Sentences with phrase «sitting around the cabinet»

It is true that a lot of the day - to - day work is done by other bodies — you've got the Arts Council, English Heritage, BFI, Sport England, UK Sport, museums... DCMS itself is quite small now and a lot of it is writing cheques, but what is important is that nonetheless it has a representative sitting around the cabinet table who is going to speak up for those industries.

The numbers above do not cover all those who sit around the cabinet table, such as the new chief whip Michael Gove.

«I think it's really difficult for folk here in Brussels and in other European capitals to get used to the idea that, you know, to all intents and purposes, the British government now looks like a bunch of muppets sitting around the cabinet table.»

It's not good journalistic form to get starry - eyed, but interviewing the PM while sitting around the cabinet table is not a bad way to spend a Thursday afternoon.

Nigel might co-operate on confidence and supply, but would Nick be prepared to sit around the cabinet table with him or Douglas Carswell?

Some critics have said that Warsi's resignation last week as Foreign Office minister and the first Muslim to sit around the Cabinet table was calculated.

Beckett's legacy of blunders is still being felt in the countryside today, yet she still sits around the Cabinet table.

A big promotion for Ms Bradley, who was a junior Home Office minister under May, and will be sitting around the Cabinet table for the first time in her career.

Nick Herbert and Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers and other senior Ministers from the party's centre - right tradition do not even sit around the Cabinet table.

But now he's foreign secretary, sitting around the cabinet table making a lot of seemingly important trips... and he's the bookies favourite to take over if Theresa's toppled as leader.

He sits around a cabinet table with three previous education ministers.

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As a former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, Clark sat around Gordon Campbell's cabinet table for some of the Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, Clark sat around Gordon Campbell's cabinet table for some of the cabinet table for some of the most...

Safe cabinets and drawer safety locks and latches Babies get into trouble faster that you can say abc, and even though there may be nothing sitting around that could hurt them, they can still open drawers and get their hands on things they shouldn't.

They might not be the brightest bulbs in the lamp shop, but they seem expert at sitting around staring into space while their boss craps on and on so they would readily fit into any modern cabinet.

«There are untold numbers of species new to science sitting in cabinets and cases within natural history museums around the world.

If you have old, crappy 1970s style lime green cabinets sitting around, you need to junk them before putting in some new ones.

Developed Maine's first statewide school accountability system (A-F school grades) to ensure transparency in school performance for families and students; joining other states and cities around the country who offer these grades on schools — grades that are based on information Maine already collected but that had been sitting in file cabinets at the Department of Education.

1) Cabinet dryers, or cage dryers, are good for dogs that get a little nervous around blow dryers and those that have trouble sitting still.

Concrete floors and ceilings make a smooth, understated background for the open - plan great room, which has a relaxed sitting area with stone - like accent tables, a dining area with plenty of seating around a live - edge table and a fully equipped kitchen with trendy white cabinets and open shelving.

From his first unexpected success with Donkey Kong, a game designed to shift 2000 Radardscope arcade cabinets sitting unsold in Nintendo warehouses in 1981, through the creation of multiple multi-million selling series based around characters of his own design, Miyamoto has stayed abreast of every generational leap in technology in a way not one of his contemporaries has managed.

While I have found other creative spots around the house to keep things I use for the dining room (the dresser in our entry, for instance), recently I was able to find an additional couple of small scale cabinets that could fit right in my dining room and yet would still leave plenty of room for sitting around the table.

We poked around Kudzu Antiques (where we found our China Cabinet) on a mad horse - hunting mission while our farmer's market booty sat in the car.

The shelf above is sitting on a little lip that is attached to studs in the wall and also on the side cabinets, then we added a face frame around it so you wouldn't see the gap / bolts / side supports.

This one usually sits on my china cabinet / Welsh cupboard with a little chalkboard sign hanging around the handle.....