Example sentences of "secretary [prep] [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US Deputy Secretary for Energy has described the Passamaquoddy scrubber as " creative and innovative . |
| 2 | Until such time as the Secretary of State agrees to such a Commission , the Council agrees to support the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities ' call for a policy of non-co-operation between the Authority and The Scottish Office over the question of local government reorganisation . |
| 3 | Surely the Secretary of State agrees that it is economic madness to switch electricity generation from coal to gas , close scores of collieries and throw thousands of miners on to the dole ? |
| 4 | In deploring this latest IRA atrocity , and hoping that those responsible will be brought to justice — like all those , from both sides in Northern Ireland , who carry out squalid murders — may I ask whether the Secretary of State agrees that it is important that we do not play into the hands of the Provisional IRA by following policies which , although the IRA deny it , they want for propaganda purposes in the Republic of Ireland and the United States ? |
| 5 | I believe that the Secretary of State agrees with us about the importance of the future role of the Territorial Army , and I am sure that he will do all in his power to help us achieve that objective . |
| 6 | Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? |
| 7 | Moreover , he is told that the date of the first review is related to the length of time the Secretary of State decides he must serve for retribution and deterrence , and that the judicial view as to this period is a factor taken into account in making the decision . |
| 8 | As I have said , since the decision in Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 the present procedure by which the Secretary of State decides whether and when to release a prisoner serving a life sentence has been created . |
| 9 | Mr. Brittan 's statement of October 1983 made clear the division of the decision-making process into two parts , the ‘ tariff ’ period to meet the purposes of retribution and deterrence which the Secretary of State decides on the advice of the judges ; a review towards the end of that period by the local review committee ; and after the end of the tariff period , a possible further period , if the Secretary of State on the advice of the local review committee and the Parole Board decides that the prisoner 's continued detention is necessary because of the danger he might pose if released , and to maintain public confidence in the system . |
| 10 | ‘ If the Secretary of State asks the NGC to state their preferred route , it could save the inquiry a lot of time and money . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , the governments of the region seem quite ungrateful when the well-meaning secretary of state turns up on their doorsteps . |
| 12 | The precise question here under consideration is , if the Secretary of State does not adopt the judicial view of the tariff , is he obliged to give reasons for departing from it ? |
| 13 | If the Secretary of State does not believe that GP fund holding produces two-tier waiting lists , how can he explain the position in Manchester , where patients of fund holders are given eye treatment in a private wing , while patients of other GPs wait 13 months for an appointment ? |
| 14 | If the Secretary of State does not recognise that as an example of two-tier lists , what will he recognise as such ? |
| 15 | Unless the Government are prepared to provide a forum for funds and expertise to assist the defence industry to diversify into other products , the job losses and the decline in Britain 's economic performance will continue — but , then , the Secretary of State does not care . |
| 16 | This Secretary of State does not feel the need to go through such a consultation process . |
| 17 | It is interesting that the Secretary of State does not claim that he has a majority of public opinion on his side but merely that the very large majority against trust status was ill informed and listened to Labour propaganda . |
| 18 | Yeah , the difficulty is at the moment of course , the Secretary of State does not , is not the erm person responsible for approving the structure plan . |
| 19 | The people are sick and tired of seeing on the television , hearing on the radio and seeing in the press the fairy stories that the Secretary of State keeps preaching from the Dispatch Box . |
| 20 | I am sure that the Secretary of State recognises the sensitivities of the middle east peace process . |
| 21 | ‘ I am delighted to report that the Secretary of State recognises these fears and is committed to establishing a Staff Commission to safeguard the interests of council employees during the reorganisation process , ’ said Mr Richards . |
| 22 | Although the draft PPG Note recognises the cumulative impact of retail developments on town centres , the Direction proposed by the Secretary of State relates only to schemes which are individually in excess of 20,000 sq m . |
| 23 | The Secretary of State appoints directly 17 members to the UKCC . |
| 24 | Once a positive vote has been recorded by a designated estate , the Secretary of State appoints a board of between seven and thirteen members to manage its affairs . |
| 25 | In his ’ Dear Colleague ’ letter the Secretary of State tells us that the uprating of student grants in 1990-91 was over and above the extra money made available through student loans . |
| 26 | The number of people trained in industry dropped by three hundred thousand and the Secretary of State tells the house that this is a success . |
| 27 | The Secretary of State presents the National Lottery Bill which may provide an extra £36 million in both areas by the end of 1994 |
| 28 | When the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice to which this section applies , he shall prepare and publish a draft of that code , shall consider any representations made to him about the draft and may modify the draft accordingly . … |
| 29 | For the longer term , the Secretary of State proposes to replace the Burnham Committees by a Teachers ' Negotiating Group , with central government rather than LEAs in a majority on the employers ' side . |
| 30 | However , the Secretary of State bears a substantial proportion of the expense for which the governors are responsible : see , for example , section 102 of the Act of 1944 . |