Example sentences of "agree with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've never entirely agreed with the policy of restricted entry , although one knows all the arguments why this has been necessary . |
| 2 | It should also be said that people of influence , who have n't put it in writing , also openly agreed with the placing of a bolt . |
| 3 | When considering whether a parent was unreasonably withholding consent to a child 's adoption , the test was not whether the court agreed with the parent 's reasons for withholding consent but whether a reasonable parent would withhold consent in the circumstances of the case . |
| 4 | The minister also said a framework for securing the future of shared ownership schemes in rural areas , offering part-rent , part-purchase deals , had been agreed with the Housing Corporation . |
| 5 | However , both the president of the Board of Trade , Sir Stafford Cripps , and the Dominions Secretary , Lord Addison , thought that the fifth freedom clause went against policy as agreed with the Commonwealth . |
| 6 | I had agreed with the necessity of BAC and Hawker Siddeley being put together in one company , but having a nationalised company that involved a lot of civil servants and politicians was a ghastly inefficient way of doing things . |
| 7 | Lake District Planning Board chairman Robert Addison , agreed with the report and described the current state of the lake as ‘ appalling ’ . |
| 8 | The items are then bagged by the Scenes of Crime Officer , and a date is agreed with the Police for a statement to be taken . |
| 9 | Suitable products and the exact extent of their application should be agreed with the local authority 's building control officer before the rebuilding work is commenced . |
| 10 | Instead , the demonstrators marched along a route agreed with the authorities to the Olympic Stadium , across the north of the city . |
| 11 | The letters show Professor Smith wanted the Government to increase the ceiling on foreign holdings in BAe to 30 per cent — to boost the value of the company — and that Lord Young knew then tax concessions still to be agreed with the Inland Revenue on the deal could amount to nearer £65 million than the £25 million suggested to the commission . |
| 12 | But US support for Adoc was a mixed blessing , given the history of US intervention in Panama and the passionate determination of Panamanians to achieve soberania total — complete sovereignty — over the Panama Canal by 2000 , as agreed with the US in 1977 . |
| 13 | Others agreed with the idea of a sanctuary , but suggested that it should be situated somewhere else where there would be no conflicts with recreational fishing , prompting Steve Dawson to draw the analogy of ‘ putting a plaster on your bum to treat a boil on your forehead . ’ |
| 14 | But whatever the proportion agreed with the taxman , the cost of superfluous luxury , of expensive servicing and of trading-in a fully-depreciated old faithful for a new machine would once again mean something to the wallet of Mr Toad 's great-grandson . |
| 15 | The United Nations , having agreed with the Baghdad government that some 500 UN security men can be stationed in Iraq , sent ten guards in five white Land-Rovers from its Geneva office . |
| 16 | ‘ Just consider , for example , the adverse economic effect on Britain of Ford 's highly discriminatory investment plan agreed with the Spanish Government … . ’ |
| 17 | Bearing in mind the course leaders ' concern to instil or reinforce responsible drinking attitudes and behaviour , it is worth noting that before the course 77 per cent of the participants agreed with the statement ‘ To enjoy yourself , it is necessary to have something to drink ’ ; yet by the end of the course 88 per cent disagreed with this attitude . |
| 18 | The House agreed with the Committee 's report , with only one Member , Mr David Amess , expressing total opposition to permanent televising and only 34 Members ( including tellers ) voting against the motion ( contrast the division in 1988 when 266 Members voted against the holding of an experiment ) . |
| 19 | There were four basic objectives which were agreed with the Eighth Army . |
| 20 | Under the redundancy procedures of the pastoral Measure , authorized by parliament , listed building consent is not required ; but a special procedure has been agreed with the Department of the Environment whereby a public inquiry will be held if the church is listed . |
| 21 | At the end of the year the Board agreed with the Chief Executive , Mr Philip Court , that he could take early retirement , and this took effect from the end of January 1990 . |
| 22 | Options will be granted under seal and will be exercisable within a period of ten years and will entitle the recipients to acquire ordinary shares in the Company at a price determined by the Committee , being not less than the average of the middle market quotations for such shares as derived from the Daily Official List of The Stock Exchange for the three dealing days immediately preceding the date of grant or the market value ( as agreed with the Inland Revenue ) of the shares as at the date of grant ( or , in the case of new shares , their nominal value if greater ) . |
| 23 | In a Gallup Poll survey conducted for Sidhartha Films Ltd of nearly 1000 people aged over 60 , 78 per cent agreed with the statement ‘ I never think of myself as old ’ , and only 14 per cent disagreed . |
| 24 | Loud cheers and claps showed that the spectators fully agreed with the award . |
| 25 | Before Bakewell , traditional breeders had agreed with the churches that breeding between close relatives was not good practice , either in humans or in livestock . |
| 26 | A 1988 loan agreed with the World Bank was suspended when the government resisted devaluation of the national currency , the lempira . |
| 27 | Realistic goals , mutually agreed with the patient when this is possible , could then be set to prevent potential problems from becoming actual ones ; to alleviate or solve the actual problems ; or to help the person cope with those which can not be alleviated or solved . |
| 28 | Another way in which governors will be able to understand their school is through a series of visits ; these should always be agreed with the head in advance and on a planned basis . |
| 29 | It was unlikely that anyone knowing Jennie would have agreed with the description of her occupation on the death certificate — widow of John Tiller . |
| 30 | It took two workers to carry the world 's largest aircraft engine igniter to the designer — who said that the component agreed with the specifications , and approved it . |