Example sentences of "under-secretary of state [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A housing task force has been set up under my noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces and he is considering how we can use the existing housing stock to alleviate problems . |
| 2 | In addition , Lady Anson , the chairman of the Association of District Councils , has been in touch with my noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces . |
| 3 | In reply , the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces gave me certain assurances . |
| 4 | He could quite easily have asked to meet me or my noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces — with whom he has been corresponding , as he said — at the Ministry of Defence , where we could have discussed the matter in a more suitable environment . |
| 5 | That was covered in the letter sent to the hon. Gentleman by my noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces on 28 August . |
| 6 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Timothy Sainsbury , and on March 15 the House of Commons foreign affairs committee issued its first report on reforms within UNESCO , indicating that if Mayor succeeded in reforming the organization 's administration , the UK should rejoin . |
| 7 | Timothy Sainsbury , the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , on March 7 insisted in the British House of Commons that the UK had no intention of giving up sovereignty of the islands and that the issue was not on the political agenda . |
| 8 | In April the UK government announced its decision not to renew its membership following formal talks in February between the Director-General and a UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [ see p. 37335 ] . |
| 9 | Sir Patrick Wright GCMG ( 61 ) joined BP 's board in 1991 , having been Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service . |
| 10 | On Feb. 5 the former Under-Secretary of State in the Interior Ministry , Wladyslaw Ciaston , and department director Zenon Platek , were accused of ordering the murder of Fr Jerzy Popieluszko in October 1984 [ see pp. 33292-93 ] . |