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 | On 2 February 1654 the council of state of the Protectorate recommended that Mackworth be added to its number . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Representations have been made to the Secretary of State via the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union on behalf of taxi drivers . |
| 23 | b ) any other expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under the Act ; and |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | Would the reserve powers still be available to the Secretary of State at the second or third sale ? |
| 30 | I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland . |