not confident about how I should take the hon. Gentleman 's concluding remarks , but I shall bear with equanimity what I suspect may be a poisoned chalice . |
| 2 | I must tell the hon. Gentleman that , as a new Member of Parliament , he should be more concerned with the possibility of improving the delivery of health care to his constituents . |
| 3 | I must advise the hon. Gentleman , however , that the phrase in Big Farm Weekly , ’ Goodbye to the BSE scourge ’ was not mine , but that of the chief veterinary officer . |
| 4 | In the interests of honesty and truthfulness , I must ask the hon. Gentleman to withdraw the form of words that he used — that the Government ’ blocked ’ the directive on pregnant women . |
| 5 | If the corrections are long or numerous the Chairman should ask the Hon. |
| 6 | It is important that I should ask the hon. Gentleman carefully to consider what he has just said about my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , who set out the legal position as a Law Officer . |
| 7 | However , it may interest the hon. Gentleman to know that , as part of the patients charter initiative , we will take steps to consider accident and emergency and casualty cover to improve standards of provision applying to Tayside and to all other health boards . |
| 8 | Even more interestingly — this may interest the hon. Member for Huddersfield ( Mr. Sheerman ) , who has resumed shouting — a survey of Labour Members of Parliament done by Access Opinions Ltd. — |
| 9 | I shall answer the hon. Gentleman 's question about Trident in a couple of minutes . |
| 10 | No decision has yet been taken on how United Kingdom delegates will be apportioned and I would welcome the hon. Gentleman 's ideas . |
| 11 | There is evidence that the decline in manufacturing has been arrested , and I shall give the hon. Gentleman that evidence . |
| 12 | I shall give the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) time to read the newspaper cutting that he was trying to wave at us to make his great point . |
| 13 | I shall give the hon. Member the same reply that I gave previously : this is a matter for the Leader of the House , who is in the Chamber . |
| 14 | Such a debate would give the hon. Members who have raised those points of order an opportunity to participate , and for a Minister to respond . |
| 15 | I shall draw the hon. and learned Gentleman 's particular point to my right hon. Friend 's attention . |
| 16 | I know that my hon. Friend the Member for Wiltshire , North is concerned to improve hotel accommodation throughout the Province , so I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's remarks to his attention . |
| 17 | I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's point to the attention of my hon. Friends who will serve on the Standing Committee on the Bill . |
| 18 | I am not sure whether a statement on yesterday 's meeting would be appropriate , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's request to my right hon. Friend 's attention . |
| 19 | We have much important business to conduct , so I doubt whether a statement will be possible , but I shall draw the hon. Gentleman 's remarks to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland . |
| 20 | I would correct the hon. Gentleman on one point of fact . |
| 21 | I shall tell the hon. Gentleman a little more about the two individuals , if I may , in a brief intervention . |
| 22 | Very well : I shall trade the hon. Gentleman a point of order for a speech . |
| 23 | I would advise the hon. Gentleman not to believe what he reads in the newspapers about the bonus for British Rail 's chairman . |
| 24 | It would help the hon. Gentleman — because it is unusual for him — to check his facts or to read his Conservative Central Office brief before he speaks , or at least to memorise it . |
| 25 | I would find the hon. Lady 's argument more credible if I had not experienced the difficulties of trying to remember , when on Tyneside to talk about Tyneside . |
| 26 | I think that what I will conclude by saying will answer the hon. Gentleman 's point . |
| 27 | I am sure that he will consider the hon. Gentleman 's representations , which are always carefully put and taken seriously . |
| 28 | I am therefore unable to answer this question today , but I will bring the hon. Gentleman 's point to the attention of my right hon. Friend the Chancellor . |
| 29 | I will send the hon. Gentleman a copy of the Strathclyde programme , which will be worth some £20 million ecu , which is £15 million . |
| 30 | It will show the hon. Gentleman that his criticisms are wholly unjustified . |