Example sentences of "had been minister " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Howe , his father , had been minister of the parish for fifteen years . |
| 2 | Luo Gan had been Minister of Labour from April 1988 , and a member of the State Planning Commission since July 1988 . |
| 3 | Three whites were appointed : Dennis Norman , who had been Minister of Agriculture in 1980-85 ; Chris Anderson , the outgoing Minister of State for Public Service ; and Timothy Stamps , one of five ministers new to the government . |
| 4 | Chu Okongwu had been Minister of Finance until January 1990 and then Minister of Cabinet Affairs . |
| 5 | Chu Okongwu had been Minister of Finance until January 1990 and then Minister of Cabinet Affairs . |
| 6 | Velichko had been Minister of Heavy Machine Building . |
| 7 | Mitsuzuka , 63 , had been Minister of Foreign Affairs until Kaifu 's election in August 1989 [ see p. 36849 ] . |
| 8 | A veteran politician , he had been Minister of Labour also during the " hot autumn " of 1969 [ see p. 23941 ] . |
| 9 | He was succeeded on June 22 by Javier Solana Madariaga , 50 , who had been Minister of Education and Science since 1988 and was regarded as a close associate of Prime Minister Felipe González . |