Example sentences of "state for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It supported the British state for most of the nineteenth century in Ireland , then supported constitutional politics for home rule ; and when independence came in 1921 , it supported the pro-treaty faction in Southern Ireland and opposed the civil war because that faction was the state . |
| 2 | Patrick Nicholls , MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment |
| 3 | When anyone dies in hospital , and there are no relatives or friends to arrange and meet the cost of the funeral , the Secretary of State for Social Services has agreed that the Health Authority will do so ( Hospital Memorandum 1972/41 and Health Notice 1985/31 ) . |
| 4 | It contains guidance on arrangements to transfer local authority residential care homes to independent control ; it also gives Directions from the Secretary of State for Health about local authorities ' continuing responsibility for residents in transferred homes whose care was arranged by the local authority under Section 21(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 ( as amended by paragraph 2(1) , Schedule 23 to the Local Government Act 1972 ) and under paragraph 2 , Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 1977 . |
| 5 | The Circular also contains appendices and annexes which discuss related issues , and which report the statements by the Secretary of State for Social Security on eligibility for Income Support of residents of transferred homes . |
| 6 | Sally Greengross , Director of Age Concern England has written to William Waldegrave , Secretary of State for Health , about Age Concern 's recent report , Discontinuing care ( see Information Circular , July 1991 ) . |
| 7 | Michael Heseltine , Secretary of State for the Environment , stated that from April 1992 , 60% rather than the current 50% of Government housing finance will be allocated on a discretionary basis following civil servants ' assessment of councils ' performance . |
| 8 | Edward Leigh , Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs , has announced the introduction of improved protection for consumers from unscrupulous estate agents . |
| 9 | The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 gave back to the Secretary of State for the Environment the power to make determinations excluding certain elderly persons ' dwellings from the Right to Buy . |
| 10 | Examples of reasons given by the Secretary of State for not allowing a property to be exempted include : |
| 11 | Age Concern England has written to Tony Newton , Secretary of State for Social Security , prior to his announcement on social security upratings which is expected at the end of October . |
| 12 | Annual report by the Secretary of State for Social Security on the Social Fund 1990–91 . |
| 13 | That December , the Secretary of State for Transport announced the identity of the successful bidders : Travellers-Fare 's own management . |
| 14 | The new service started on 3 October 1988 and was immediately so successful that Mid Glamorgan County Council applied to the Secretary of State for Wales for a £600,000 grant to purchase a Sprinter unit to provide an hourly service . |
| 15 | These have mounted because in February Nicholas Ridley , then Secretary of State for the Environment , stopped any new deals and Hammersmith 's portfolio was largely weighted to the expectation that interest rates would be low , preventing the council from improving its position in the market . |
| 16 | The first step will come next week when Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , uses the Conservative Party conference at Blackpool to reaffirm his commitment to changing the NHS and set out a justification for the forthcoming legislation . |
| 17 | John Wakeham , the new Secretary of State for Energy , had risen to public prominence in his previous Cabinet job by refusing to have nuclear waste dumped in his constituency . |
| 18 | Chris Patten , hailed the new ozone-friendly Secretary of State for Environment , had now been exposed as the ‘ dirty water salesman of Europe ’ . |
| 19 | Companies wishing to enter the waste disposal business at this level must demonstrate to the local Waste Disposal Authority ( usually a county council , but in some cities and in Wales a more local authority ) that they can meet various criteria , although the authority may be over-ruled on appeal to the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 20 | But , says a refinement of this view — and Mrs Thatcher and Chris Patten , her Secretary of State for the Environment believe this too — wastes should be disposed of in their country of origin : that is a new drift in British policy . |
| 21 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , made the announcement to the Secondary Heads Association , in Huntingdon , Cambridgeshire , yesterday . |
| 22 | However , sources close to the Secretary of State for Transport , Cecil Parkinson , dismissed this possibility . |
| 23 | The OFT will advise the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on whether he should refer the bid to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Cecil Parkinson , the Secretary of State for Transport , said the Government had ruled out any idea of helping to fund the ailing project . |
| 25 | John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education , said yesterday that it was misleading for the union to say the Government had made a mistake . |
| 26 | Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry may come and go but Sir Jeffrey Sterling , chairman of the P&O group , has long been part of the furniture at 1 Victoria Street . |
| 27 | John MacGregor , the Secretary of State for Education , has shown with the teachers that he actually listens to what they say . |
| 28 | Earlier this year , Paul Channon , then Secretary of State for Transport , agreed to a wide-ranging study of London 's traffic problems . |
| 29 | Will Cecil Parkinson , the new Secretary of State for Transport , follow suit in London ? |
| 30 | Law Report : Employee not entitled to payment from redundancy fund : Secretary of State for Employment v Levy — Employment Appeal Tribunal ( Mr Justice Wood , Mr R J Lewis and Mr J A Scouller ) , 4 October 1989 |