Example sentences of "[verb] become [adj] minister " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Druze leader , Mr Walid Jumblatt — who , like others in the Syrian camp , is far from happy with the Taif accord — accused the Arab League envoy , Mr Lakhear Ibrahimi , of interfering in Lebanon 's internal affairs , almost as if ‘ he wants to become prime minister himself ’ . |
| 2 | In the eighteenth century he would have become prime minister before he was thirty ; as it was he appeared honourably ineligible for the struggle of life . |
| 3 | In 1963 he fell only 31 votes short of being elected Labour leader ; he might have become prime minister . |
| 4 | What ‘ right ’ would B have to become Prime Minister ? |
| 5 | Patros would have to become Prime Minister , too , so that we could be sure that the money would be repaid . |
| 6 | It is widely assumed that the general , who has been doing his best to fan the speculation , will try to become prime minister after he leaves the army . |
| 7 | And he has a particular person he would like to see become Prime Minister . ’ |
| 8 | Andrew was indulgent when Judith talked of her ambitions to star in a Broadway production , or better still , in a London West End success and we all voiced assurance and encouragement as one talks to a little boy who hopes to become Prime Minister . |
| 9 | If he does become prime minister ( with the aforementioned majority ) , I will eat one copy of the edition of the New Statesman in which you are reading this article . ’ |
| 10 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 11 | Before their first meeting , Nkrumah called upon Harold Macmillan , who had become prime Minister five months earlier . |
| 12 | Xenofon Zolotas , who had become Prime Minister of an all-party government after an inconclusive general election on Nov. 5 , 1989 [ see pp. 37050-51 ] , announced on Jan. 26 the calling of a further general election . |
| 13 | It was the third occasion on which Wingti had become Prime Minister . |
| 14 | He always wanted to become Prime Minister , and in 1969 he secured the safe Tory seat of Louth at the age of 29 , becoming the country 's youngest MP.The trouble was , he was in too much of a hurry . |