Example sentences of "minister [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is interesting that since I have been the Minister responsible for regional policy , regional spending has increased from £506 million in 1990 to £534 million in 1991-92 . |
| 3 | David Trippier , who in 1988 was the Environment Minister responsible for Inner Cities , announced in December of that year that it was unlikely that the government would create any more UDCs : why ? |
| 4 | The minister responsible for monetary policy should be answerable to the House of Commons … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 " . |
| 7 | The most significant move in his cabinet reshuffle on April 21st was to shift Joe Clark from external affairs , where he had been nimble and sensible , to be the minister responsible for constitutional affairs — that is , in charge of saving Canadian unity . |
| 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 . |
| 9 | The Minister Responsible for Constitutional Affairs , Joe Clark , described the new compromise — popularly dubbed the Pearson accord after the building in Ottawa where it was negotiated — as the most historic agreement since Canada became a confederation in 1867 . |
| 10 | The Minister Responsible for Constitutional Affairs , Joe Clark , described the new compromise — popularly dubbed the Pearson accord after the building in Ottawa where it was negotiated — as the most historic agreement since Canada became a confederation in 1867 . |
| 11 | The Deputy Prime Minister responsible for legislative affairs , Pavel Rychetsky , maintained that the proposals were justified by the need to protect democracy . |
| 12 | He said of Lynda Chalker , Foreign Office Minister responsible for foreign aid programmes : ‘ All she is doing is giving these poor people the chance to breed more children who will suffer the same horrible fate as their parents — death by starvation . ’ |
| 13 | Is the Secretary of State aware that , by the admission of his hon. Friend the Minister responsible for Scottish industry , the Paisley postcode area lost 76 per cent . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A striking example is the Resolution of the Council and of the ministers responsible for cultural affairs meeting within the Council on 27 May 1988 on the future organization of their work . |
| 17 | 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 . |