Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [prep] state " in BNC.
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| 1 | Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister ; First Lord of the Treasury ; Minister for the Civil Service Sir Geoffrey Howe Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Chancellor Douglas Hurd Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs John Major Chancellor of the Exchequer David Waddington Home Secretary Tom King Secretary of State for Defence Nicholas Ridley Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Kenneth Baker Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Kenneth Clarke Secretary of State for Health John MacGregor Secretary of State for Education and Science Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Scotland Cecil Parkinson Secretary of State for Transport John Wakeham Secretary of State for Energy Lord Belstead Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords Antony Newton Secretary of State for Social Security Christopher Patten Secretary of State for the Environment Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Northern Ireland John Selwyn Gummer Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food Norman Lamont Chief Secretary to the Treasury Michael Howard Secretary of State for Employment David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales |
| 2 | *John Major Prime Minister , First Lord of the Treasury , Minister for the Civil Service Lord Mackay of Clashfern Lord Chancellor Douglas Hurd Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs *Lord Waddington Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords **John MacGregor Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons *Norman Lamont Chancellor of the Exchequer *Kenneth Baker Home Secretary Tom King Secretary of State for Defence **Kenneth Clarke Secretary of State for Education and Science *Malcolm Rifkind Secretary of State for Transport John Wakeham Secretary of State for Energy Antony Newton Secretary of State for Social Security *Chris Patten Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ( and chairman of the Conservative Party ) Peter Brooke Secretary of State for Northern Ireland John Gummer Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food Michael Howard Secretary of State for Employment David Hunt Secretary of State for Wales Peter Lilley Secretary of State for Trade and Industry **William Waldegrave Secretary of State for Health *Michael Heseltine Secretary of State for the Environment *Ian Lang Secretary of State for Scotland *David Mellor Chief Secretary to the Treasury *Appointed on Nov. 29. ** Appointed on Nov. 2 . |
| 3 | There are few if any developed functionalist accounts of state institutions , although Therborn 's ( 1978 ) analysis of the decline of parliaments is a mixture of functional and arbiter model arguments . |
| 4 | Dec. 19 China agrees that UN should play a role in resolving Cambodian problem Hun Sen Chairman ; Foreign Affairs Bou Thang Vice-Chairman Say Phouthang Vice-Chairman ; Chairman of Central Control Commission Chea Soth Vice-Chairman Kong Samol Vice-Chairman ; Minister in charge of Cabinet of Council of Ministers Say Chhum Vice-Chairman ; Agriculture Gen. Tea Banh Vice-Chairman ; National Defence Pung Peng Cheng Minister Assistant to Chairman of Council of Ministers Kong Korm State Affairs Inspectorate Koy Buntha Social Affairs and War Invalids Chea Chanto Planning Ho Hon Industry Sin Song Interior Chhay Than Finance Pen Navuth Education Ung Phan Communications , Transport and Posts Chheng Phon Information , Press and Culture Taing Sarim Trade Ouk Bun Chhoeun Justice Yith Kim Seng Health Khun Chhy Minister attached to Council Ministers Hor Nam Hong Minister Assistant in charge of monitoring Foreign and Judicial Affairs Cha Rieng Chairman of National Bank Cheam Yiep Director-General of General Directorate for Tourism Sim Ka Chairman of State Control Committee Sam Sarit Director of General Department for Rubber Plantations |
| 5 | He added that " indications of chaos " and " lack of discipline " were present in the campaign of opposition groups against state bureaucracy and warned that their sustained attacks on the MPRP would hinder future political co-operation . |
| 6 | In addition , they control resources which can be withdrawn or redeployed at their discretion , and are of vital importance for workers ' livelihood and the revenue base of state expenditure . |
| 7 | Mai Chi Tho Interior Senior Gen. Le Duc Anh National Defence Hoang Truong Minh Chairman of Nationalities Council Dang Thi Chairman of State Commission for Economic and Cultural Co-operation with Laos and Kampuchea Dang Huu Chairman of State Commission for Science and Technology Phan Van Tiem Chairman of State Pricing Commission Vo Dong Giang Chairman of State Commission for Co-operation and Investment Hoang Quy Finance Nguyen Cong Tan Agriculture and Food Industry Luy Minh Chau Director-General of State Bank Ngo Xuan Loc Building Bui Danh Luu Communications and Transport Pham Minh Hac Education Phan Thanh Liem Engineering and Metals Phan Xuan Dot Forestry Tran Hong Quan Higher Vocational Education and Job Training Hoang Minh Thang Internal Trade Phan Hien Justice Nguyen Ky Cam Labour , War Invalids and Social Welfare Vu Tuan Light Industry Nguyen Tien Trinh Marine Products Vu Ngoc Hai Energy Pham Song Public Health Hoang Duc Nghi Supply Nguyen Canh Dinh Water Conservancy Tran Van Phac Culture Tran Hoan Information |
| 8 | The United States Department of State announced on Dec. 21 that military aid to Guatemala was being suspended immediately because of the government 's failure to " criticize or exhaustively investigate " those responsible for human rights abuses . |
| 9 | Gen. Raúl Castro Ruz First Vice-President of Council of State ; Minister of Revolutionary Armed Forces Carlos Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez Vice-President of Council of State and Council of Ministers Osmany Cienfuegos Gorriarán Vice-President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers ; Secretary of the Council of Ministers Antonio Esquivel Yedra Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Joel Domenech Benítez Vice-President of the Council of Ministers José Ramón Fernández Alvarez Vice-President of the Council of Ministers ; Education Pedro Miret Prieto Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Ramiro Valdés Menéndez Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Jaime Crombet Hernandez Baquero Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Lionel Soto Prieto Vice-President of the Council of Ministers José López Moreno Vice-President of the Council of Ministers ; President of Central Planning Board Adolfo Díaz Suárez Agriculture Marcos Portal León Basic Industries Manuel Castillo Rabassa Communications Homero Crabb Valdés Construction Jose Canete Alvarez Construction Materials Industry Armando Hart Dávalos Culture Manuel Vila Sosa Domestic Trade Capt. Jorge A. Fernández Cuervo-Vinent Fishing Industry Alejandro Rocas Iglesias Food Industry Isidoro Octavio Malmierca Peoli Foreign Relations Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz Foreign Trade Fernando Vecino Alegret Higher Education Gen. Abelardo Colomé Ibarra Interior Carlos Amat Fores Justice Eddy Fernandez Boada Light Industry Julio Teja Pérez Public Health Marcos Lage Coello Steelworking Industry Juan Ramón Herrera Machado Sugar Industry ( vacant ) Transport Héctor Rodríguez Llompart President of National Bank of Cuba Ernesto Meléndez Bach President of State Committee for Economic Cooperation Rodrigo García Leon President of State Committee for Finance Francisco Linares Calvo President of State Committee for Labour and Social Security |
| 10 | Gen. Raúl Castro Ruz First Vice-President of Council of State ; Minister of Revolutionary Armed Forces Carlos Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez Vice-President of Council of State and Council of Ministers Osmany Cienfuegos Gorriarán Vice-President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers ; Secretary of the Council of Ministers Antonio Esquivel Yedra Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Joel Domenech Benítez Vice-President of the Council of Ministers José Ramón Fernández Alvarez Vice-President of the Council of Ministers ; Education Pedro Miret Prieto Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Gen. Ramiro Valdés Menéndez Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Jaime Crombet Hernandez Baquero Vice-President of the Council of Ministers Lionel Soto Prieto Vice-President of the Council of Ministers José López Moreno Vice-President of the Council of Ministers ; President of Central Planning Board Adolfo Díaz Suárez Agriculture Marcos Portal León Basic Industries Manuel Castillo Rabassa Communications Homero Crabb Valdés Construction Jose Canete Alvarez Construction Materials Industry Armando Hart Dávalos Culture Manuel Vila Sosa Domestic Trade Capt. Jorge A. Fernández Cuervo-Vinent Fishing Industry Alejandro Rocas Iglesias Food Industry Isidoro Octavio Malmierca Peoli Foreign Relations Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz Foreign Trade Fernando Vecino Alegret Higher Education Gen. Abelardo Colomé Ibarra Interior Carlos Amat Fores Justice Eddy Fernandez Boada Light Industry Julio Teja Pérez Public Health Marcos Lage Coello Steelworking Industry Juan Ramón Herrera Machado Sugar Industry ( vacant ) Transport Héctor Rodríguez Llompart President of National Bank of Cuba Ernesto Meléndez Bach President of State Committee for Economic Cooperation Rodrigo García Leon President of State Committee for Finance Francisco Linares Calvo President of State Committee for Labour and Social Security |
| 11 | They also showed me the silver anklets for state elephants ( used until the 1930s ) and silver palanquins , used as recently as the 1950s . |
| 12 | *Koffi Nkole Abotsi Rural Development Kouma Tordjo Kouame Justice and Keeper of the Seals Yao Komlanvi Territorial Administration and Security Kougblenou Dzaba Communications and Culture Kpandja Fare Environment Issa Affo Technical and Professional Training Were Gazoro ( f ) Social Welfare and National Solidarity Dzodzi Dali Human Rights Kokou Lucas Afantchao Tourism and Crafts , Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Amede Atouma Minister-Delegate at the Prime Minister 's Office for Togolese Armed Forces Jean Yaovi Degoune Minister-Delegate at the Prime Minister 's Office for Relations with the High Council of the Republic Georges Kwao Aidam Secretary of State for Territorial Administration and Security in Charge of Elections |
| 13 | Furthermore , United States Secretary of State James Baker 's first proposal for the postwar organisation of Gulf security was the ‘ Gulfo ’ concept . |
| 14 | It is appropriate on this occasion to record particular gratitude to Mr. James Baker , the United States Secretary of State . |
| 15 | Great praise has been given to Mr. Baker , the United States Secretary of State , for arranging that conference and so fulfilling the commitment that he gave at the time of the Gulf war , when he said that he and President Bush would do all that they could to bring the parties to the negotiating table . |
| 16 | On Dec. 12 the United States Secretary of State , James Baker , who was visiting Bonn ( the West German capital ) prior to attending the ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council ( NAC-the supreme decision-making body of NATO ) held in Brussels on Dec. 14-15 , presented four specific new roles for the NATO alliance . |
| 17 | This interpretation appeared to differ from that given on April 6 by James Baker , the United States Secretary of State , after talks with Eduard Shevardnadze , the Soviet Foreign Minister [ see also p. 37393 ] . |
| 18 | The United States Secretary of State , James Baker , and the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze held three days of talks on April 4-6 in Washington , concentrating mainly on arms control issues ( including the security status of a unified Germany — see p. 37386 ) but also dealing with the Lithuanian independence crisis [ see pp. 37360-62 ] and the state of the Soviet economy . |
| 19 | United States Secretary of State James Baker held talks in Moscow with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze on May 16-19 to prepare for the summit between their respective Presidents scheduled for May 30-June 3 . |
| 20 | The United States Secretary of State James Baker , who arrived at the close of the summit , proposed that aid to the region could be modelled on the G-24 financing plan for Poland and Hungary agreed in December 1989 [ see p. 37130 ] , in which the US would share the burden for economic reconstruction with the European Communities , Canada and Japan . |
| 21 | James Baker , the United States Secretary of State , announced on July 18 a dramatic " revision " of US foreign policy towards Cambodia and Vietnam . |
| 22 | No consensus was reached on G-24 aid to the Soviet Union , which was particularly opposed by the United States Secretary of State James Baker . |
| 23 | James Baker , the United States Secretary of State , paid an official visit — the first by a US Secretary of State — scheduled for Aug. 2-5 but cut short on Aug. 3 , following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait . |
| 24 | Nguyen Co Thach , Vietnam 's Foreign Minister , and James Baker , the United States Secretary of State , met in New York on Sept. 29 . |
| 25 | Notable foreign visitors to Bulgaria early in 1990 included United States Secretary of State James Baker ( Feb. 10-11 ) ; Italian Foreign Minister Gianni De Michelis ( March 1-2 ) ; and Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordoñez ( March 5-7 ) . |
| 26 | Talks in Houston , Texas , on Dec. 10-12 , between United States Secretary of State James Baker and his Soviet counterpart , Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnazde [ for whose subsequent resignation see p. 37903 ] , were dominated by events in the Middle East , but also covered disarmament issues and regional conflict in Afghanistan and Angola . |
| 27 | The United States Secretary of State James Baker had previously announced that the Japanese contribution had been offered without precondition and would be used for military purposes , but within hours of Kaifu 's pledge the US State Department indicated that it had no objection to such a restriction . |
| 28 | United States Secretary of State James Baker had been notified of the appointment while in Moscow on March 14-16 for talks with Gorbachev and Bessmertnykh , and it had been formally approved by the US administration on March 18 . |
| 29 | Three Israeli soldiers were wounded in the March 11 incident , which took place only hours before the United States Secretary of State James Baker arrived on a visit . |
| 30 | Talks in Moscow on March 15 between the United States Secretary of State James Baker and Soviet President Gorbachev failed to resolve problems over alleged Soviet violation of the terms of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ( CFE ) signed in November 1990 [ see pp. 37838-39 ] . |