Example sentences of "[prep] state do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister of State does not want to make this a political issue , but I want to make two important political points . |
| 2 | This Secretary of State does not feel the need to go through such a consultation process . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | On the other hand , the notion of change of state does not have to be a criterial trait of the meaning of the verb ( see Cruse , 1986 ) ; it is sufficient that a change of state is understood to be compatible with the lexical value of the verb . |
| 8 | If the Secretary of State does not recognise that as an example of two-tier lists , what will he recognise as such ? |
| 9 | The Minister of State does not see this as a legitimate area of concern for the inspectorate , but I do . |
| 10 | If my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State does not object , I should like to pay tribute to the Government 's overall strategy . |
| 11 | I 've heard it repeated on the radio recently and even the Secretary of State did n't go so far as to use the ninety percent figure but was talking about the seriously mentally ill and the not so seriously mentally ill . |
| 12 | Other than to say , the Secretary of State did n't limit his concern to reducing rates of development . |
| 13 | The Secretary of State did not tell us that there had been a change in circumstances since the Government rejected the Prior report . |
| 14 | If there was any urgency in getting the Bill through , the Secretary of State did not show it . |
| 15 | The Minister of State did not touch on that . |
| 16 | The Secretary of State did not provide a good defence of the Government 's proposition . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State did not take the opportunity to mention that Roger Ellwood was killed by a stolen car driven by terrorists on 1 October this year . |
| 18 | In only one instance , the tobacco industry , has the MMC recommended companies actually be split up ; it recommended that Imperial Tobacco should sell its 42.5 per cent share in Gallaghers , but the Secretary of State did not accept this recommendation . |
| 19 | The debate over the Aggravating Vehicle-Taking Bill is different , not only because the Bill presumes a defendant responsible for occurrences if he can not disprove mere presence , but also because of the reasons which the Minister of State did eventually offer for this legislative formulation . |
| 20 | They 've already written to the Secretary of State and said dear Secretary of State we 're going to send this to you because it is a departure but please Secretary of State do not call it in do not exercise your powers . |