Example sentences of "gentleman has [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 The hon. Gentleman has completely failed to understand that he has not yet asked himself the question , ’ What is a region ? ’
2 In case the hon. Gentleman has not noticed , we are in the process of replacing the poll tax .
3 I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman has not understood the working of housing benefit .
4 The hon. Gentleman has not grasped the fact that any progress that we make on improving animal welfare in Europe has to be on a Europeanwide basis .
5 Obviously , the hon. Gentleman has not grasped what I implied .
6 Mr. Justice Henry is no respecter of persons , and I hope that the hon. Gentleman has not become such a respecter of persons that he supposes that those two people were dealt with out of any consideration for who or what they were .
7 The hon. Gentleman has not made his case .
8 It is equally clear — the right hon. Gentleman has not refuted this — that , in fact , the £35 billion spending commitment of the Labour party would mean either a very big increase in income tax and/or a very big increase in VAT , and it would be likely to be both .
9 The hon. Gentleman has not produced evidence of a general trend .
10 Mr. Wilson : The Hon. Gentleman has not added anything to my previous comment .
11 The right hon. and learned Gentleman has not told me about it yet .
12 The hon. Gentleman has not taken into account the £280 that a couple will have received this year because of the so-called flat-rate £140 poll tax reduction .
13 The hon. Gentleman has clearly studied this issue and will know that three quarters of all patients in Scotland are dealt with within four weeks and that half are dealt with immediately .
14 The hon. Gentleman has clearly forgotten that , for example , Lady Callaghan was an excellent chairman of Great Ormond Street hospital and a number of other wives of eminent people in public life have held that position .
15 Mr. Shaker : The Hon. Gentleman has already spoken once .
16 As far as I can make out , the hon. and learned Gentleman has just created a precedent by telling the House that , in the two wars in which we have been involved , it was — to use his word — ’ inconceivable ’ that the Government would have used nuclear weapons .
17 Over the past five years , however , the Government have taken account of the very point that the hon. Gentleman has just made .
18 I understand and have previously heard the views that the hon. Gentleman has just expressed .
19 They do not share the views that the hon. Gentleman has just expressed .
20 In the light of what the right hon. Gentleman has just said , perhaps he will tell us two things : how much extra would he provide for health , and where does health come in Labour 's order of priorities ?
21 The success of British exporters , which apparently does not get one word of congratulation or praise from the Labour party , gives the lie to what the hon. Gentleman has just said .
22 I shall table a parliamentary question about that and I look forward to confirmation of what the right hon. and learned Gentleman has just said .
23 If what the hon. Gentleman has just said is true , surely it would mean that any Bill could be amended in almost any way in Committee , and one could subsequently play around with its title in order to accommodate the amendments .
24 The right hon. Gentleman has just mentioned balanced economic and social development , and his amendment refers to ’ social cohesion ’ .
25 It is always interesting to note that the moment one reminds Labour Members of their party 's commitment to high taxation , they lose control of the argument completely and deliver tirades along the lines of that to which the hon. Gentleman has just subjected the House .
26 I am sorry that that old favourite , the very nauseating tie usually worn by the hon. Member for Great Grimsby ( Mr. Mitchell ) , is not with us , although the hon. Gentleman has just arrived .
27 As the Minister for Social Security and Disabled People , I understand , of course , that some people have the feelings that the hon. Gentleman has just outlined .
28 Of course , I regret those job losses , but the hon. Gentleman has surely seen the article in The Independent on Sunday a week last Sunday which spelt out clearly the devastating consequences on jobs in the retail trade of his proposal for a national statutory minimum wage .
29 ‘ But I 'm surprised some rich gentleman has n't fallen in love with her .
30 Characteristically , the right hon. Gentleman has totally misquoted what I said .
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