Example sentences of "[adj] spokesman for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Prime Minister is inevitably pushed to play a major public role — as head of the government in Parliament , as public spokesman for the government , as leader of the nation on visits abroad , and as chairman and summarizer of Cabinet discussions . |
| 2 | Jim Gorie , Scottish spokesman for the Forum of Private Business , described the moves as ‘ positive steps ’ . |
| 3 | Javier de la Puerta , chief spokesman for the World Fair , said the recent blows to ETA were ‘ very good news ’ but added that Expo organisers could not afford to be complacent . |
| 4 | Kenneth Simpson , the Perth-based spokesman for the Society of Sheriffs ' Officers , says they are already getting results . |
| 5 | It was a point made to me with some vehemence by Mahmoud Labadi , who was then official spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Lebanon , a bespectacled figure every bit as urbane and cynical as his Israeli counterpart . |
| 6 | In the Home Office , he had demonstrated broadly conservative views on crime , drugs , and racial issues , not surprisingly so perhaps for one who served as parliamentary spokesman for the Police Federation . |
| 7 | I detest Iñaki Anasagasti , parliamentary spokesman for the Basque Nationalist Party , who requests that the title of Picasso 's painting be changed from ‘ Guernica ’ to ‘ Madrid ’ , as if the name chosen by poor old Pablo after the work was completed were the whole basis of its conception . |
| 8 | He was already on the way to establishing his role as a leading spokesman for the ‘ sixties generation ’ — a generation that was forced to handle change as never before , as Bernard Levin commented , in ‘ The Pendulum Years ’ : |
| 9 | Dr James Swire , who had lost a daughter at Lockerbie and was the leading spokesman for the British families , told The Times that he still believed the atrocity had been carried out by the PFLP — GC , acting as mercenaries for the Iranians , although he was anxious to see the two Libyans brought to trial by any means short of force . |
| 10 | In addition to his ministerial role , Richardson was a key spokesman for the ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) in the Senate , and was widely considered to be one of the party 's most influential figures . |
| 11 | In both cases he faces the same moral dilemma which Kureishi has often encountered as a reluctant spokesman for the Asian community . |
| 12 | ‘ This is not only a boost for first-time buyers , ’ said Colin Girling , a regional spokesman for the National Association of Estate Agents , ‘ but it is a boost for many second-time buyers , as well , now that house prices have come down so much . ’ |
| 13 | The founder and leader of the BUF , Sir Oswald Mosley , was a self-conscious political spokesman for the ‘ lost generation ’ and the survivors of the first World War . |
| 14 | As the movement and the significance of British fascism owed so much to Sir Oswald Mosley , and as he increasingly came to see himself as the political spokesman for the lost generation and the survivors of the First World War , it is the impact of that event I want to examine first . |
| 15 | I trust that , after the next election , he will remain a Front-Bench spokesman for the Opposition . |
| 16 | Cedric goes home Mystery surrounds the recent recall to New York of Cedric Thornberry , the Northern Ireland-born bon vivant and occasional spokesman for the United Nations in Namibia . |
| 17 | No-one was available from the Wales CBI for comment but Meirion Lewis , Welsh spokesman for the Institute of Directors , said he was surprised at the findings of the study , but could not comment further until he had seen it . |
| 18 | Then there was the emergence of Jimmy Hill , a Fulham player with a grammar school education and a father in the Stock Exchange , as an articulate and shrewd spokesman for the players . |
| 19 | Garrett has become , through his many books , writings , honours and personal appearances an unofficial spokesman for the treasure hobby in the United States . |
| 20 | A local spokesman for the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) commented that " there is no such thing as selective trapping because all sorts of protected birds end up in the nets and die before they can be released " . |
| 21 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |