Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [prep] state [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Nicholas Ridley , who , as secretary of state for the environment , masterminded the privatisation , likes to think of himself as a scourge of high-minded meddlers and an advocate of consumer choice . |
| 2 | Michael Heseltine , as Secretary of State for the Environment , had taken a strong line on Barlaston , using his powers to carry out emergency repairs for the first time . |
| 3 | Essentially a management tool , MINIS was strongly associated with Michael Heseltine who , as Secretary of State for the Environment , introduced MINIS into the DOE and subsequently , as Defence Secretary , into the Ministry of Defence ( MOD ) . |
| 4 | I hasten to add that when I was responsible , as Secretary of State for the Environment , for such developments in England , I found that , with certain conditions one could improve the environment over a period of years . |
| 5 | Islam relinquished his responsibilities as Secretary of State for the Interior , Immigration and Administrative Reform to Ali Mohammed Bacar . |
| 6 | As Secretary of State for the Environment he has decided the three towered 19-storey building nicknamed the toast-rack which his department works out of should be demolished . |
| 7 | The appointment of John Moore in 1987 as Secretary of State at the DHSS was seen by some as a signal that the welfare programme would receive a dose of Thatcherism . |
| 8 | Michael Heseltine , when Secretary of State for the Environment , introduced a simple test , which is now permanently enshrined in the Planning circulars : permission will not normally be granted for the demolition of a listed building unless it has been offered for sale on the open market , preferably freehold . |
| 9 | It was a ‘ secret garden ’ at least to David Eccles who when Secretary of State for the second time , in 1962 , was determined ( against the better judgement of many of its guardians ) to strip it of its secrecy . |
| 10 | Sir Keith Joseph , when Secretary of State for the Social Services , revived the controversy in 1972 by attributing the persistence of some social problems to the high fertility of least educated girls . |
| 11 | Mr Heseltine , when Secretary of State for the Environment , constantly argued for extra resources which were withheld by Mrs Thatcher and the Treasury , and succeeding ministers have been no more successful . |
| 12 | When Winston Churchill visited East Africa in 1906 as Under-Secretary of State for the colonies , his private coach was frequently detached at station sidings along the line so that the distinguished Nimrod could go hunting near by . |