Example sentences of "[noun] minister at the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Mellor willingly accepted her lavish hospitality — even though he was Arts Minister at the time and she was a film producer . |
| 2 | Less than four miles from That 's the he was the environment minister at the time . |
| 3 | According to a government minister at the time , the act recognized that the railways ‘ are not a normal nationalized industry but a unique type of public corporation which exists to service social and environmental purposes as well as the economic needs ’ ( Hansard , 24 June 1974 ) . |
| 4 | Britain 's farm minister at the time , Michael Jopling , said this agreement was ‘ probably one of the most important reached since the inception of the CAP ’ . |
| 5 | A prominent figure in the PS , he was Defence Minister at the time of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand in July 1985 [ see pp. 33852-54 ] as a result of which he was obliged to resign in September 1985 [ see p. 34565 ] . |
| 6 | A parliamentary inquiry eventually cleared him of the allegations in June , but investigations continued into the conduct of Erik Ninn Hansen , who had been Justice Minister at the time . |