Example sentences of "state for northern " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 15 September , the Republic spent seven hours presenting its damning view of the UDR to Peter Brooke , the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | Peter Brooke , the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , said no major changes would be made to the UDR , in spite of the demands from the Irish government for a thorough review of its role . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The recent meeting of Ulster 's leaders at Downing Street , the granting of a Commons debate on security and the appointment of Mr Jonathan Caine as special adviser to Peter Brooke , Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , helped to improve relations between Unionist MPs and the Conservatives as the election loomed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The procedures for interception According to the official version of events , interceptions were made before 1985 only on the authority of a warrant issued by the Home Secretary , the Secretary of State for Scotland , the Foreign Secretary , or the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , with each warrant naming only one person and one number . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Current position : Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and MP for City of London and Westminster |
| 9 | Dr Brian Mawhinney , the minister of state for Northern Ireland , occupies a seat of considerable importance in this election . |
| 10 | On the other hand , Labour fundamentalism was eloquently put by Lord Mason , formally Roy Mason and a Secretary of State for Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | On Monday , a meeting was demanded with Francis Pym , a newcomer who had replaced William Whitelaw as secretary of state for Northern Ireland some weeks earlier at the beginning of December . |
| 12 | William Whitelaw , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , and the Northern Ireland Office administration came under intense pressure from the public . |
| 13 | The WLAA eventually induced William Whitelaw , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , to receive a deputation . |
| 14 | The secretary of state for Northern Ireland appeared on television to read a special apologia for detention without trial . |
| 15 | Edward Heath disbanded the government and parliament of Northern Ireland in March 1972 and created a new post of secretary of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 16 | When Roy Mason arrived in 1976 to take up his duties as secretary of state for Northern Ireland , the present writer met him as part of a deputation from my political party . |
| 17 | In September 1975 , Mrs. Jill Knight , MP for Edgbaston , Birmingham , learned about the Maynard contracts and raised the matter with the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , setting out the main facts . |
| 18 | Dr. Jack Weir , moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland , met Roy Mason , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , on 31st March and presented him with a memorandum drafted in judicious , forceful terms . |
| 19 | On 17th December 1976 , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland told the House of Commons that there were 14,500 troops in Ulster . |
| 20 | On 9th June , Roy Mason , secretary of state for Northern Ireland , announced increased penalties for terrorists . |
| 21 | The special ‘ emergency ’ legislation allowed the police to detain a person for interrogation for three days or , on an order from the secretary of state for Northern Ireland , for seven days . |
| 22 | In the Commons , on a Friday when only a handful of MPs are ever present , the secretary of state for Northern Ireland spoke deferentially about it and on behalf of Jim Callaghan 's Labour government singled out two of its recommendations which , he promised , would be implemented as soon as possible . |
| 23 | Eventually , in July 1979 , a new secretary of state for Northern Ireland pronounced on the Bennett Report on behalf of her government . |
| 24 | The occasion was a documentary film I was making on the life of Airey Neave , the MP who had masterminded her election to the Tory leadership and , as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , been killed by an IRA car bomb when leaving the Palace of Westminster . |
| 25 | ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland . |
| 26 | Government of Northern Ireland is through a secretary of state for Northern Ireland at Westminster who heads a Northern Ireland Office . |
| 27 | ( Talks instigated in April 1991 by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , Peter Brooke , brought together representatives of accredited Unionist and Nationalist parties , but excluded Sinn Fein , due to their unwillingness to denounce violence . ) |
| 28 | The elder son , Peter , became secretary of state for Northern Ireland in 1989 , the younger , ( Sir ) Henry , a High Court judge in 1988 . |
| 29 | At the beginning of October , William Whitelaw , Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , began to hold regular meetings of certain Unionists , Alliance , and SDLP , in an attempt to find a basis upon which a Northern Ireland Executive could be established . |
| 30 | This effectively marked the end of William Whitelaw 's service as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and he was succeeded at the beginning of December by Francis Pym . |