Example sentences of "[prep] state [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well obviously that factor er was considered carefully by the Ministry of Defence before our Secretary of State agreed that we could safely defer the in service date for Eurofighter two thousand and adjust the the er replacement plan er back in December ninety two , so we have looked at what is the current rate of consumption of airframe life on the jaguar er what can be done economically and sensibly to keep it flying safely and effectively into the next century and er we have come to the conclusion that we have a viable plan here which can tie up with the planned rate of delivery to service of Eurofighter two thousand . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State says that HMI will achieve greater independence . |
| 3 | For the fourth time of asking , what will be the impact on 15 Para of the change from battalion to company status , where will the battallion headquarters be , why is it being taken out of Scotland , and , at a time when the Secretary of State says that flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of Britain 's Army , why are we making major reductions in a force which is the most flexible and mobile in the British Army ? |
| 4 | Yet the Secretary of State says that child benefit is one of the main elements in support for the family , and the Prime Minister says that he attaches ’ particular significance ’ to it . |
| 5 | But if there is a democratic vote for reform , the Secretary of State says that that is to be ignored . |
| 6 | Following the Normansfield Report , the Secretary of State announced that the development team would henceforth have an inspectorial element added to its advisory service function , and health authorities were to be asked to review their arrangements for monitoring performance at individual hospitals . |
| 7 | In September 1982 the Secretary of State announced that grants of up to 90 per cent of the cost of remedying structural defects would be available to those who had bought their houses under the 1980 Act . |
| 8 | This happened no fewer than four times between 1974 and 1977 until , finally , at the end of 1977 , the Secretary of State announced that instead of the 75,000 to 85,000 places indicated in the 1972 White Paper , the target would be 45,000 . |
| 9 | Accordingly , when the White Paper was launched in July , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced that he would publish a separate Northern Ireland charter . |
| 10 | Does the Secretary of State remember that in Northern Ireland Question Time on 12 December he and I shared a concern about the build-up of munitions and arms as far south as Limerick for trans-shipment to Northern Ireland , as unfortunately happened ? |
| 11 | Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ? |
| 12 | Can the Secretary of State confirm that , notwithstanding the encouraging programme that he has just reported , Nuclear Electric 's directors could not continue to pay the £1 million per day that it costs to continue the Sizewell B construction project if they were not covered by a letter of comfort from the Treasury , without which the company would be technically insolvent ? |
| 13 | Can the Secretary of State confirm that the competition was won on price ? |
| 14 | A more serious challenge to the text , however , came from a ‘ higher authority ’ — which could only mean the pope — on 24 November when the Secretary of State asked that explicit mention be made of Pius XI 's and Pius XII 's doctrine on marriage , which would not only condemn all forms of artificial contraception ( at this point , before Humanae Vitae , such a ban was not a foregone conclusion ) , but would also subordinate conjugal love to the procreation of children as the purpose of marriage . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there are certain overriding priorities and the Secretary of State considers that it is essential that all pupils in the third and fourth years of secondary education should study English , Mathematics and Science . |
| 16 | In reply , the Secretary of State said that parental wishes were paramount . |
| 17 | In a written answer on 7 May 1991 the minister of state said that 274 mandatory life sentence cases were considered in 1990 , possibly because there was still a backlog from pre- Handscomb days . |
| 18 | As the law stood at that time local authorities could place limits on the number of pupils in each of its schools , and the Secretary of State said that he had no power to intervene in the Dewsbury case . |
| 19 | Eleven months later the new Secretary of State said that he was equally committed to a very substantial expansion in student numbers , and stated that the government 's plans were for an increase of 50,000 by 1993 . |
| 20 | During Question Time today and this involves your position , Mr. Speaker the Secretary of State said that he could not deal adequately with the question on the Order Paper in the name of my Hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) because there was not enough time in a parliamentary answer . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State said that the internal market was sensible . |
| 22 | In the early stages of ’ Options for Change ’ the Secretary of State said that he would put more resources and emphasis on the development and re-equipping of the reserve forces . |
| 23 | The Minister of State said that the Greeks would not be too happy about imposing oil sanctions . |
| 24 | I read in the ministerial journals — the Secretary of State for the Environment will certainly know about it — that the Minister of State said that , once a person is in a band , his property would be in it probably for perpetuity . |
| 25 | The Secretary of State said that those people who were to receive discounts would be separately marked on the lists . |
| 26 | In his letter to me of 14 October , the Secretary of State said that the number of review applications would ’ have seriously impaired the ability of the Agency to deliver a proper service . ’ |
| 27 | The Secretary of State said that one of his justifications for further cuts in the coal mining industry is the growth of environmentally-friendly gas generation which we are led to believe is cheap . |
| 28 | At the press conference when the Bill was published , the Secretary of State said that cuts in the mining industry are part of a plan for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 29 | The Secretary of State said that British Coal 's market has been in decline for decades . |
| 30 | The Secretary of State said that the review team had concluded that a maximum of 380 to 390 HMI inspectors would be needed . |