Example sentences of "[adj] minister [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Deputy Foreign Minister responsible for Euro-American affairs , Mahmud Va'ezi , offered on Aug. 22 , 1989 , to restore relations if the UK government convinced Iran that its intentions were " genuine " and that it would " respect Islamic principles and values " .
2 In his speech to the Supreme Soviet , the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic policy , Yegor Gaidar , said that Russia 's gross national product ( GNP ) , which had fallen by 11 per cent in 1991 , would fall by a further 19 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 .
3 The Deputy Prime Minister responsible for legislative affairs , Pavel Rychetsky , maintained that the proposals were justified by the need to protect democracy .
4 I met other European Ministers responsible for regional policy and Mr. Bruce Millan , the responsible member of the Commission , at The Hague on 18 and 19 November .
5 I met other European Ministers responsible for regional policy and Mr. Bruce Millan , the responsible member of the Commission , at The Hague on 18 and 19 November .
6 Last October , the European ministers responsible for cultural affairs resolved to adopt a programme of development for ‘ reading , translation and the book trade ’ , covering translation schemes , libraries , publishing and book distribution , as well as the more obvious encouragement of reading and literacy .
7 The Romanian ambassador in London , Mr Stan Soare , was summoned to the Foreign Office where Mr William Waldegrave , the Junior Minister responsible for Eastern Europe , said ‘ the right thing ’ for Romanian state employees , including those working for the security services , to do was to represent ‘ the true will of the Romanian people ’ and overthrow the Ceausescu Government .
8 Although the self-imposed deadline for the talks had passed at the end of May without agreement , the federal Minister Responsible for Constitutional Affairs , Joe Clark , expressed optimism that an agreement would soon be forthcoming .
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