Example sentences of "of [noun sg] at the [adj] office " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gordon Reece , a public relations consultant and personal adviser to Margaret Thatcher , was at the time Director of Publicity at the Central Office . |
| 2 | At the same time , William Waldegrave , the Minister of State at the Foreign Office , met a delegation from the Southern Africa Coalition , an umbrella organisation linking all anti-apartheid groups . |
| 3 | WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE , Minister of State at the Foreign Office , called yesterday for the improvement in human rights in the Soviet Union to be codified into law . |
| 4 | Havers strenuously denied that there had been a cover-up , and Mr Douglas Hurd , then a Minister of State at the Foreign Office , maintained that a full inquiry into the affair had revealed nothing to suggest that national security had been prejudiced . |
| 5 | In 1947 he became private secretary to Hector McNeil [ q.v. ] , minister of state at the Foreign Office , and despite his drunkenness and unreliable behaviour he not only survived but was promoted . |
| 6 | Francis Maude , hitherto a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , took over Lilley 's former post as Financial Secretary to the Treasury ; Tristan Garel-Jones and the Earl of Caithness became Ministers of State at the Foreign Office , and Alastair Goodlad took over from Garel-Jones as Treasurer of Her Majesty 's Household ( Deputy Chief Whip ) . |
| 7 | Kenneth Clarke will become Education Secretary and William Waldegrade , currently Minister of State at the Foreign Office , will get the job of Health Secretary . |
| 8 | Kenneth Clarke is to become Education Secretary , and William Waldegrade , currently Minister of State at the Foreign Office , will get the job of Health Secretary . |
| 9 | ( Sceptical from the start of official announcements about the disaster , Private Eye added this footnote to a later story [ 8 May 1992 ] about the suitcase of drugs found among the wreckage at Lockerbie : ‘ PS : Lord Fraser of Carmyllie has been promoted in John Major 's new administration to be minister of state at the Scottish office . ’ ) |
| 10 | Michael Forsyth was dismissed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Sept. 7 as chair of the Scottish Conservative Party and at the same time was promoted from Under-Secretary of State to Minister of State at the Scottish Office . |
| 11 | Lord Sanderson of Bowden , hitherto Minister of State at the Scottish Office , took over as party chair in Scotland on a full-time basis on Sept. 27 . |
| 12 | The Minister of State at the Scottish Office on arrangements for international trade promotion following the establishment of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise ; |
| 13 | The Minister of State at the Scottish Office on British Steel 's intended programme of capacity cuts in Scotland : |
| 14 | The Minister of State at the Scottish Office on arrangements for schools-industry liaison ; |
| 15 | In a letter to all Scottish Labour MPs , Lord Fraser of Carmyllie , the Minister of State at the Scottish Office , wrote that expenditure on civil legal aid and on the advice and assistance scheme had increased dramatically . |
| 16 | The Committee 's chairman is John Stradling Thomas , Minister of State at the Welsh Office , and the Chairman of the Board is Professor Robert Steel , Principal of University College , Swansea . |