Example sentences of "he make a statement " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Parliament two days later , Paisely asked James Prior , leader of the House of Commons , to permit him to make a statement to the House on the matter . |
| 2 | Mr MacGregor rejected Opposition charges that the Government 's plans had been torpedoed by the banks ' withdrawal when he made a statement to the Commons yesterday . |
| 3 | Winston Churchill , relieved of his responsibilities , travelled to the United States of America , in March 1945 , where he made a speech in which he made a statement that was to prove profoundly true . |
| 4 | He made a statement and the Session without passing any opinion in the meantime agree to summon all the parties concerned to a meeting of the Session . |
| 5 | While the constitutional case was still sub judice Liam Cosgrave , Prime Minister of the Republic , could not comment on Sunningdale but in the middle of March , after the case had been settled , he made a statement which though it reiterated the terms of the communique gave Unionists no grounds for changing their view that there should be a moratorium on Sunningdale . |
| 6 | After his return he made a statement to the UK House of Commons on Oct. 24 , warning that the decision on the use of force was " not one which can be indefinitely shirked " if sanctions were proving ineffectual . |
| 7 | After the ultimate collapse of the last-minute French initiative [ see below ] , he made a statement at the request of the Security Council on Jan. 15 , saying : " As … the world stands poised between peace and war , I most sincerely appeal to President Saddam Hussein to turn the course of events away from catastrophe and toward a new era of justice and harmony … |
| 8 | As the build-up to the pending general election got under way , the position of the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Paddy Ashdown , came under scrutiny when on Feb. 5 he made a statement acknowledging that some years earlier he had had a " brief relationship " with a woman ( identified as Patricia Sullivan , now known under the name Howard ) ; he stressed , however , that this " should have remained a private and personal matter of concern only to those involved " . |
| 9 | On 5 August he made a statement in which he said that Spain " was not begging for a place in any international organization and would certainly not accept any such place unless it were commensurate with her historical importance , size of population and her services to peace and culture " , including neutrality during the Second World War . |
| 10 | But when Kenneth Bowler was treated at hospital and when he made a statement to the police he said he had fallen on a fishing knife when he was drunk . |
| 11 | Mr Armstrong said : ‘ He made a statement to the police making no complaint against his wife but claiming he had fallen on a knife . ’ |
| 12 | Ca n't he make a statement ? ’ |
| 13 | Will he make a statement to the House about the matter and will he get rid of the unwanted and unnecessary cuts in the number of coastguards ? |
| 14 | Has he made a statement ? ’ |
| 15 | … ( 8 ) A statement by a person in response to a requirement imposed by virtue of this section may only be used in evidence against him — ( a ) on a prosecution for an offence under subsection ( 14 ) below ; or ( b ) on a prosecution for some other offence where in giving evidence he makes a statement inconsistent with it . |