Example sentences of "queen [prep] [noun sg] of state " in BNC.
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| 1 | AUSTRALIA will replace the Queen as head of state by the end of the century , premier Paul Keating forecast yesterday . |
| 2 | The Queen as Head of State gives overall stability to the political system and the Prime Minister as Head of Government is one who has served a long apprenticeship in parliament in high office of state and who is the elected leader of a party which has the confidence of the nation . |
| 3 | AN AUSTRALIAN state has proposed the country adopt a bill of rights and replace the Queen as head of state with an Australian president . |
| 4 | THE Australian Prime Minister has tried to revive his party 's support ahead of next month 's general election by calling for the replacement of the Queen as head of state . |
| 5 | Although the economy was at the centre of people 's concern in these elections , Keating spiced up his campaign by announcing his plan to abolish the Queen as head of state by the year 2001 — the centenary of Australia 's conversion from a group of colonies to a federation of states — and turn the country into a federal republic . |