Example sentences of "right [adj] [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I appreciate that the hon. Member for Bolsover and the right hon. Members for Bethnal Green and Stepney ( Mr. Shore ) and for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) believe that that would be a good day 's work . |
| 2 | In a short speech , I shall not attempt to make again the points made so tellingly by others , not least my right hon. Friends the Members for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , the right hon. Members for Bethnal Green and Stepney ( Mr. Shore ) and for Plymouth , Devonport ( Dr. Owen ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford ( Mr. Cash ) . |
| 3 | I have had help from the right hon. Members for Blaenau Gwent ( Mr. Foot ) and for Tweeddale , Ettrick and Lauderdale ( Sir D. Steel ) in advocating that my right hon. and learned Friend should tackle the problem of dyslexia . |
| 4 | We have heard speeches not only by my hon. Friend the Member for Leicestershire , North-West , who initiated the debate , and the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West but by the hon. Members for Leicester , East ( Mr. Vaz ) , for Rutland and Melton ( Mr. Latham ) , for Harborough ( Sir J. Farr ) , for Chelmsford ( Mr. Burns ) , for Staffordshire , South ( Mr. Cormack ) , and for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) , my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) and the right hon. Members for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) and the hon. Members for Crewe and Nantwich ( Mrs. Dunwoody ) , for Houghton and Washington ( Mr. Boyes ) , the hon. and learned Member for Montgomery ( Mr. Carlile ) , and the Opposition Chief Whip . |
| 5 | Gross investment in plant and machinery in the last year in which the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) had stewardship of these matters , at constant 1985 prices , was just over £17 billion . |
| 6 | It is always a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) . |
| 7 | It was significant that the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne ( Mr. Sheldon ) expressed two views — that an independent central bank was a bad thing , and that there are worse problems than inflation . |
| 8 | I do so today with great enthusiasm in the case of the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) and the hon. Member for Thanet , South ( Mr. Aitken ) . |
| 9 | On a sober note , I should also like to echo what the right hon. Member for Worcester said about Alick Buchanan-Smith . |
| 10 | The right hon. Member for Worcester will be leaving the House at the end of this Parliament , and I wish him well . |
| 11 | The right hon. Member for Worcester has said in characteristically self-deprecating phrases that he does not have a great desire to be remembered but I am sure that , given his record , he will take it as an accolade to be thought of , in H. L. Mencken 's happy phrase , as a politician who could sit on the fence and have both ears to the ground at the same time . |
| 12 | When I consider the mover and seconder of the Loyal Address today , I can not escape the feeling that , while the right hon. Member for Worcester was in successive Tory Governments because of his cleverness , the hon. Member for Thanet , South may have been kept out of successive Tory Governments for exactly the same reason . |
| 13 | A former Secretary of State for Energy , the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) , on being asked about a change in the hours of work legislation by the Energy Select Committee in 1986 , said that ’ if it had gone through all its processes . |
| 14 | It was well known that Sir Dennis Rooke made it clear to the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) that the privatisation of gas should be on his terms , and those were the terms on which gas was privatised . |
| 15 | If we are going to start looking into where money has gone , let us examine how it was that the right hon. Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) had a job for two months and a £100,000 pay-off and a Mercedes for a penny . |
| 16 | Four English Tory Members were members of the Committee considering the Bill and we look forward with interest to see whether that number will rise to seven when we consider the Scottish education Bill because the fidelity of the Hon. Member for Dumfries and the right Hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Buchanan-Smith ) can not be relied upon . |
| 17 | I suspect that a number of Conservative Members support the establishment of such a committee most likely the right Hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Buchanan-Smith ) and the Hon. Members for Dumfries ( Sir H. Monro ) and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale ( Mr. Lang ) . |
| 18 | Since 1979 , there has been an increase of 15,000 uniformed officers , whereas their numbers were cut under the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) . |
| 19 | However , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who is supposed to be the shadow spokesman on this subject , suggested that Labour would encourage a greater ministerial role in the Sports Council . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , in sharp contrast to the open-door policy apparently espoused by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and his party , the measures contained in the Asylum Bill will be fair and of great benefit to genuine asylum seekers ? |
| 21 | Indeed , we recently saw that the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) has taken actions to run down the region and its potential . |
| 22 | Being assaulted by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) on such issues is rather like being attacked by a bread and butter pudding . |
| 23 | This morning , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) said that he wanted to see more policemen on the beat , yet when he was a member of the last Labour Cabinet he cut the number of policemen and left the police force under strength . |
| 24 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) says that it will be at £36,000 , but the right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) will not tell us and says that he does not think that it is necessary to say so . |
| 25 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who has left the Chamber , seemed to be aspiring to be the next Home Secretary , but he appears to have forgotten that there is a land frontier between the United Kingdom and another nation . |
| 26 | Last week , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) accused me of being unduly alarmist when I referred to the figure of 7 million Russians wanting to leave the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | May I assure the House that my right hon. Friend has their full support and that they are completely opposed to the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) ? |
| 28 | I listened to the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) and it was plain that he did not understand the Bill . |
| 29 | The right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) is entitled to change his view , as he does from time to time . |
| 30 | We have come to expect that the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) will pour scorn on every idea which does not emanate from himself . |