Example sentences of "of state [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Assembly elects a 31-member Council of State to represent it between its twice-yearly ordinary sessions ; the President of the Council of State is the head of state . |
| 2 | The National Assembly elects from its members a 31-member Council of State to represent it between its twice-yearly ordinary sessions ; the President of the Council of State is the head of state . |
| 3 | Will the Secretary of State take it from me that the people of Northern Ireland will appreciate his expressions of sympathy and those of the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow ( Dr. Godman ) , directed to those who suffered in the terrible massacre that took place last night and to the relatives of the person who was murdered this morning ? |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman conceded that it was an idea worth considering , whereas the Secretary of State mocked it from the outset . |
| 5 | And I as I understand the County Council 's justification , it is that this was what the Secretary of State changed it to in nineteen eighty seven . |
| 6 | Yet what is interesting is that , when a query was raised as to the meaning and effect of subsection ( 2 ) , in the context of the liability of journalists to search and interrogation , the Minister of State described it in terms which are consistent only with its having been inserted to cover the case of a holder who himself was a party to the criminal purpose . |
| 7 | They are able to acquire land by compulsory purchase , by voluntary agreement or by the Secretary of State vesting it in them . |