Of the full shadow cabinet, only Iain Duncan-Smith, the shadow social-security secretary, and Andrew Mackay, the shadow Northern Ireland secretary, have never been ministers.
"When I walked on board, it was only a shadow of that, " she said.
While it's back up and running today, it is only a shadow of its former self.
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"Their proposal is only a shadow of the smoking cessation treatment programme that their own witness testified to, " William Corr said.
Since they are now only a shadow of what they used to be in entertainment value (and are grossly expensive), perhaps they should be shorter.
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The dispute has cast a shadow, though perhaps only a small one, over the Easter celebrations at one of Jerusalem's best known landmarks, the golden-domed Mary Magdalene church on the Mount of Olives.
They include the West Dorset seat of shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin who has a majority of only 1, 414 and Theresa May, shadow secretary of state for the family, who currently holds the seat of Maidenhead with a majority of 3284.
With yet another dramatic gold medal win in the Olympics, the women have only lengthened that shadow.
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And every earthly reality is only a pale shadow of its archetype, the original pattern, of which it is simply an imperfect copy.
This only adds to the shadow inventory.
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She only really emerged from his shadow, however, when she chose to pursue her own political career in Strasbourg.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has promoted several MPs elected only last year to his shadow cabinet as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle.
Labour shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh said the only reason the extra testing was finally introduced was because of the discovery of horsemeat in beef products.
Shadow health secretary Tim Yeo said the plans would only "scratch the surface" of the problem.
Only four of Mr Blair's shadow cabinet had tasted even junior ministerial office.
Speaking in support of Mr Lammy, former Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis said Britain was the only major democracy to ban the use of intercept evidence.
Neither golden nor very tasty, the hash browns are a shadow of what they used to be, and only look good insofar as the scrambled eggs quite simply look inedible.
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Shadow defence minister Gemma Doyle said the plan could only work if the government worked with employers and suggested considering anti-discrimination legislation for reservists to help them combine working life with a career in the reserves.
The shadow home secretary, Ann Widdecombe, has estimated that only 4, 000 secure places would be needed to detain all applicants, but it is not clear how that figure was arrived at.
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But shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the four-hour target only served some patients.
Shadow work and pensions secretary David Willetts said the government was offering only more consultation, not any conclusions.
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His goal was to free us not only from the shackles of discrimination, but from the shadow of poverty that haunts too many of our communities, the self-destructive impulses, and the mindless violence that claims so many lives of so many innocent young people.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne said the comments shattered Labour's charge that only the Conservatives oppose the VAT measures.
Only four players remain from the last two series, when a shadow squad had to be chosen because of a money dispute.
But shadow home secretary Anne Widdecombe said that a backlog of appeals was building up with only 3, 000 of 11, 000 new appeals being dealt with.
Shadow plays are performed by large troupes with seven to nine performers and smaller troupes of only two to five, primarily for entertainment or religious rituals, weddings and funerals and other special occasions.
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said the government had "dithered and delayed" on hospital infections and only hit the target by "moving the goalposts".
David Ferrer has spent much of his career in the shadow of Rafael Nadal, but the 30-year-old joined his absent compatriot in becoming only the second Spaniard to reach the last eight of all four grand slams in a calendar year since the start of the professional era in 1968.
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As the Commons embarked on the second day of debate on the contents of the Queen's Speech on 19 November, Mr Balls accused shadow schools secretary Michael Gove of trying to "run down" the achievements of young people by claiming they only had to respond to "Mickey Mouse" test questions, which had been "dumbed down".
Shadow business secretary John Denham said tuition fees "don't have to be as high next year, if only the government listened to us".
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