Example sentences of "[that] my [adj] friend " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Lawson responded pleasantly : ‘ I am glad that my honourable friend raised that issue because , although it is an absurdity , it is believed by many people other than my honourable friend , who understandably picks up things that he hears other people say . ’ |
| 2 | Quite frankly My Lords , if there are forty-one constabularies throughout the c country e excluding the Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police , any for instance fifty people were a applied and they may well apply because plenty of people have already done so , you would be talking about a list of some two thousand people it 's quite impossible to think that my Honourable Friend would know all these two thousand people therefore carefully select party hats who might themselves not actually have applied anyhow . |
| 3 | Not that I know much about him , just that my philosophical friend Kevin Rice despised him . |
| 4 | If the hon. Lady has any proposals , I am sure that my noble Friend would be interested to hear them . |
| 5 | I shall ensure that my noble Friend the Scottish Fisheries Minister is aware of the hon. Gentleman 's suggestion . |
| 6 | I imagine that that was one of the matters raised with the hon. Gentleman , and I hope that he was able to assure farmers of the splendid job that my noble Friend is doing for farming in Scotland . |
| 7 | I can assure the right hon. Gentleman that my noble Friend will make a very strong statement of Government policy , even though I wish that I could do it myself . |
| 8 | It is n't always easy for anyone to get to the bottom of every detail of a bill er which refers to earlier legislation and erm er er I 'm sure that my Noble Friend would sympathise anyhow erm er er w with with me insofar as I also do not have the advantage of er legal qualifications which he manages to make up for most adequately . |
| 9 | My Lords for reasons that have already been explained to Your Lordships and which I will not pursue yet for , er it seems that everybody 's agreed that it is important that the erm local authority representatives should be in the majority and I have to admit that my amendments do not go that far because I was concentrating on getting the magistrates back where they ought to be , er but er that is one thing , the other is that it er was an interesting point that er the Noble Lord , Lord of Greenwich raised , that my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw er at columns four eighty and four eight one er questioned whether it was indeed appropriate that er the Home Secretary should make these appointments . |
| 10 | My Lords , I very much hope that my Noble friend Lord Fellows , the Minister will feel able to er take the advice of my Noble friend Lord Wrenton er for a particular er and it is not quite the same reason as his . |
| 11 | My Lords , I do n't think co-option is satisfactory under these circumstances er I think my erm th the Noble Lord has a good route er has a good number but a bad route and that my Noble Friend is in the position to propose a good route er if he will get the right number . |
| 12 | I do n't see that in any combination of these Amendments , I very much hope that my Noble Friend will come back at the report stage with our grateful thanks for having found a process which will produce a body of co of o of appointed members on the police authorities of a position to influence but not to determine his policy and that should be an a position , I agree with my Noble Friend , Lord Motterstone subordinate to that of the magistrates . |
| 13 | But the fact that my Noble Friend was kind enough to express it er I found was er nectar for myself . |
| 14 | The Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons ( Mr. John Wakeham ) : It is not possible to provide the information that my Hon. Friend requests , as attendance by peers in their Gallery depends largely on the business of the House . |
| 15 | Indeed , we have good grounds for believing that the information that we have been given is accurate : I know that my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North would not have read out that list without a solid belief that the property speculators were busy . |
| 16 | If Conservative Members paid attention to the issue they would know that my hon. Friend the Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) repudiated the threat last week . |
| 17 | I am sure that the hospital that my hon. Friend has in mind will wish to take account of her comments . |
| 18 | They are already directly and effectively involved in the fight against crime — which , alas , is all too real — and are performing the role that my hon. Friend wants them to perform . |
| 19 | I hope that my hon. Friend will look at that problem , together with the BBC licence as a whole . |
| 20 | I am glad that my hon. Friend believes that I took a wise decision over those courthouse closures and they remain open . |
| 21 | I will of course carefully consider any correspondence that my hon. Friend has sent to me . |
| 22 | I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that what we are doing through the national curriculum , and especially in the testing of seven , 11 , 14 and 16-year-olds , will ensure not only that we can monitor progress on standards , but that pupils who are falling behind will be given the assistance that they need to improve . |
| 23 | The autumn statement yesterday demonstrated that we have substantially increased in real terms — after inflation — the spending in each of the three areas that my hon. Friend mentioned . |
| 24 | I am sure that my hon. Friend recognises that there are a number of views on this subject . |
| 25 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | I trust that my hon. Friend will agree that co-operation between member states of the European Community is particularly desirable when considering the provision of help to those most in need . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I know that my hon. Friend will be fair and will recognise that the Queen 's Regiment is an amalgamation of the Queen 's Royal West Surrey Regiment , the East Surrey Regiment , the Royal Sussex Regiment , the Queen 's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and the Middlesex Regiment . |
| 29 | I shall look into the matter that my hon. Friend has raised , because it covers a whole range of issues — resettlements and redundancy arrangements — and we are anxious that the fairest arrangements should be made . |
| 30 | I hope that the true and forceful points that my hon. Friend made were heard by Opposition Members and that they will take note of the success of British industry . |