Example sentences of "[verb] as [adj] minister " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tory MPs have reported that rank and file members are openly questioning whether Mr Major should remain as Prime Minister . |
| 2 | Tory MPs have reported that rank and file members are openly questioning whether Mr Major should remain as Prime Minister . |
| 3 | René Théodore , designated as Prime minister under the Washington accord , called on Haitians to put pressure on the military government to force its resignation , and on April 13 the Congress rejected a proposal by the C.-in-C. of the Army , Gen. Raoul Cédras , for a " national conference " ostensibly intended to find ways to restore stability . |
| 4 | Although a backbencher he is currently the politician the voters most want to see as prime minister . |
| 5 | MacDonald 's reply , that he did not share that belief , is , again , an indication that he did not wish to remain as Prime Minister if his government collapsed . |
| 6 | Despite his resignation Mamaloni stated his intention to remain as Prime Minister and to form a government of " national unity , based on proportionate representation of the nation 's scattered provinces — including the capital , Honiara — in terms of population and resources " , and " guided by the principles of political reconciliation , national reconstruction and policy redirection " . |
| 7 | Aleksandr Bessmertnykh was proposed by Gorbachev on Jan. 15 to succeed Eduard Shevardnadze as Foreign Minister , and Boris Pugo was proposed to continue as Interior Minister ( a post he had assumed in December ) . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , despite the fact that a National Government led by MacDonald was the preferred choice of at most one of the three party leaders , the King now knew that both Baldwin and Samuel would be prepared to serve under MacDonald , were the latter willing to continue as Prime Minister . |
| 9 | After the election , the bosses allowed Mr Kaifu to continue as prime minister on the strict understanding that he would hand over to a heavyweight like the former foreign minister , Mr Shintaro Abe , when the going got rough . |
| 10 | The fact that a Labour government collapsed as a result of the economic and unemployment situation , caused a precipitate decline in Labour fortunes once Ramsay MacDonald decided to continue as Prime Minister at the head of a National government . |
| 11 | DR DAVID OWEN , the former SDP leader , gave his endorsement yesterday to Mr Major , saying he deserved to continue as Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Hrawi asked Hoss to continue as Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity until a new government was formed . |
| 13 | But that night , he summoned the British and American ambassadors and after talking to them he appointed as prime minister his chief of staff , General Gholamreza Azhari , a mild-mannered man who was absolutely opposed to use force . |
| 14 | Following his re-election as President in May 1988 François Mitterrand appointed as Prime Minister Michel Rocard , who in turn formed a minority government dominated by members of the Socialist Party ( Parti socialiste — PS ) [ see pp. 35978-81 ] . |
| 15 | On the following day , however , after lengthy discussions with Cabinet and other colleagues , she announced that she was withdrawing and that she would accordingly resign as Prime Minister once the new party leader had been elected . |
| 16 | Charles Haughey announced on Jan. 30 that he would resign as Prime Minister and leader of Fianna Fáil on Feb. 6 . |
| 17 | On April 27 Genscher announced that he would resign as Foreign Minister on May 17 , the 18th anniversary of his appointment as Foreign Minister . |
| 18 | The Janata Dal 's political affairs committee met on July 16 , at the end of which Bommai announced that Chauthala had unconditionally resigned as Chief Minister of Haryana . |
| 19 | The parallel government set up by the Zaïrean opposition held its first Cabinet meeting on Nov. 1 , under the leadership of Etienne Tshisekedi , dismissed as Prime Minister by President Mobutu Sese Seko the previous month . |
| 20 | On Nov. 19 Eduard Shevardnadze was reappointed as Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs . |
| 21 | Instead he is looking forward to pate de foie gras and champagne in Downing Street this Friday with Neil Kinnock firmly installed as Prime Minister . |
| 22 | No sooner had Mr Sharif fallen from grace than Manzoor Watoo , speaker of the assembly and an ally of the president 's , set about getting himself installed as chief minister . |
| 23 | In Montenegro Milo Djukanovic was named as Prime Minister on Jan. 16 . |
| 24 | Simon Achidi Achu , a veteran Anglophone politician from the north-west of the country who had held the Justice portfolio under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1972-75 was named as Prime Minister . |
| 25 | Its presidium included Shevardnadze as chair , Dzhaba Iosseliani ( leader of the Mkhedrioni militia commander instrumental in toppling Gamsakhurdia ) as deputy chair , Tengiz Sigua ( hitherto acting as Prime Minister ) and Tengiz Kitovani ( head of the Georgian National Guard ) . |
| 26 | At an extraordinary plenum of the Tadjik CP central committee on Feb. 16 Makhkamov 's resignation was refused and Vaadad was criticized for contributing to the destabilization of the situation in Tadjikistan ; indeed a special commission was set up to investigate allegations that a group of Tadjik communists allied to Vaadad had plotted at the height of the Dushanbe unrest to seize power from Khayeyev 's government and install as Prime Minister Buri Karimov , currently a Deputy Prime Minister but also the Vaadad chairman . |
| 27 | Macmillan was an idle man , who just did n't work as Prime Minister , and Douglas-Home was idle . |
| 28 | Viscount Palmerston had taken over as Prime Minister by then only to lose that position to Lord Derby again but only for a year , as the Liberals were able to take control of Parliament in 1859 , with Viscount Palmerston remaining as Prime Minister until 1865 , during which period many changes took place . |
| 29 | Lib. ) , was formed on June 3 , with Poul Schlüter remaining as Prime Minister . |
| 30 | Mr Takeshita was damaged by the scandal and had to resign as prime minister . |