Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] of ministers " in BNC.
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| 1 | They expressed the unanimous view that the proposals contained in the working time directive , which is to be considered by the Council of Ministers next week , would be extremely damaging to the tourist industry throughout the Community . |
| 2 | Portadown is one of the very few Irish Circuits in which an adequate provision is made for the sustentation of Ministers on the spot . ’ |
| 3 | Bearing in mind the number of military items sold to the Iraqi regime by this country right up to the invasion of Kuwait and the highly critical comments made about the conduct of Ministers during the Gulf war , what right do the Government have to lecture hon. Members on the Opposition Benches over defence matters ? |
| 4 | He said that the commission 's findings would be presented to the Council of Ministers as soon as they were completed . |
| 5 | Several references have already been made to the support of ministers by civil servants . |
| 6 | The idea was strongly opposed by Britain , and quickly vetoed by the Council of Ministers . |
| 7 | ( c ) European legislation Unlike United Kingdom delegated legislation , European legislation , the most typical example of which is regulations made by the Council of Ministers or ( informally ) the Commission of the European Community , enjoys the force of law within the United Kingdom without any parliamentary endorsement other than the general authorisation conferred by the European Communities Act 1972 ( see pp.136–7 below ) . |
| 8 | Mr. Taylor : As many of the laws that used to be made in the House of Commons are now made by the Council of Ministers , and as we can discuss its decisions for only one and a half hours after 10 o'clock at night , does the Lord President agree that this makes nonsense of democracy and deprives the public of the knowledge of what is going on ? |
| 9 | When the decision is finally made by the council of ministers it is essential that the whole area be granted the structural funding that we need . ’ |
| 10 | Now it looks as if only the banking directive , adopted by the Council of Ministers in December 1989 , will be operative in time . |
| 11 | It has now to be adopted by the Council of Ministers to bring automatically into force three days later the Regulation of the Export of Cultural Goods to outside the European Community . |
| 12 | The U.K. government is hoping that the Directive will not be adopted by the Council of Ministers before 5 April , when the next Internal Market Council meets . |
| 13 | These are initiated by the Commission and adopted by the Council of Ministers . |
| 14 | In effect , everything flowed to and from the House of Commons : the civil servants were held responsible to the Commons through their ministers ; the Cabinet was collectively responsible to the Commons ; the monarch only acted on the advice of ministers responsible to the Commons ; and the Lords were always to defer to the legislative views of the Commons . |
| 15 | It has appealed to the Council of Ministers to agree a range of conservation measures , including : , a 40 per cent cut in fishing capacity ; , the introduction of licenses for every fishing vessel ; , the establishment of financial and retraining incentives to encourage fishermen to leave the industry . |
| 16 | This initiative is an excellent one , and if agreed by the Council of Ministers will provide the basis for supporting traditional agriculture without intensification in places such as the Somerset Levels . |
| 17 | If agreed by the Council of Ministers it will form the basis for support to the maintenance of traditional agriculture without intensification . |
| 18 | It was intended that the Commission 's proposals should be agreed by the Council of Ministers in October 1990 and be implemented by January 1992 ; but the employee participation element in particular is controversial , and animated discussions have taken place , with various Committees of the European Parliament having commented at length and suggested a plethora of amendments . |
| 19 | The European Community art export arrangements agreed by the Council of Ministers last November ( The Art Newspaper No. 23 , December 1992 , pp. 1 , 33 ) are still in mid-air . |
| 20 | In the case of Community legislation subject to the cooperation procedure , it is the Government 's aim that parliamentary scrutiny should be completed before a common position is agreed by the Council of Ministers . |
| 21 | What plans does my hon. Friend have to take up the 20 ecu supplement to the suckler cow premium agreed by the Council of Ministers on 11 December ? |
| 22 | When the Soviet Union intervened militarily in Afghanistan the British Foreign Secretary , Lord Carrington , rapidly proposed a plan for Afghanistan which was approved by the Council of Ministers of the EEC and adopted as a joint EEC declaration on 15 January 1980 . |
| 23 | Proposals put forward by Mitterrand on July 14 , 1989 , that the right of referral to the Constitutional Council ( Conseil constitutionel ) should be extended to individual citizens resulted in a draft law which was approved by the Council of Ministers on March 28 , 1990 . |
| 24 | The main body of the 1992 budget , approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 18 [ see p. 38445 ] , and presented to the National Assembly on Oct. 15 , was adopted on Oct. 20 by invoking Article 49.3 of the Constitution ( " engagement of the government 's responsibility " ) , whereby legislation could be adopted on first reading unless the opposition tabled a vote of censure . |
| 25 | Following emergency measures announced in July [ see p. 39025 ] , a drastic budget for 1993 was approved by the Council of Ministers on Sept. 30 after an all-night session . |
| 26 | The 1993 budget was approved by the Council of Ministers meeting on Dec. 19 , but no details were broadcast . |
| 27 | The ban was supported by the majority of Euro MPs , including Mr Stephen Hughes , who represents Durham , and is expected to be approved by the council of ministers . |
| 28 | As far as ESPRIT is concerned discussions on the workprogramme are progressing and once agreement is reached between the Council of Ministers , the Commission and the European Parliament , a call will probably be launched very quickly . |
| 29 | Delegates called on the Council of Ministers to " pay attention to enhancing people 's confidence in the new regime " and to promoting economic development , and spoke out against price rises and " random , state-private economic exploitation " . |
| 30 | It was however at Fontainebleau in 1984 that agreement was reached by the Council of Ministers to expand the resources available to the EC by enhancing the traditional " own resources " . |