Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] hon. [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although it is 40 years since the incident , I urge my right hon. Friend to give urgent consideration to the case because the suffering of Derek Bentley 's family continues day in and day out .
2 I urge my right hon. Friend to ensure that other EC countries emulate our far-reaching rules and regulations to ensure that there is a total ban on veal crates throughout the Community and that the transportation of live animals , particularly horses and ponies , inside the European continent is as stringently controlled as it is in this country under our domestic rules and regulations .
3 Agriculture is part of the common agricultural policy and I urge my right hon. Friend to see the British coal industry as part of an integrated European energy regime .
4 I urge my right hon. Friend to study the interesting proposals by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors .
5 of Labour voters , support my right hon. Friend 's policy of reducing the standard rate of tax from 25p to 20p in the pound ?
6 I welcome my right hon. Friend 's encouraging report of his visit to India .
7 I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend 's commitment to continue financial support for the less-favoured areas in general and the hill livestock compensatory allowances in particular , where there are fewest opportunities for diversification .
8 I believe that we are right to wait until the independent report has been received , but I assure my right hon. Friend and the House that all EC partners who have worked well together on this are carefully considering future relations in the light of what appears to have happened , as shown on the video which so many of us have seen and which the families of the people involved have had to witness in their suffering .
9 Will my hon. Friend please encourage my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister to press to ensure that we have the protection of a new GATT structure as soon as possible ?
10 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 .
11 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the steps that he has taken to do just that .
12 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his commitment to the Trident programme .
13 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the carefully targeted aid that she has given to Zambia in recent years .
14 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the anniversary of his Prime Ministership .
15 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on helping to create a more outward-looking Europe .
16 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his formidable and invaluable contribution to the outcome of the Maastricht negotiations .
17 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the evident , tremendous and burning success of his mission .
18 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his initiative in talking to the manufacturers about improved vehicle security .
19 I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on her excellent work in co-ordinating the aid , but does she agree that the words of the hon. Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) are correct ?
20 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on ensuring that Britain is at the forefront of those countries in Europe that are pressing for improved animal welfare .
21 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and all his Ministers on being sensitive during the last Session of this Parliament and on continuing the radical and responsive approach that our people need .
22 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on his excellent speech .
23 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on the Bill , which provides for tougher action against prisoners who wish to carry out their war against society after conviction and sentence from within — or worse , outside — the prison to which they have been sentenced .
24 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary on their able work .
25 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food on fighting his corner with such determination , vigour and success for British farmers .
26 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on taking action against death riders — I agree with those who have already said that that is a much better way to describe these offenders who are not joyriders — and others who think that it is good fun to take somebody 's car and drive it dangerously , thereby damaging property and sometimes killing people , thus causing appalling misery to those whose lives may be wrecked in the process .
27 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on identifying the fact that , apart from the commission of the taking and driving away offence , there is an additional factor that arises when injury and damage are caused , but that there is no adequate deterrent penalty for that aspect of the offence .
28 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his enlightened proposals for a revised and enhanced role for the TA in these uncertain times .
29 In particular , I congratulate my right hon. Friend on having laid the foundations — not more than that yet — of a European defence and foreign policy as pillars of the European house distinct from the collective will of the European Commission .
30 I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the skill with which he conducted the negotiations .
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