Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] of state [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second circumstance is that planning legislation has given the Secretary of State the power to take applications out of the hands of local planning authorities and to decide them himself . |
| 2 | About 12 months ago , I asked the Secretary of State a question about the safety of the lighting on the M6 . |
| 3 | During his opening speech , I asked the Secretary of State a question to which he did not give a full or satisfactory answer — why had not the Government sought to introduce those measures before they privatised monopolies , rather than wait until the customers had suffered the consequences of several years of high prices and not necessarily improved services ? |
| 4 | Parliament did not give the Secretary of State the power to fix poll tax levels . |
| 5 | The former affords the Secretary of State the widest powers to modify , by Regulations , any of the provisions of Part VII . |
| 6 | By giving the Secretary of State the power this side of the general election , perhaps he intends to implement such a council after the election . |
| 7 | My Lords let me like the Noble Viscount like Lord and the Noble Lord , Lord of Aberdale and indeed the Noble Lord , Lord of Haringey , begin by welcoming the decision of the Government to erm drop the provision in the Bill which gave the Secretary of State the power to appoint the Chairman of the Policy Authority . |
| 8 | ‘ The 1991 Dangerous Dog Bill already gives the Secretary of State a reserve power to impose muzzling or leashing on other types of dogs when they are considered to present a serious danger to the public . |
| 9 | Subject to these constraints , the wording of the section gives the Secretary of State an unfettered discretion in deciding whether to release any particular prisoner and , if so , when . |