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Example sentences of "as my [adj] friend " in BNC.

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1	He is , as my Irish friends would say ‘ a broth of a boy ’ .
2	There is no truth that er ministers intend to withdraw from the I L O or to seek an opportunity to do so and despite T U C criticism , as I said earlier , we believe that our policies comply with all the I L O conventions which we 've ratified and as my honourable friends have pointed out , our overriding objective is to ensure the maintenance of continuous operations at G C H Q which is vital to the protection of national security .
3	As my honourable friend said from the front bench , the Labour party is absolutely firmly committed now both by the voices of the leadership and the votes and the resolutions at our party conference that we are in favour of a proportional representation system for the European parliament and I hope that when the elections come Mr Deputy Speaker , and people will be arguing about why they 're voting for Europe on June the ninth in one boundary as opposed to another and why they 've got erm erm different rules for this election of course as indeed for the last European election because the registration will be different , allowing all kinds of erm how can I put it foreigners in inverted commas , to vote in our elections in this country because it is the European elections that we will actually put the point across that er for the future there will be different arrangements made indeed .
4	One of those I saw in Northampton was extremely impressive and is founded as my honourable friend says , on positive partnership .
5	What I would hope that we could achieve in this country is more through erm opportunities for disabled people , greater opportunities for disabled people to gain access into work and as my honourable friend knows , we have put forward some proposals we 're presently considering the position following the representations that have been made to us after the er new access to work scheme was announced and I hope to make an announcement on that aspect shortly .
6	The way to secure future prosperity is by embracing change not resisting it and as my honourable friend er indicates , by using our skills to best effect and competitively in a global market place were we to embrace the policies of members opposite in the European community we would shut the job , the door to the jobs which will come from that inward investment because we have opted out of the social chapter we do indeed have the opportunity that comes from being , if I may qui may quote er President Delors a pa a paradise for inward investment .
7	So far as my honourable friend er is concerned he is right erm and we indeed suggested that the staff federation should be affiliated to the council of civil service trade unions to enable staff who belong to the federation to gain access to the facilities available to unions affiliated to the C C S U. Sadly , sadly the civil service unions did not feel able to accept this proposal .
8	But I do agree as far as my two friends are concerned .
9	‘ It 's absurd — I look on Margaret as my best friend , but I 've only seen her once in the last six months — I do feel guilty about it . ’
10	‘ I am very pleased with my visit to Kano ’ , he wrote to its emir , ‘ and I am glad to have seen you again , for I regard you as my personal friend , in whom I place entire confidence and trust . ’
11	Erm , but my Lord er I think the difficulty is that as far as my learned friend is concerned er he takes the view and it 's probably better for him to develop this your Lordship , that the matters can not properly be separated and he wishes your Lordship to deal with them in total so that er the whole picture can be seen at liability stage .
12	But we have the original cards here as my learned friend will correct me if I 'm I 'm wrong .
13	I watched as my veiled friends chatted busily to each other or rose to greet some relative , touching burgah to burgah , then fluttered down again like so many birds of paradise .
14	I equally do n't want to sail into something that is er pretty undesirable and as my Noble Friend Lord Boyd-Carpenter says if we do that then almost certainly I do n't know I may be completely wrong , I 've got enormous faith in the my Right Honourable from my Noble Friend the Chief Whip and even more f faith in all my friends beh behind me whom I know will er go in , in the right direction because they think so erm superb , but My Lords er I would obviously like to see whether there is any way in which we can bridge this divide .
15	Now I du n no whether it is possible , it may well be that it is n't possible er my Right Honourable Friend has er certain views and er and er as my Noble Friend Lord erm Lord Rippon said , it 's very difficult to make erm major er very difficult to make radical alterations without actually causing some anxiety somewhere .
16	can I say that as long as the integrity of each religion is preserved , then education is a very sound er erm is very sound in prospect , but sadly it has become a melting pot and as my Noble Friends like to refer to it a mish-mash and I do n't think it does anything more than serve to confuse children if it 's done badly .
17	As my old friend , the Communist priest , performed the last rites , did I see a half smile on those weatherbeaten features ?
18	As my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) said , there are other benefits over and above that for example , the early retirement pension , the ill-health retirement pension , the lump sum on retirement , insurance so that any surviving dependants will receive the pension rights of the deceased , and so on .
19	As my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) said , there are other benefits over and above that for example , the early retirement pension , the ill-health retirement pension , the lump sum on retirement , insurance so that any surviving dependants will receive the pension rights of the deceased , and so on .
20	As my Hon. Friend knows , that supports rather than contradicts my point .
21	As my Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) capably said , a local authority does not have any such option because its dealings have to be a matter of public record .
22	As my hon. Friend rightly pointed out , no patient in his area waits for more than two years and there has been a dramatic fall in the number of those who have to wait a year .
23	Does not it also prove , as my hon. Friend the Member for Davyhulme ( Mr. Churchill ) said , that the Conservative Government are spending more on the health service and does not it nail the falsehoods repeatedly advanced by the Opposition ?
24	As my hon. Friend pointed out , Labour played a disreputable role in relation to trusts .
25	Had he been in his place on Tuesday , when my right hon. Friend made the opening speech on the Loyal Address , he would have heard him say that the Government would introduce a measure to deal with the young thugs , as my hon. Friend calls them , who indulge in joyriding , a practice which hon. Members in all parts of the House deplore ; those young people will , therefore , be offending .
26	As my hon. Friend knows , I shall introduce the Asylum Bill to deal with that problem .
27	Does the Secretary of State accept that , as my hon. Friend the Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Stephen ) — whom I am pleased to welcome to the House — will confirm , 100 per cent .
28	As my hon. Friend knows , the Government remain fully committed to the union — a point which is well recognised in Scotland .
29	As my hon. Friend knows , that was considered carefully by the Army when it looked into the best way to approach the reorganisation .
30	The fact that the alternative was a stretch version of the A330 would have meant , as my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield , Hillsborough ( Mr. Flannery ) said , that both the wings and the aero engines would have been manufactured in Britain .