Example sentences of "hon. members [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hon. Members might be happy to consider a 48-hour rule , but the farming community , to name but one , would find it extremely difficult at harvest time if they were not allowed to ask their farm workers to work more than 48 hours a week . |
| 2 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many people who choose to work more than 48 hours per week , and who thereby earn overtime and give greater security to their families , would be most upset if an edict from Brussels took the right to work such overtime away from them , especially as hon. Members would be excluded from the rules , as would the bureaucrats in Europe and all managers and executives ? |
| 3 | Hon. Members should be aware of the widespread feeling among all the agencies that deal with asylum seekers and refugees that there are no merits in the Bill as it stands . |
| 4 | When hon. Members table an amendment to a Bill , it can concentrate the Minister 's mind on a clause or section and occasionally hon. Members can be persuaded to force amendments on the Government . |
| 5 | That does not answer the burning problem of law-breaking on a Sunday , especially when the House has not been afforded the opportunity even to debate the matter in full so that a consensus of hon. Members can be taken . |
| 6 | Hon. Members will be aware of the unpleasant aspects in political debates in some countries in Europe . |
| 7 | Hon. Members will be aware that at the same time as we consulted about our council tax proposals , we issued a consultation paper in Scotland about water and sewerage charges . |
| 8 | Hon. Members will be aware that the access fund allocations for the current academic year have already been made . |
| 9 | Hon. Members will be glad to hear him speak again . |
| 10 | Perhaps some hon. Members will be quite content to say to their constituents that they understand their problems and sympathise , but that there is nothing that they can do about them as the matter is out of their hands . |
| 11 | Hon. Members will be familiar with the lines from Henry V , but imagine if they were as follows : ’ I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips , Straining upon the start . |
| 12 | Perhaps performance-related pay for hon. Members could be debated by those of us who are here on Fridays for important debates such as this . |