Example sentences of "uk [noun sg] [prep] state [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that a study commissioned from contractors by the British National Space Centre will provide useful evidence on the cash value of remote sensing ; it is particularly timely in view of the appointment of Professor Pearce ( see above ) as the adviser to the UK Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 2 | Following a visit to China in April 1988 by the then UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , Lord Young of Graffham , the then Minister for Overseas Development , Chris Patten , signed an agreement on aid and trade worth £300,000,000 ( approximately US$500,000,000 ) in Beijing on Sept. 19 . |
| 3 | Speaking on Nov. 20 , 1989 , the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , Douglas Hurd , expressed his desire to " have a better relationship with Iran " and said that " a decision by the Iranians to use effectively their influence [ with Lebanese hostage-holders ] would be a great help " . |
| 4 | The UK Secretary of State for Defence , Tom King , made a four-day visit to the Falkland Islands at the beginning of March 1990 . |
| 5 | At the February 1990 meeting Ordóñez and Douglas Hurd , by then UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , also agreed to co-operate in preventing Gibraltar from becoming a base for drug trafficking and its burgeoning offshore finance companies from becoming a centre for money laundering . |
| 6 | Peter Brooke , the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , announced in the House of Commons on July 5 that there was to be a delay in the progress of current devolution talks which he had undertaken since January 1990 with a view to producing new arrangements for exercising political power in the province [ see pp. 37198 ; 37262 ; 37583 ] . |
| 7 | The UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , Douglas Hurd , made an official visit in February 1990 . |
| 8 | Peter Brooke , the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , met the Irish Foreign Minister , Gerard Collins , on Oct. 25 , in pursuit of Brooke 's stalled initiative aimed at reviving talks on the political future of Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | Reports confirmed by members of a team of UK trade experts led by the UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , Peter Lilley , said that the government was planning to raise a series of loans in different countries to help finance reconstruction plans . |
| 10 | On May 28 UK Secretary of State for Defence Tom King dispelled speculation that the Rapid Reaction Force would be predominantly European by saying that it would include a US army division . |
| 11 | She was met in Belfast by the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , Peter Brooke . |
| 12 | In a speech given to a fringe meeting organized by the Tory Green Initiative at the Conservative Party annual conference in Blackpool , the UK Minister of State for the Environment , Tim Yeo , outlined the main points of his party 's environment policy . |
| 13 | In January 1989 Arafat held talks in Tunis with a UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , William Waldegrave , a meeting which the latter described as a major development in British foreign policy . |
| 14 | William Waldegrave , a UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Colonial Office , meets with Yassir Arafat in Tunis . |
| 15 | Five permanent UN Security Council members Qian Qichen ( Chinese Foreign Minister ) Boris Pankin ( Soviet Foreign Minister ) Roland Dumas ( French Foreign Minister ; PICC co-chair ) James Baker ( US Secretary of State ) Earl of Caithness ( UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) |
| 16 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Timothy Sainsbury , and on March 15 the House of Commons foreign affairs committee issued its first report on reforms within UNESCO , indicating that if Mayor succeeded in reforming the organization 's administration , the UK should rejoin . |
| 17 | In April the UK government announced its decision not to renew its membership following formal talks in February between the Director-General and a UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [ see p. 37335 ] . |