Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of state [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We may also note that certain verbs seem to have the notion of change of state as the principal part of their meaning , not only make ( in one of its values ) as already cited , but also have ( again in one of its meanings ; see Chapter 9 for other uses ) , and render .
2 Consider , insists Wade , the office of Secretary of State with the smallest budget of the Cabinet Departments yet arguably the greatest status in the system ( Wade 1979 , p. 354 ) .
3 David Mellor was appointed Minister of State at the Privy Council Office with responsibility for the arts ; Angela Rumbold took over his previous post of Minister of State at the Home Office and was replaced as Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science by Timothy Eggar .
4 When Mr Major ran for party leader , the terrier-like figure of Mrs Shephard joined his campaign team early on , rounded up his support and delivered him a victory which he was swift to reward with the post of Minister of State in the Treasury .
5 Samir Geaga , head of the ( Christian ) Lebanese Forces militia , resigned formally on March 20 his nominal post of Minister of State in the government of national unity , which he had boycotted since its formation in December on the grounds that it was too pro-Syrian .
6 Mujjaddedi , who had travelled overland from Peshawar along with 20 other IJC members , was formally appointed as head of state of the new Islamic State of Afghanistan .
7 AUSTRALIA will replace the Queen as head of state by the end of the century , premier Paul Keating forecast yesterday .
8 Queen Elizabeth II was replaced as head of state by the former Governor General , Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau , who was sworn in as President on Dec. 5 .
9 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 .
10 In R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , ex parte Northumbria Police Authority , the police authority sought judicial review to compel the Home Secretary to withdraw a circular issuing plastic bullets and CS gas to local police forces .
11 On the other hand , in R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex parte Rose Theatre Trust Co. the judge appears to have been of the view that an applicant could have standing only on the basis of a personal interest and not on the basis of representing the interests of others .
12 However R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex p .
13 The Court of Appeal stressed in R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , ex parte Northumbria Police Authority ( C.A. , 1988 ) that the Chief Constable has complete operational control over his force and that the police authority has no power to intervene .
14 This was also the basis of the court 's intervention in R. v. Secretary of State for the Environment , ex p .
15 A restricted right to a hearing was upheld by the Court of Appeal in R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , ex p .
16 However , if a farmer decides to let out , in return for money , some of the rooms in the farmhouse to friends , relatives and associates during the summer months , this may not be a material change of use and planning permission is not required : Blackpool Borough Council v. Secretary of State for the Environment 11980 ] 40 P & CR 104 ( QBD ) .
17 In Emma Hotels v. Secretary of State for the Environment [ 1980 ] 258 EG 64 ( QBD ) , it was held in identical circumstances that the operation of a non-residents ' bar was not a material change of use and did not require planning permission .
18 ( No. 2 ) [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 109 , 283–284 , H.L. ( E. ) and Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 , 761 , H.L. ( E. ) applied .
19 Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 ; [ 1991 ] 2 W.L.R. 588 ; [ 1991 ] 1 All E.R.
20 Nevertheless it may be resorted to in order to help resolve some uncertainty or ambiguity in municipal law : per Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 , 761 .
21 Article 10 , as with any other provision of the Convention , is not a rule of the law of this country : see Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 .
22 If , on the other hand , it is not clear by established principles of our law that the council has the right to sue in libel for alleged injury to its reputation , so that this court must decide whether under the common law that right is properly available to the council as a local government authority , then , as is not in dispute , this court must , in so deciding , have regard to the principles stated in the Convention and in particular to article 10 : see Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 .
23 See also Lord Bridge of Harwich and Lord Ackner in Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 671 , 747 , 760 .
24 Hoveringham Gravels Ltd. v. Secretary of State for the Environment [ 1975 ] Q.B .
25 Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 ; [ 1991 ] 2 W.L.R. 588 ; [ 1991 ] 1 All E.R.
26 Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Brind [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 696 ; [ 1991 ] 2 W.L.R. 588 ; [ 1991 ] 1 All E.R.
27 REGINA v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT , Ex parte DOODY
28 Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Handscomb ( 1987 ) 86 Cr.App.R. 59 , D.C. disapproved in part .
29 Bushell v. Secretary of State for the Environment [ 1981 ] A.C. 75 ; [ 1980 ] 3 W.L.R. 22 ; [ 1980 ] 2 All E.R.
30 Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , 9 November 1988 ; The Times , 21 November 1988 , D.C.
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