Example sentences of "[coord] mp for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr David Clark , shadow defence secretary and MP for South Shields , said the loss of the $3.5 billion order was ‘ very , very bad news indeed ’ . |
| 2 | John Patten -- the Education Secretary and MP for Oxford West and Abingdon -- is recovering at home after a week in hospital for tests on a viral infection . |
| 3 | The speaking invitation to Gerry Adams , the Sinn Fein president and MP for West Belfast , and vague expectations that a Tory Party branch may be recognised in North Down , have provided little encouragement of a parallel shift by Labour . |
| 4 | ‘ If we get a figure of that magnitude it will be a substantial victory , ’ said Mr John Hannam , chairman of the all-party disablement group , and MP for Exeter . |
| 5 | Although he promised to listen to the Welsh , he also rebuked those who had criticised his appointment , as a Tory Right-winger and MP for Wokingham . |
| 6 | His monks had a grange at Widcombe , and at the Dissolution of the Monasteries the lands were divided , the Prior 's Park being sold separately to Humphrey Colles while the Manor House and its estate went to the rich clothier , Richard Chapman , who was mayor and MP for Bath . |
| 7 | Another egg struck Mr Christopher Patten , chairman of the Conservative Party and MP for Bath . |
| 8 | Mr John Garrett , the former Industry spokesman and MP for Norwich South , has been a given a new job of trying to improve Labour 's support in the South . |
| 9 | This time the honour fell to Hilary Armstrong , Shadow Education spokeswoman and MP for North West Durham , who launched the project at Tyne Tees Television 's studios . |
| 10 | Foreign Secretary and MP for Witney , Douglas Herd , wants English to be the second language in Eastern Europe rather than Russian . |
| 11 | On July 18 John Smith , 53 , Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and MP for Monklands East in Scotland , was elected leader of the Labour Party in place of Neil Kinnock , who had led the party since 1983 but had announced his resignation after the party 's general election defeat in April [ see p. 38869 ] . |
| 12 | RON Davies , Labour agriculture spokesman and MP for Caerphilly , was elected to the shadow cabinet yesterday . |
| 13 | , Roger ( 1819–1869 ) , artist , photographer , and barrister , was born 28 March 1819 at Crimble Hall , near Bury , Lancashire , the third of four brothers and the fourth of seven children of John Fenton , banker and MP for Rochdale , and his first wife , Elizabeth Aipedaile . |
| 14 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
| 15 | At a ceremony on board Pride of Calais recently , P&O European Ferries ( Dover ) , Managing Director , Les Stephenson received the British Standards Institution plaque and certificates from the then Secretary of State for the Environmental and MP for Folkestone and Hythe Michael Howard . |
| 16 | Plenty of people turned up , including Mark Lennox Boyd , one of the influential and able new generation of Conservatives , and MP for ITE Merlewood , the Father of the House , John Parker , who has been campaigning on the environment and forestry since 1935 , and a Green troika of David Clark , Opposition spokesman on environment , Peter Hardy , author of a book on badgers , and chairman of the Council of Europe Agricultural Committee , and me . |
| 17 | Current position : Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and MP for City of London and Westminster |
| 18 | William Cash , one of the leading rebels and MP for Stafford , said : ‘ Any authoritarian attempts to bludgeon through Maastricht and by-pass Parliament , when 70 per cent want a referendum , by the obsolete and legalistic use of prerogatives will be fought without restraint by Euro-rebels and will cause a constitutional crisis . ’ |
| 19 | Hilary Armstrong , Labour 's education spokesman and MP for North-West Durham , said she was delighted at the news . |
| 20 | Hilary Armstrong , Labour 's education spokesman and MP for North-West Durham , said she was delighted at the news in a report from director of education Keith Mitchell . |