Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] forces " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Procurator Delegate for the Armed Forces is conducting a separate investigation . |
| 2 | The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs . |
| 3 | The Romanian leader 's brother , Lieutenant General Ilie Ceausescu , a deputy defence minister and head of political administration for the armed forces , has been closely concerned with the presentation of the historical case and has unhesitatingly attacked the Hungarians in several articles published in the Romanian press . |
| 4 | Another old argument is that ‘ manly sports ’ help to keep people fit to fight for the Crown if necessary , whereas fights which involve maiming rob the Crown of able-bodied men for the armed forces . |
| 5 | Because of a longstanding health condition , her father was not considered physically suitable for the armed forces and so he worked in a munitions factory not too far from their home . |
| 6 | I lodged a formal complaint with Archie Hamilton — Minister for the Armed Forces , who is visiting Britain 's Gurkha soldiers in Nepal — and with the British Consul , Andrew Hall . |
| 7 | When it was announced by the State Department on 17 October that military equipment , including light bombers , was being supplied for the armed forces both of France and of the Associated States , it was a distinction without a difference because in practice it was the French who were in control : even if Bao Dai was insistent that the French officers who were to train the soldiers of the Vietnamese national army should be responsible directly to him rather than to the French High Command . |
| 8 | But it was then , it was from er shop floor that I that the , when the call went out for volunteers for , for the armed forces which initially was called Land Defence Volunteers , L D V , which eventually was broken down to look , duck and vanish army . |
| 9 | Donor states are aware that by providing support for the armed forces of one superpower their territory could become a target in the military operational planning of the other superpower . |
| 10 | After the Egyptian leader , Sadat , granted the United States rights to use certain of Egyptian military facilities at the beginning of the 1980s , notably at Ras Banas on the Red Sea , Soviet writers described his ‘ preparedness to allow military bases for the armed forces of the United States of America on his territory ’ as being ‘ in violation of the basic principles of the Non-Aligned Movement ’ . |
| 11 | The 53-year-old seating — installed when the school was built in 1938 had done a sterling job for the armed forces during the war and pupils alike over the year . |
| 12 | I am sure that the hon. and learned Gentleman knows the considerable steps that have been taken by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence and by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces to deal with the aftermath of that tragic incident . |
| 13 | The Minister of State for the Armed Forces ( Mr. Archie Hamilton ) |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | However , as my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces said in the recent defence debate , under our restructuring proposals , the proportion of Scottish units in the Army overall will increase rather than decrease . |
| 16 | The Minister of State for the Armed Forces ( Mr. Archie Hamilton ) |
| 17 | That was confirmed in a written answer from the Minister of State for the Armed Forces . |
| 18 | He also told the Minister of State for the Armed Forces that he hoped that the matter would be expedited as quickly as possible . |
| 19 | The Minister of State for the Armed Forces ( Mr. Archie Hamilton ) |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The Minister of State for the Armed Forces ( Mr. Archie Hamilton ) |
| 22 | In reply , the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces gave me certain assurances . |
| 23 | The Minister of State for the Armed Forces ( Mr. Archie Hamilton ) |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | However , the Minister of State for the Armed Forces said , in answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Western Isles ( Mr. Macdonald ) : ’ Under the 1972 United States-Soviet ABM treaty and subsequent protocols , the Soviet Union is limited to a maximum of 100 ABM launchers located within a radius of 150 km around either the national capital or one area containing silo fields . |
| 27 | I know that my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces is considering the issue , having given an undertaking to the House to do so . |
| 28 | The Government remain strongly committed to the EFA development programme and to the provision of high quality equipment for the armed forces . |
| 29 | Joao Bernardo Vieira Chairman of the Council of State ; C.-in-C. of the Armed Forces ; Head of Government ; Defence ; Interior Col. Iafai Camara First Deputy Chairman of Council of State ; Minister of State for the Armed Forces Vasco Cabral Second Deputy Chairman of Council of State ; Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Co-ordination of the Social Sector Carlos Correia Minister of State for Rural Development and Agriculture Fidelis Cabral de Almada Minister of State at the Presidency Carmen Pereira Minister of State for Social Affairs Col. Manuel dos Santos Minister of State for Economy and Finance ( vacant ) National Security and Public Order Filinto de Barros Natural Resources and Industry Júlio Semedo Foreign Affairs Henriqueta Godinho Gomes Public Health Mário Cabral Justice Manuel Rabout Barcelos Education Nicandro Pereira Barreto Civil Service and Labour Luís Oliveira Sanca Commerce and Tourism Bernardino Cardoso International Co-operation Francisca Pereira Women 's Affairs Zeca Martins Resident Minister in Northern Province Nicandro Pereira Barreto Resident Minister in Southern Province Mário Mendes Resident Minister in Eastern Province Vítor Freire Monteiro Fisheries Maj. Avito José da Silva Transport Alberto Lima Gomes Public Works , Construction and Town Planning Mussa Djassi Information and Telecommunications Pedro Godinho Gomes Minister-Governor of the Central Bank |
| 30 | In mid-November it was reported that the country 's First Deputy Chairman of the Council of State ( Vice-President ) and Minister for the Armed Forces , Col. Iafai Camara , had been placed under house arrest , accused of supplying arms to Senegalese separatists . |