Example sentences of "the [noun] of ministers [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abisala pledged to retain the majority of ministers in their posts until legislative elections , scheduled for Oct. 25 . |
| 2 | These discussions were not , perhaps , made any easier by the change of ministers at the DES in September 1981 when Sir Keith Joseph became Secretary of State and William Waldegrave his junior minister with responsibility for higher education . |
| 3 | Several references have already been made to the support of ministers by civil servants . |
| 4 | The real power struggle is behind the scenes , in the informal advisory bodies with access to Secretaries of State , in the Cabinet committees , in the meetings of Ministers with their powerful back-benchers , and in the informal cabals that focus energies on future policy . |
| 5 | He cites the Presbytery meeting which debated the issue of ministers in politics as an example of the way in which the Church undemocratically affected the policies and direction of the Party . |
| 6 | Byambasuren , a 48-year-old Soviet-trained economist , had served as Deputy Chair of the Council of Ministers since late 1989 . |
| 7 | The Spanish opposed the introduction of majority voting in the Council of Ministers on environmental laws unless a special fund was set up to help poorer countries meet EC standards . |
| 8 | He stated that the British were not persuaded by the move for major changes in the institutional balance within the Community and ruled out the proposals for giving the European Parliament the right of co-decision over the Council of Ministers on legislative matters . |
| 9 | Commission vice-president Martin Bangemann explained that the measure had been framed under Single Market ‘ fast-track ’ procedures in which final approval is subject to qualified majority in the Council of Ministers on matters necessitating a high level of public protection . |
| 10 | This Economic and Social Committee would only be an advisory body , even though it would have to be consulted by the Commission and the Council of Ministers on a wide range of topics and issues . |
| 11 | Proposed Directives were produced on these issues by the Commission before the Council of Ministers on 21 February 1992 . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | He must know , because we told him and everybody else at the time , that the directive on pregnant women went through the Council of Ministers on the European Community a few weeks ago , with only the Italians voting against . |
| 14 | Gasan Aziz ogly Gasanov was appointed as the new Chairman of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 26 . |
| 15 | Do Muoi , hitherto a Vice-Chairman , became Chairman of the Council of Ministers on June 22 , 1988 , following the death on March 10 of Pham Hung . |
| 16 | A referendum held in 1980 rejected the restoration of political parties ( proscribed by the King in 1961 ) but decided in favour of retaining the panchayat system with limited reforms , namely ; ( i ) the election to the Rashtriya Panchayat by universal adult franchise of 112 members for a five-year term ( the remaining 28 members being nominated by the King ) ; and ( ii ) the appointment of the Council of Ministers on the recommendation of the Prime Minister ( elected by the Rashtriya Panchayat ) . |
| 17 | The Council of Ministers on Dec. 7 , 1989 , approved the 1990 budget , totalling SS86,012 million . |
| 18 | President Mobutu Sese Seko carried out a reshuffle of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 11 , 1990 , the changes affecting more than one-third of its members . |
| 19 | The King appoints the Prime Minister on the advice of the National Assembly , and the Council of Ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In a significant reshuffle of the Council of Ministers on Jan. 8 , President Moussa Traoré relinquished his post as Minister of National Defence , which he entrusted to Brig. -Gen . |
| 22 | President Joaquim Alberto Chissano made four changes to the Council of Ministers on Jan. 3 . |
| 23 | Masri 's position had been strengthened by the lifting of martial law and the decision of the Council of Ministers on July 14 to approve two draft laws , one amending the state security court law and the other sanctioning political parties . |
| 24 | Discussions in the Council of Ministers on Aug. 28-30 produced a draft announced on Sept. 1 for a package of economic and financial reforms , including the creation of a National Agency of Privatization to co-ordinate privatization plans and to encourage the growth of small businesses . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The Council of Ministers on Jan. 24 also approved a 300,000 million ptas investment plan for Asturias providing for the creation of 1,800 new jobs over the next six years with special regard to the mining sector . |
| 27 | The proposal , which was for a referendum on the dissolution of the Byelarus Supreme Soviet , was denounced in a statement by the Council of Ministers on March 4 as an attempt to increase " social tension and confrontation " by blaming the Supreme Soviet and the Council of Ministers for the recent drop in living standards . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The Community 's structure gives far too much weight to the Council of Ministers at the expense of the European Parliament , and most importantly , of the individual citizen . |
| 30 | It is uncertain when this disagreement will be resolved , as the issue is unlikely to be discussed by the Council of Ministers at their next meeting on18 January . |