Example sentences of "[adj] mp for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norman Lamont , out of government and now just plain old MP for Kingston , Surrey , accused the Prime Minister of ‘ short-termism ’ and listening too much to the opinion polls . |
| 2 | The group 's secretary was Carol Mather , a retired Guards ’ officer employed by the Conservative Research Department and a future MP for Esher . |
| 3 | William Coningham , Liberal MP for Brighton , declared that Gothic was a barbarous style , ‘ peculiar to a sect of which the hon. |
| 4 | In 1885 Brunner became Liberal MP for Northwich and held the seat , with one short break , until he resigned in 1909 . |
| 5 | William Tite , the Liberal MP for Bath , and the only professional architect in the House of Commons , then made his first contribution towards the new Foreign Office by suggesting that the Government should form its own plan out of all the ideas produced so far , such as ‘ the plan of Sir J. Soane , that of Mr. Pennethorne , and also the plans in the present competitive exhibition ’ . |
| 6 | He was returned as Liberal MP for Liverpool Exchange division in the general election of January 1910 , but was defeated at the election of December 1910 . |
| 7 | Liberal MP for Hull for twenty-five years , was elevated to the peerage in 1904 as first Baron Nunburnholme . |
| 8 | , ( Elizabeth ) Amy ( 1845–1935 ) , novelist , feminist , and industrialist , was born at Parkwern , Swansea , 16 May 1845 , the second daughter and third child in a family of three daughters and one son of Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn , Liberal MP for Swansea 1855–1892 , and his wife Elizabeth , only legitimate daughter of Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche [ q.v. ] , geologist . |
| 9 | Colonel Edward Akroyd , the Liberal MP for Huddersfield , had in 1856 commissioned Scott to design the stately Gothic All Souls ' Church at Haley Hill , near Halifax , and the abortive Gothic scheme for Halifax Town Hall . |
| 10 | In 1915 , in difficult wartime conditions , he became Liberal MP for Keighley . |
| 11 | In 1880 he was elected Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire and he held the seat for the next fourteen years . |
| 12 | J. S. Homes , the National Liberal MP for Harwich , made an early visit , closely followed by the mayor who arranged for the town band to give a concert . |
| 13 | The other Committee member who emerged as an enthusiastic Gothic supporter was the Liberal MP for Haddingtonshire , Lord Elcho ( 1818–1914 ) . |
| 14 | Buxton was Liberal MP for Newport , Isle of Wight , a partner in the firm of brewers , Truman , Hanbury and Buxton , and an enthusiastic amateur architect . |
| 15 | In 1902 J. Compton Rickett , Liberal MP for Scarborough and a wealthy coal merchant , denounced Gothic architecture in his book , The Free Churchman of To-Day . |
| 16 | In 1888 , in association with ( Sir ) George Newnes [ q.v. ] , a local benefactor , founder of Tit-Bits and Liberal MP for Newmarket , he designed and built the Lynton and Lynmouth cliff railway . |
| 17 | In October 1900 he was elected Liberal MP for W. E. Gladstone 's old seat of Midlothian , which he held until 1906 . |
| 18 | At the Scottish Office , the veteran MP for Dumfries and former minister , Sir Hector Monro , returns as Under-Secretary . |
| 19 | In addition the fascists threatened ‘ to oppose Vyvyan Adams , the Tory MP for West Leeds , who has been so active in the House of Commons in asking questions re the Fascists . ’ |
| 20 | Tory MP for Gosport , Hants , Peter Viggers , who nearly drowned yesterday when he fell overboard into The Solent near The Needles while competing in the Isle of Wight Round the Island yacht race . |
| 21 | The report represents a victory for the Confederation of British Industry and a lobby led by Emma Nicholson , Tory MP for Devon West and Torridge , which had campaigned for tough new laws . |
| 22 | In the summer , an anti-hacking private member 's bill was withdrawn by Ms Emma Nicholson , Tory MP for Devon West and Torridge , in the belief that government action would follow . |
| 23 | Nicholas Soames , the aristocratically toned and booming Tory MP for Crawley , can still make him stumble at the despatch box by muttering ‘ Another G and T , Giovanni ’ . |
| 24 | Sir Richard Body Tory MP for Holland-with-Boston in Lincolnshire does n't look like a radical Maverick ; indeed you could be forgiven for thinking he is the original grey man of politics . |
| 25 | Tory MP for Suffolk Central Michael Lord has written to Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell asking him to review the sentences . |
| 26 | Elizabeth Peacock , the Tory MP for Batley and Spen and one of the leading rebels who forced a Government rethink on the issue last year , is pressing for Government intervention in the market to ensure a long-term future for coal . |
| 27 | Victor Cazalet was Tory MP for Chippenham from 1924 until his death in an air crash with General Sikorski in 1943 . |
| 28 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , Tory MP for Perth and Kinross , said : ‘ This is a grotesque waste of money and a totally fatuous exercise . ’ |
| 29 | Sir John Hunt , the Tory MP for Ravensbourne , has written to Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , calling for a ‘ positive proposal ’ to break the impasse . |
| 30 | In April and May of this year , the Junior Minister of Health , in April Tom announced from the shared platform with David , the Tory MP for Havant , but better known as a leading member of the Tory think tank , that regulations had been lifted to allow private capital to have free access to the N H S. |