Example sentences of "secretary [prep] [noun] [vb base] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Secretaries of State believe that the internal processes of reporting , recording and discussion between teacher and pupil should cover a pupil 's progress and activities across the whole educational programme of the school , both in the classroom and outside , and possibly activities outside the school as well . |
| 2 | Secretaries of State consider that the diversity of practice that has emerged in recent years , as shown particularly by HM Inspectors ' surveys of Primary and Secondary Schools , makes it timely to prepare guidance on the place of certain key elements in the curriculum . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Will the Secretary of State concede that many people are doing better , which we welcome , because of the state earnings-related pension scheme which was introduced by the Labour Government ? |
| 5 | Will the Secretary of State concede that one of the things that this will enable Yarrow to do is to keep its essential design capability , illustrated by the fact that it produced the first of class ? |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Will the Secretary of State admit that the Government have made a right mess of the economy and of businesses of the north-east ? |
| 8 | Mr. Ray Powell : Does the Secretary of State recall that when he was a Minister in the Department of Energy , he was responsible for several colliery closures in Wales ? |
| 9 | Does the Secretary of State recall that although he gave an account of meetings with the Japanese , the question asked specifically what representations he had received from business men ? |
| 10 | Does the Secretary of State recall that in the last recession under this Government the collapse of manufacturing industry was said to be making it leaner and fitter to face the future ? |
| 11 | Does the Secretary of State recall that in answer to an earlier question of mine to his colleague at the Department of Employment , I was told that 25,000 manufacturing jobs had been lost in the past 12 months in Yorkshire and Humberside ? |
| 12 | Does the Secretary of State recall that , earlier this year , when he was talking about the increase in BR 's external financing , he said that there would be £70 million more for safety matters ? |
| 13 | Mr. Barry Jones : Does the Secretary of State accept that the south Wales coalfield is apprehensive , especially in the light of the 1,500 jobs at the Cynheidre and Marine collieries and the 500 jobs elsewhere that are under review ? |
| 14 | Does the Secretary of State accept that , as my hon. Friend the Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Stephen ) — whom I am pleased to welcome to the House — will confirm , 100 per cent . |
| 15 | Does the Secretary of State accept that even the 400 new officers that he has announced will not be deployed primarily in countering terrorism ? |
| 16 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the tourist industry in the island as a whole was affected adversely by British Airways ' decision to stop the London-Dublin link ? |
| 17 | Does the Secretary of State accept that if local government is to be local , it is essential that we do not repeat the mistakes of the 1973-74 reorganisation and that any reorganisation must be acceptable to local people ? |
| 18 | Does the Secretary of State accept that Britain has the most cost efficient coal industry in Europe , producing the cheapest coal , and that if it were in any one of the other 11 European countries there would be no question of its further contraction at this time ? |
| 19 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the current level of 14,000 service families who are resettled every year by the Ministry of Defence is certain to increase dramatically during the restructuring ? |
| 20 | Does the Secretary of State accept that urgent action is needed in the west midlands if we are to halt the worst fall in manufacturing investment in history ? |
| 21 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the improvement in productivity is partly due to the fact that the number of registered disabled people employed by British Coal has fallen ? |
| 22 | Will the Secretary of State accept that in Bradford , the capital expenditure on one CTC is roughly the equivalent of the whole of the capital expenditure for one year awarded by the Government , but Bradford public schools are in dire need of expenditure ? |
| 23 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the debate on Trident in Scotland is not on whether we should have three or four boats or on the number of warheads per missile but on whether we should proceed with expenditure which , over its lifetime , could amount to £23,000 million on a useless , dangerous military white elephant ? |
| 24 | Does the Secretary of State accept that there has not been , is not and will not be a majority in Scotland for the Trident missile system and that , ultimately , its deployment will depend on the consent not of the Westminster Parliament but of the Scottish people , and it will not be forthcoming ? |
| 25 | Does the Secretary of State accept that people living in the real world question the Government 's industrial policy ? |
| 26 | Does the Secretary of State accept that we should have an industrial policy that is beneficial to Britain so that we can meet the challenge of the 21st century ? |
| 27 | Does the Secretary of State accept that there is now evidence that standards in the basics , which the report identified as the key skills on which other learning depends , have fallen ? |
| 28 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the security forces must not only act within the law but always be clearly seen to act within it if they are to deprive the terrorist group of the environment in which it thrives ? |
| 29 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the Opposition hope very much that , after years of violence and despair , a political settlement will emerge , and that we will do everything in our power to achieve such an outcome , based on the three strands agreement ? |
| 30 | Does the Secretary of State accept that the answer that he has given on paying the guaranteed minimum pension to the Maxwell pensioners is wholly inadequate ? |