Example sentences of "minister of [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Mates , aged 57 , was appointed as one of the two ministers of state for Northern Ireland under the former Attorney General , Sir Patrick Mayhew . |
| 2 | Shadow Education Secretary , Jack Straw has accused Cabinet Ministers of hypocrisy for sending their children to private schools . |
| 3 | Saga informs us that it has written a letter of complaint to the Minister of Tourism for Cyprus , and that the hotel will not be in next year 's brochure . |
| 4 | Fernandes was replaced by Col. António Paulo Kassoma , hitherto Deputy Minister of Defence for Armaments and Military Strategy . |
| 5 | Malan , Minister of Defence for 11 years , was reassigned to the Ministry of Housing and Works and also of Water and Forest Affairs , replacing Gert J. Kotze in the latter post with effect from Oct. 1 ; the Defence portfolio was taken by his former deputy , Roelf Meyer , who was from the left of the National Party . |
| 6 | Although he is a senior and successful Congress ( I ) figure , and is Minister of State for External Affairs , Mr Singh is being challenged for the ruling party 's nomination by the present Maharajah 's son , Vishwendra Singh . |
| 7 | This , however , was too much for the Government and , using the excuse that public opinion was not yet ready to accept the protection of many unpopular modern buildings , Lord Caithness , the Minister of State for the Environment , arbitrarily whittled down English Heritage 's list to 18 buildings - excluding Bankside — although it represented a more traditional approach in the Fifties to the now-unfashionable Modern Movement . |
| 8 | Michael Howard , Minister of State for Housing , hailed the move as a ‘ clear enhancement of tenants ’ rights ' , enabling people to judge how well local authorities ran housing . |
| 9 | Earlier , David Hunt , Minister of State for Environment , denounced the Monday Club leaflet . |
| 10 | Shortly before David Hunt , Minister of State for the Environment , announced drastic changes in the ‘ safety net ’ arrangements to the conference , he was warned once again that poll tax payers in prudent council areas should not have to subsidise the profligate . |
| 11 | Nicholas Scott , MBE , JP , MP , the Minister of State for Society Security and Disabled People at an Open Day on the 14th July . |
| 12 | Lord Melchett , educated at Eton , former Labour Minister of State for Northern Ireland , became head of Greenpeace at the beginning of 1989 , near the beginning of the membership boom . |
| 13 | The debate was opened by David Trippier , Minister of State for the Environment , who said the House could debate no issue of more immediate importance … and then announced that he would have to leave early to present the Young Environmentalist of the Year award at a lunch . |
| 14 | In the days following , press reports started to appear that I , and indeed Ken Clarke who as Minister of State for Health was still outside the Cabinet , were very unhappy about the new emphasis of policy . |
| 15 | I continued to chair the inquiry into pensions and later took over family policy when the much liked Minister of State for Social Security , Rhodes Boyson , went off to be the number two in Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | Tim Eggar , the Minister of State for Education , echoed Mr Balchin 's views . |
| 17 | But Mr Patten , who has been at the Home Office as Minister of State for four years , has clearly harboured doubts about his decision to turn down that Arts job . |
| 18 | Mr Michael Mates , MP for East Hampshire , who led an unsuccessful attempt to relate the poll tax to ability to pay and was Mr Michael Heseltine 's campaign manager during the leadership struggle , becomes Minister of State for Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | Mr Jonathan Aitken , MP for Thanet South and a leading Euro-sceptic , becomes a Minister of State for Defence . |
| 20 | The former racing driver and industrialist Lady Denton — who entered the Lords last year — becomes a junior minister at the Department of Trade and Industry ; Lady Blatch moves from Environment to Minister of State for Education ; and Baroness Cumberlege becomes a junior minister at Health . |
| 21 | Lord Fraser of Carmyllie switches from the post of Lord Advocate to become No 2 in the Scottish Office , replacing Mr Michael Forsyth , the Right-wing anti-devolutionist MP for Stirling , who becomes Minister of State for Employment . |
| 22 | Our Department of Health and Community Care , with a new Minister of State for Community Care , will develop a high-quality programme of community care which responds to what users want . |
| 23 | In reply to a parliamentary question in 1984 , Peter Morrison ( then a Minister of State for Employment ) confirmed that ‘ the Government is not convinced that legislating against age discrimination in employment would be beneficial or practicable . |
| 24 | Soeriaatmadja 's boss , the Minister of State for Development and Environment , Emil Salim , wanted advice from Child and Douglas-Hamilton on how to save a village from marauding elephants . |
| 25 | Launching the network , David Trippier , minister of state for the environment and countryside noted that plenty of environmental data exists in isolation but that the ECN will ensure the collation of good quality compatible data to help develop a framework for future policies . |
| 26 | Dr Brian Mawhinney , the minister of state for Northern Ireland , occupies a seat of considerable importance in this election . |
| 27 | Jonathan Aitken has been taken off the back benches and made minister of state for defence , in the hope that he can continue to rally the Euro-sceptics as he did over Maastricht . |
| 28 | One had even held an appointment under Heath as minister of state for Employment . |
| 29 | The education package for schools announced by the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs in March 1980 is a particularly welcome initiative , directed as it is to those who are likely to leave school soon . |
| 30 | In May 1972 the Minister of State for Information , Broadcasting and Tourism called for a complete ‘ rethink ’ about the role of television in the country . |