Example sentences of "[det] of the secretary of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Thursday , some of the Secretary of State 's officials will give evidence about Trident to the Select Committee on Defence . |
| 2 | With much wider powers than its predecessor , the Secondary Examinations Council ( SEC ) , SEAC is also heir to the recommendations of another of the Secretary of State 's ad hoc working parties , the Task Group on Assessment and Testing ( TGAT ) which was set up at the same time as the first curriculum working groups and , like them , worked under enormous pressure to produce proposals for the assessment of the National Curriculum . |
| 3 | Is it not yet another of the Secretary of State 's hot air balloons ? |
| 4 | What is clear however , is that when hearing appeals from the Secretary of State as to whether there has been a material change of use , the courts have consistently held that the question is one of fact and have declined to substitute any decision of their own for that of the Secretary of State . |
| 5 | The ultimate decision on the period a life sentence prisoner should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence is that of the Secretary of State . |
| 6 | I suspect that the confidentiality is largely that of the Secretary of State , and am confident that in acceptance of our decision he will not seek to maintain a claim to such confidentiality . |
| 7 | ‘ There can be no question ’ , he said , ‘ of my substituting my view of the facts for that of the Secretary of State . ’ |
| 8 | My hon. Friend should be aware how much we welcome his statement and that of the Secretary of State , which concentrate on how children are taught in schools rather than on the number of teachers employed . |
| 9 | I was particularly encouraged by his response to the idea of an ombudsman — it was in sharp contrast to that of the Secretary of State . |
| 10 | The detail of my speech made it far more informative than that of the Secretary of State . |
| 11 | The Bill will give HMI a new , independent , statutory role , with its own powers and duties separate from those of the Secretary of State . |
| 12 | As well as being influenced by what is required in local terms , schools are also bound , on a national scale , to be affected by statements such , for example , as those of the Secretary of State for Education and Science . |
| 13 | ‘ The folly of this was illustrated by the controversial sale of the assets of the Mentmore estate in 1977 which exposed the need for a fund which could exercise similar powers to those of the secretary of state , with sufficient resources , and without excessive central government control ’ . |