Example sentences of "on [art] [noun] bench " in BNC.
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1 | I confided my problem to my neighbour on the hide bench . |
2 | I was left on the memorial bench , more isolated than ever . |
3 | ‘ I knew it , ’ she said , finding Rosalba sitting on the stone bench under the wisteria in the courtyard . |
4 | You know , Mr. Speaker , they would complain like billy-o on the Treasury Bench if we docked their redundancy payments . |
5 | As I have said , we have seen enormous changes , but I advise my right hon. Friends on the Treasury Bench and all hon. Members who will continue to serve in Parliament in the coming years that the changes that have taken place in those countries in the past few years could well be repeated on an enormous scale in other countries . |
6 | I am sure that , if those on the Treasury Bench had been in local government , they would soon be facing surcharges for the abuse of public funds . |
7 | I ask my right hon. and hon. Friends on the Treasury Bench to study closely the problems that affect house owners in the south-east and in London . |
8 | The Minister of State , the right hon. Member for Sutton , is present on the Treasury Bench . |
9 | I welcome the presence on the Treasury Bench of my hon. Friend the Minister for Public Transport , in addition to my hon. Friend the Minister for Shipping . |
10 | If the Minister for Sport was on the Treasury Bench , I would ask him — instead , I ask all hon. Members and the country — what is going on when the general secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation puts his name and that of his organisation to a positive argument in favour of tobacco sponsorship in sport ? |
11 | We welcome to our debate the Minister for Health , who is in her place on the Treasury Bench . |
12 | One more issue , which I often return to from these Benches , although I hope that before long I shall be able to support those on the Treasury Bench from the other side of the House — |
13 | Those who sit on the Treasury Bench make claims about average net income increases . |
14 | Unless my right hon. and hon. Friends on the Treasury Bench can produce a new formula to deal with this problem , I shall have to support the new clauses and I shall vote against the Government . |
15 | The Secretary of State for Education and Science sits on the Treasury Bench , treating us over this Bill just as he did when he was Secretary of State for Health . |
16 | Perhaps he should have directed his appeal directly to honest John sitting opposite me on the Treasury Bench , who may well be able to persuade his fellow member of Cabinet that he should |
17 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman , the Leader of the House and all those on the Treasury Bench know that the people outside will not stand for this kind of activity — The Secretary of State is supposed to be listening . |
18 | Patrons not wishing to burn their legs on the metal benches watch from an air-conditioned tier heavy with the reek of cigarettes and beer . |
19 | One other MP sitting on the government benches under an apparently plebeian name , Richard Needham , is in reality the sixth Earl of Kilmorey , an Irish title . |
20 | He is also as keen a European as you will find on the Government benches , especially the front bench . |
21 | Although some Treasury ministers have hinted that economic recovery is in sight , no one on the Government benches has dared predict when unemployment will cease its remorseless rise . |
22 | Conservative Members tend to ignore the dangers for women bus users because there are so few women amongst them at the moment there are no women at all on the Government Benches . |
23 | With not a red rose in sight on the Opposition Benches , does my right hon. Friend realise that the traditional red rose of Lancashire is alive and well on the Government Benches ? |
24 | In that regard as in others , we wonder what the policy of Labour Members would be if , heaven forbid , they ever sat on the Government Benches . |
25 | That is one of the principal arguments of those on the Government Benches who say that we should not sign up , that we can not say at this stage whether we are capable , as an economy , of participating without damage in a single currency . |
26 | That makes it difficult not only for Opposition Members but for hon. Members on the Government Benches to discuss matters properly . |
27 | There are a few prominent poll tax Welsh Members sitting on the Government Benches today . |
28 | Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Community Development , Alleyne Walker , remained on the government benches despite speculation that he would follow Jones into opposition . |
29 | At each of these meetings , MacDonald pointed out that if the Labour Party were to refuse office after defeating the Government with the aid of the Liberals , and if Asquith were then to form a Government instead , the Liberals would sit on the Government benches . |
30 | Sometimes he would merely sit on the Government bench , half listening to some minor debate , half wrapping his mind round the backgrounds and appearances of different members . |