Example sentences of "[art] [noun] of state [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corneliu Bogdan , a respected career diplomat and since Dec. 28 the Minister-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and de facto NSF spokesman , died on Jan. 1 , aged 68 . |
| 2 | This concentrated in the hands of one individual the control of foreign policy which had hitherto been entrusted , together with a vast range of other business , to the Secretaries of State for the Northern and Southern Departments . |
| 3 | The Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Trade and Industry appointed the Advisory Committee on Business and the Environment in May . |
| 4 | It reflects the proposals which my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment , for Scotland and for Wales issued for consultation on 5 November . |
| 5 | On the hon. Gentleman 's request for a revenue support grant statement from my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales , the hon. Gentleman is correct in intimating that statements on those matters are necessary , and I hope that they will be made very soon — I hope next week . |
| 6 | The proposals were welcomed by the Secretaries of State for the Environment and Trade and Industry , Michael Heseltine and Peter Lilley . |
| 7 | Although the Social Charter as signed on 9 December 1989 by all the Heads of State of the EC , excluding the UK , is of no legal effect , UK companies can not afford to ignore it . |
| 8 | A summit meeting took place on Feb. 24 in Amman , the Jordanian capital , of the heads of state of the four countries which together composed the Arab Co-operation Council ( ACC ) , the organization set up in February 1989 under an agreement between Egypt , Iraq , Jordan and North Yemen [ see p. 36474 ] . |
| 9 | The Republic of Yemen was welcomed as a member of the United Nations on May 23 , and sent a unified delegation to the Arab League summit in Baghdad [ see pp. 37472-73 ] , where on May 29 it was agreed with the heads of state of the other three Arab Co-operation Council members ( Egypt , Iraq and Jordan ) that the Republic of Yemen would hold the seat formerly held by North Yemen . |
| 10 | A summit called for mid-October by Ivoirian President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , who supported Taylor , was called off after the heads of state of the five states contributing to ECOMOG — Nigeria , Ghana , Guinea , The Gambia and Sierra Leone — had declined to attend ; reports indicated a split along linguistic lines , with the minority anglophone states being the principal upholders of ECOMOG 's role . |
| 11 | In the final communiqué , issued on Dec. 25 , of the meeting , which was attended by the heads of state of the six GCC countries , the GCC urged " the international community and the [ UN ] Security Council in particular to put more pressure on the Iraqi regime " for the implementation of UN resolutions . |
| 12 | The 14th summit meeting of the heads of state of the Economic Community of the Countries of the Great Lakes was held in Gisenyi , Rwanda , on Aug. 1 ; discussions concentrated on regional security which was declared to be the " first objective " of the community . |
| 13 | The United Kingdom stated , in limine , that the nationality of the owner of the vessel was generally recognised in international law and in the practice of states as the principal criterion for establishing the necessary link between the flag state and the vessel . |
| 14 | On 2 February 1654 the council of state of the Protectorate recommended that Mackworth be added to its number . |
| 15 | The slim Sceptre with its elaborate finial and the magnificent Sword of State were created in Renaissance Italy and gifted by two Popes to King James IV — the Sceptre probably by the Borgia Pope Alexander VI in 1494 , and the Sword of State by the ‘ Warrior Pope ’ Julius II in 1507 . |
| 16 | The United Kingdom is supporting the applications of states from the Commonwealth of Independent States to join the United Nations and the IMF . |
| 17 | The importance of this image in the history of western political thought has long been recognized ; indeed it has been hailed as the rebirth of the concept of state in the Middle Ages . |
| 18 | Different considerations would arise if it did , since it would be contrary to public policy for the court not to recognise as a qualified representative of the head of state of the foreign state the diplomatic representative recognised by Her Majesty 's Government . |
| 19 | The head of state of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas , an independent member of the Commonwealth since July 1973 , is the British sovereign , represented by a Governor General ( currently Sir Henry Taylor in an acting capacity ) . |
| 20 | The head of state of the Solomon Islands , an independent member of the Commonwealth since July 1978 , is the British sovereign represented by a Governor General ( currently Sir George Lepping ) . |
| 21 | The head of state of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas , an independent member of the Commonwealth since July 1973 , is the United Kingdom sovereign , represented by a Governor-General . |
| 22 | The head of state of the Solomon Islands , an independent member of the Commonwealth since July 1978 , is the United Kingdom sovereign represented by a Governor-General . |
| 23 | Cromwell , the head of state in the Republic , encouraged a reorganization of the East India Company , with a new charter which put it on a firmer basis . |
| 24 | Representations have been made to the Secretary of State via the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union on behalf of taxi drivers . |
| 25 | b ) any other expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under the Act ; and |
| 26 | 6. — ( 1 ) The Funding Council shall not dispose of any property acquired , improved or maintained wholly or partly , directly or indirectly , out of funds provided by the Secretary of State under the said section Payment of grants , etc. to Funding Council or from the proceeds of or any consideration for the disposal of any property so acquired , improved or maintained without the prior consent , given in writing , of the Secretary of State . |
| 27 | The SIB has wide powers granted to it by the Secretary of State under the FSA , and has a broad authority in enforcing the Act ( and can override the decisions of the SROs ) . |
| 28 | The Act removed the right of people who had settled in the UK before 1973 to register as British citizens , and replaced this with the opportunity to naturalise as British at the discretion of the Secretary of State at the Home Office . |
| 29 | The Secretary of State at the head of its sponsoring Department of State must lay its annual report and accounts before Parliament which may debate them and which may , if it thinks fit , call the Chairman and others before a select committee , examine them and report on their performance . |
| 30 | In directing subject working groups and TGAT , the Secretary of State at the time , Kenneth Baker , demanded advice on ‘ the measurement and recording at a range of levels of positive achievement in reasonably discrete elements ’ ( DES 1988a : Appendix B ) . |