Example sentences of "not the secretary [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting that the statute states that Inspectors of Accidents will be appointed by the Secretary of State ; also that it will be the Chief Inspector , not the Secretary of State , who will decide whether or not an investigation is to be carried out . |
| 2 | ( ii ) The minister of state in charge of the Prison Department ( not the Secretary of State himself ) then sets the date for the first review by the local review committee . |
| 3 | Can not the Secretary of State think of better uses for the perhaps upwards of £20 billion which will be spent on the Trident missile system in capital and investments ? |
| 4 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that it is precisely because the TGWU is so committed to effective training and the future expansion of British industry that it is not prepared to give credence to the Government 's sham arrangements ? |
| 5 | Do not the Secretary of State 's earlier answers make it clear that his vision of Britain in the future is a low-wage economy with the worst employment conditions in Europe ? |
| 6 | Is not the Secretary of State aware of the deplorably low level of home ownership among other ranks in the armed forces and of the dearth of easily affordable council properties as a result of Government policies ? |
| 7 | As Italy invests £63 per head , Germany £41 per head and this country only £24 per head in the railways , does not the Secretary of State have a teeny-weeny twinge of conscience when he hears of railway accidents ? |
| 8 | Does not the Secretary of State feel any remorse about those figures ? |
| 9 | Is not the Secretary of State being slightly selective in the parts of the report that he uses ? |
| 10 | Was not the Secretary of State a little disappointed at the reaction of some Church leaders to the successful contact by the security forces at Coalisland ? |
| 11 | In view of that , did not the Secretary of State pause to conclude that whatever NATO may require , there is no requirement for the United Kingdom to have its own tactical air-to-surface missile ? |
| 12 | Does not the Secretary of State realise that thousands and thousands of people who still can not pay the poll tax are facing court action and warrant sales ? |
| 13 | Why does not the Secretary of State for Wales wave the flag for Pierhead and say that the new project could become a great science centre ? |
| 14 | Is not the Secretary of State misrepresenting the consultation process when he denounces the people who have submitted representations ? |
| 15 | Does not the Secretary of State recognise that there is no confidence in the community in the type of managers he proposes to put in control of the trusts ? |
| 16 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that the people in the Forth Valley health board area will greet his decision with great dismay , especially the families of the mentally handicapped patients in that hospital , who do not have a vote , could not be consulted and who are now greatly exercised by the prospect of being cast into the free market system ? |
| 17 | Does not the Secretary of State agree with one of my constituents , Brigadier Alastair Pearson , who was the regiment 's honorary colonel until 1989 ? |