Example sentences of "[noun] of state [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Brittan 's statement of October 1983 made clear the division of the decision-making process into two parts , the ‘ tariff ’ period to meet the purposes of retribution and deterrence which the Secretary of State decides on the advice of the judges ; a review towards the end of that period by the local review committee ; and after the end of the tariff period , a possible further period , if the Secretary of State on the advice of the local review committee and the Parole Board decides that the prisoner 's continued detention is necessary because of the danger he might pose if released , and to maintain public confidence in the system . |
| 2 | It will be up to the Secretary of State to decide on the exact order of priority and we shall publish guidelines to help the new commission . |
| 3 | Will the Secretary of State impress on the Prime Minister the need to raise with Mr. Yeltsin the substance of the conversation that my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) and I had last Tuesday with Mr. Bikov of the Russian Academy of Science ? |
| 4 | If asked by your secretary of state to speak on the departmental paper , you have four minutes to explain it , however complicated the subject matter , to present the choices and to add a touch of heterodoxy . |
| 5 | We all sat on one side of the table and the Secretary of State sat on the other . |
| 6 | Even in the matter of state spending on the arts the same difficulty presents itself . |
| 7 | This ranged from the fairly trivial practice of holding too many banquets and offering ‘ gifts ’ to customers to the more serious misappropriation of state funds and reselling of state supplies on the free market for large profits . |