Example sentences of "of friend of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His obligatory attendance of the 40th birthday party of East Germany has helped to leave that self-advertised ‘ pillar of European stability ’ and ‘ trustiest of friends of the Soviet Union ’ looking more unstable than at any time since the Red Army moved in to suppress the uprising of 17 June 1953 . |
| 2 | The guests , who consisted mostly of green types and sensible eaters , were lectured by Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth and very important Green Party spokesman , on his concern for the ill effects of Western food on the health of Europeans , and for the devasting results of exporting processed food to developing countries . |
| 3 | Mr David Gee , director-designate of Friends of the Earth , published a report yesterday supporting Mr Patten , who he described as a ‘ radical green ’ . |
| 4 | Mr David Gee , director designate of Friends of the Earth , said the bill had already been weakened by giving big concessions to industry , especially over freedom of information to the public and scope and timetable of the new controls over pollution . |
| 5 | It was a measure of how much the green political arena had changed that in December 1989 Jonathan Porritt , then Director of Friends of the Earth , was invited for talks at 10 Downing Street . |
| 6 | Katharine Hancock , trading manager of Friends of the Earth , says : ‘ We welcome this kind of move from a mainstream manufacturer . ’ |
| 7 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 8 | In new surveys he said , a ‘ multi-stress ’ approach would be needed , while ITE 's deputy director , Fred Last , commented , ‘ I do n't agree with some of Friends of the Earth 's conclusions . |
| 9 | One immediate response to the CEGB 's announcement was the formation of the Alliance Against Hinkley C. This brought together a mixture of Friends of the Earth supporters from Bristol — only some twenty-five miles north of Hinkley — and others who had been active in the Somerset anti-waste-dumping campaign of the 1970s . |
| 10 | On Sundays , when various other children , sons of friends of the Imperial family , came to spend time with the Prince , the Emperor and Empress made a point of being with them , sometimes taking part in the plays which the children acted . |
| 11 | He began his career as a teacher and is former Director of Friends of the Earth . |
| 12 | In 1970 he helped to found the British wing of Friends of the Earth ; with them he was instrumental in giving a hefty nudge to the rickety barrow of the British nuclear establishment . |
| 13 | Antiwhaling notices in the press and on television by , for example , the Japanese branches of Friends of the Earth and World Wildlife Fund would help this campaign . |
| 14 | Early last year the North Hertfordshire branch of Friends of the Earth conducted a survey of importers of tropical timber . |
| 15 | It was shown at Bristol City Art Gallery and Museum in 1976 and its opening marked the inauguration of the association of Friends of the Theatre Collection . |
| 16 | Accordingly , with the collector 's salary no longer burdened with a kind of pension to a colleague , Elphinstone of Quarrel was challenged by Buchanan of Aucheneen , apparently with the support of friends of the second Duke of Montrose . |
| 17 | You could give her er erm er wr , give her the address of Friends of the Earth , London . |
| 18 | ‘ Julia Hailes and John Elkington have dodged the big issues , ’ says Sandy Irvine , author of Friends of the Earth 's discussion paper Beyond Green Consumerism . |
| 19 | Simon Counsell of Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) says , ‘ The arrival of this company … bodes ill for Guyana 's forests . ’ |
| 20 | These are concerns that are shared by Jonathon Porritt , the former director of Friends of the Earth . |
| 21 | Jonathon Porritt , environment TV presenter and for director of Friends of the Earth , will be looking at how we can learn to think Green . |
| 22 | ‘ Now that we know British food is just about the worst in the world , ’ says Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth UK , ‘ how ironic it is that we and other rich nations are exporting fat and sugar to starving people in Africa and Asia . |
| 23 | 2 ‘ On the state of the public ill-health : premature mortality in the UK and Europe , ’ by J Catford and S Ford , in British Medical Journal , 1984. 3 Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth UK , at the Royal Society of Arts ' Caroline Walker Lecture , October 1989 . |
| 24 | I shall return to the subject of Friends of the Earth later and shall not go into too much detail now . |
| 25 | Campaign co-ordinator of Friends of the Earth , Andrew Lees , said the report confirmed that the government 's failure to control intensive farming practices was leading to the destruction of the Norfolk Broads . |
| 26 | David Gee , Director of Friends of the Earth , has commented that " MAFF has steered agriculture into three crises — food mountains , falling farm incomes and nitrate pollution . |
| 27 | According to the energy campaigner of Friends of the Earth , Simon Roberts , " with this year 's applications for wind power alone the government could meet a quarter of its total target for the year 2000 " . |
| 28 | The director of Friends of the Earth , David Gee , has resigned after 18 months in the post to become an environmental consultant . |
| 29 | According to Andrew Lees , Campaigns Director of Friends of the Earth , the decline in clear rivers was potentially disastrous . |
| 30 | Andrew Lees , campaigns director of Friends of the Earth UK , warned : " The North has done little to signal , let alone address , the issue of over-consumption . |