Example sentences of "the debate [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had the effect of driving all parties to the debate into separate corners : the employers wished to preserve the status quo . |
| 2 | Finsberg ) demonstrated characteristic generosity in trying to elevate the nature of the debate into a consideration of timetabling generally . |
| 3 | Father Heidt feels women like Gloucester Cathedral Chaplain , Vivienne Faull , are being conned by the debate into believing they may some day be ordained . |
| 4 | Replying directly to a businesswoman 's plea during the debate for ‘ one more little miracle ’ to ease the impact of the new rate on firms , Mr Lawson said to muted applause : ‘ The answer is that there is no alternative , and the policy will work . ’ |
| 5 | I am perhaps out of line with some of my hon. Friends in that I quite enjoyed the speech made by the Secretary of State for the Environment , who opened the debate for the Government . |
| 6 | However , if we choose , we can continue the debate for nearly an hour and a half . |
| 7 | I hear from those who have not been imprisoned in the debate for a long time that the electronic media have reported well the exchanges that took place . |
| 8 | Labour fielded its energy spokesman , Martin O'Neill , though Mr Hunt closed the debate for the Government . |
| 9 | The Scientific and Professional Secretary issued an account of the debate to the Section 's supporters , in which he quoted the women 's opposition to justify the proposal 's defeat . |
| 10 | Descriptive studies of pre-school education ( Parry and Archer 1974 , Gilkes 1987 ) have illuminated the debate to some extent and aims and objectives approaches to curriculum design can serve as pragmatic guidelines in the absence of a consensus about short and longer term criteria for early childhood education . |
| 11 | Cardinal Agagianian brought the debate to a sudden close on 30 October to forestall further public discussion outside the Council . |
| 12 | Our conference , which Delamothe said was attended by ‘ political activists and pensioners , ’ was intended to open up the debate to the public and to inform people using the service . |
| 13 | Few of the proposals were contentious , leaving the debate to be sharpened by the emotive issues of corporal punishment , which was included in the Bill as presented to Parliament on Second Reading , and the death penalty , which was not . |
| 14 | In opening up the debate to the floor , Inez stressed hopes for democratic discussion , respect for differing and varying views . |
| 15 | He must also be able to keep the debate to the point and maintain a time-table . |
| 16 | The Chairman must also be able to relieve tension between members and sense the best time to bring the debate to a close . |
| 17 | Because we want the debate to be a real one , we published with the Bill the draft immigration rules which will follow its successful passage , so those rules can be discussed at the same time as the Bill and , if and where necessary , improved . |
| 18 | I do not know to which local authority the hon. Gentleman is referring , but may I try to explain the context of the debate to him , because it seems to be going straight over the heads of Conservative Members , as was evident in that intervention which I shall now try to answer . |
| 19 | Because of the General Election and a possible change of government and housing policies it was decided to adjourn the debate to a later date . |
| 20 | Then there was the debate at the National Union of Teachers ' conference about the response to government plans for teacher assessment . |
| 21 | We pick up the debate at the point where Hall suggests Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was under too much pressure to make rational decisions . |
| 22 | And the late-night sessions at wordprocessors , battling out new texts for the debate at the next day 's session : and the culturally diverse evenings in the bar … ah , tiring stuff ! |
| 23 | It would be interesting to know , however , whether the intensity of the debate at the time served to sear the official mind and closed it for many years afterwards to consideration of an alternative policy for sterling which substantially reduced its international role . |
| 24 | In America the debate at the end of 1989 was no longer whether Gorbachev 's desire for reform was sincere , but whether he could survive its repercussions and President George Bush , the former Vice-President , who had succeeded Reagan in January 1989 , was cautious about defining his Soviet policy . |
| 25 | Consequently , despite the efforts of Bukharin to argue a case for an " integral science of literature " which would include a recognition of formal specificity within a socio-political and ideological context , the general thrust of the Congress was towards obliterating formal aspects and locating the debate at a purely ideological level . |
| 26 | Similarly the debate at the circumcision feast was an affair particularly religious in nature , and at it the Mufti took the chief seat , even over such a distinguished , but more " temporal " , colleague as the kadi of the newly conquered city of Istanbul , Hizir Bey . |
| 27 | The Leader of the Opposition would have signed the treaty without the debate at Maastricht — he would have accepted anything that M. Delors put in front of him . |
| 28 | The hon. Gentleman should perhaps concentrate on feeding his sheep rather than intervene in the debate at this stage . |
| 29 | But the debate at county hall aroused strong feelings on both sides . |
| 30 | Concern among the party 's grass roots and the parliamentary party was demonstrated by the tenor of the debate at Saturday 's executive which led to a further clarification of the Scottish party 's position . |