(1) If people wanted something done, they went in a deputation to the minister, escorted by their local member.

(2) He had been a member of a deputation to Napoleon III

(3) She proposed that a deputation from the council should meet with the Minister for Education to stress the importance of the need for new schools in the town.

(4) U251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510He led many successful deputations to Ministers for Health and played a major role in the development of our General Hospital,u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb he added.

(5) Each of the nine deputations the committee heard criticised the council for springing the cuts on the groups by letter 17 days ago.

(6) But it still left many advocacy groups annoyed at the limited time they had for deputations - or formal presentations to councillors - and concerned that their opinions had little effect on the final outcome.