Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] friend the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am certain that the transition could only have been made possible through the dedication ( If those Mr Chips at Halton , who gave their entire working life to the charges of all their students , Men like A.C.K. Kermode , Whittaker , Latimer Needham , Pillars , B.A. Smith and last but not least my dear friend the maths master . |
| 2 | My interest in sport helped and apart from three days jankers ( for being late back from weekend pass — could not afford a taxi from Wendover station ) , this vexed me as many of my Entry had zero days but many , like my dear friend the late Roddy Morgan , did more than 300 days . |
| 3 | The band ( all sons of Gabby Pahinui , the late folk hero and master of Hawaiian slack-key guitar who contributed to Cooder 's ‘ Chicken Skin Music ’ back in 1975 ) have put together a collection of traditional songs interspersed with some surprising covers , including Lennon 's Jealous Guy and Steve Earle 's My Old Friend The Blues . |
| 4 | Questioned more closely on how he gets his sound — for instance , the mind-boggling tone for the slide solo on the Pahinuis ' versh of Steve Earle 's My Old Friend The Blues — it becomes more and more apparent that the unassuming , virtually ego-free Mr. Cooder is far happier discussing musicians other than himself … |
| 5 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 6 | I will send my Hon. Friend the full details . |
| 7 | I have read his speech in this House , in which he made most of those points , and some of his contributions in the Water Bill Committee , in which he made other points which have been well answered by my Hon. Friend the Minister of State . |
| 8 | Will he tell us why he refused to give an interview on the television programme referred to by my Hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) ? |
| 9 | Mr. Alison : My Hon. Friend will have noted the debate in the House last Monday on the initiative by my Hon. Friend the Member for Bromsgrove ( Sir H. Miller ) . |
| 10 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates-late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 11 | It arises out of Welsh questions and the Secretary of State for Wales ' answer to the question that he was asked by my Hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I understand the reply that you gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Walsall , North ( Mr. Winnick ) , but is it not possible to ask the Leader of the House , who is present , when we will have a statement about Mr. Rushdie and the ayatollah 's decision ? |
| 14 | However , in Committee my Hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk , West ( Mr. Canavan ) pointed out that the report and accounts for 1987–88 referred to six trustees responsible for TOPS and a management committee of 10 . |
| 15 | In Committee , my Hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk , West and the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) had an interesting exchange about the merits of the existent or non-existing pension scheme run by Magic Bus and Stagecoach . |
| 16 | As my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) said , there are other benefits over and above that for example , the early retirement pension , the ill-health retirement pension , the lump sum on retirement , insurance so that any surviving dependants will receive the pension rights of the deceased , and so on . |
| 17 | As my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) said , there are other benefits over and above that for example , the early retirement pension , the ill-health retirement pension , the lump sum on retirement , insurance so that any surviving dependants will receive the pension rights of the deceased , and so on . |
| 18 | What he did not give in response to the many points made by my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East ( Mr. McAllion ) were absolute guarantees and reassurance for the people who work for the Scottish Transport Group . |
| 19 | In response to my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East , the Minister said that the transitional arrangements will take between six and 16 months . |
| 20 | The Minister did not give a clear response to the question from my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East . |
| 21 | My Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) mentioned the needs of disabled passengers , and clearly the Bill should represent the needs of bus users who suffer from any form of physical disability . |
| 22 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : I thank my Hon. Friend the Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) for his speech . |
| 23 | My Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East ( Mr. McAllion ) asked specifically how much it has received . |
| 24 | Mr. Robert Hughes : My Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) has made a compelling case for the amendments , and I wish only to reinforce one or two of his points . |
| 25 | I made inquiries about one of the sales mentioned by my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North . |
| 26 | Indeed , we have good grounds for believing that the information that we have been given is accurate : I know that my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North would not have read out that list without a solid belief that the property speculators were busy . |
| 27 | There has been great agitation about the fate of professional footballers a cause close to the heart of my Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North , and indeed of great interest to all of us who are football fans . |
| 28 | As my Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North ( Mr. Hughes ) capably said , a local authority does not have any such option because its dealings have to be a matter of public record . |
| 29 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates , late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 30 | Does not it also prove , as my hon. Friend the Member for Davyhulme ( Mr. Churchill ) said , that the Conservative Government are spending more on the health service and does not it nail the falsehoods repeatedly advanced by the Opposition ? |