Example sentences of "[prep] [art] foreign [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This led to a good deal of overlapping and interdepartmental rivalry , notably between the foreign and war offices : propaganda in the neutral states which it was most important to influence was in fact carried on largely by the British diplomatic missions there , often supported by groups of expatriates and local anglophiles . |
| 2 | Successive Foreign Secretaries , the ambassadorial input , the input of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and especially the input of those who beaver away at the top of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in dim Victorian rooms have made a tremendous contribution to the unique catalytic role which my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary mentioned . |
| 3 | Successive Foreign Secretaries , the ambassadorial input , the input of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and especially the input of those who beaver away at the top of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in dim Victorian rooms have made a tremendous contribution to the unique catalytic role which my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary mentioned . |
| 4 | The two other bombs failed to explode fully , landing nearby in Mountbatten Green , behind the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . |
| 5 | Over the years he had forged links with the Foreign and Home Offices , the crucial departments of Military Intelligence and the Government 's secret services . |
| 6 | Formerly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , he has held posts at the British Embassy in Madrid and the Western European department , Whitehall . |
| 7 | Once the question for the court becomes one of making its own assessment of the evidence , making findings of fact on all the relevant evidence placed before it and drawing the appropriate legal conclusion , and is no longer a question of simply reflecting government policy , letters from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office become merely part of the evidence in the case . |
| 8 | The statements of fact in the letters from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are confirmed by the other evidence that is before the court concerning the actual situation in Somalia . |
| 9 | This report , like the letter from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , refers to the various ‘ factions . ’ |
| 10 | In particular , ‘ Interception may be necessary to protect our national security at international level to provide secret intelligence in the foreign and defence areas . |
| 11 | There has long been a hidden agenda in foreign language teaching which included the notion that the ultimate aim was to create bilinguals in the foreign and mother tongues . |
| 12 | Labour will set up a Human Rights Division in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , and require all Britain 's diplomatic posts abroad to appoint an officer to monitor human rights . |
| 13 | If this was not the primary motivation within the Treasury , then it certainly was amongst those in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who were keen not to be ‘ out of step ’ in Europe . |
| 14 | Will my right hon. Friend and others involved in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office accept congratulations on the patience with which that huge problem has been tackled ? |
| 15 | Government policy towards Argentina and the Falkland Islands was never formally discussed outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office after January 1981 . |
| 16 | The request was addressed to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which is the central authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Convention . |
| 17 | The initial application was for : ( i ) Madame Bihi to be joined as a party to the proceedings as a representative of the Democratic Republic of Somalia ; ( ii ) paragraph 3 of the order of Saville J. not to be brought into effect , ( iii ) the court to direct letters to be written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office asking what state in Somalia was recognised by Her Majesty 's Government as a foreign sovereign state and with what entity , if any , therein Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings of a governmental nature ; and ( iv ) the court to request the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae . |
| 18 | The answer given by Tristan Garel-Jones , a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , was instructive . |
| 19 | As early as 4 April 1990 there was the following exchange between him and Francis Maude , then Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office : |
| 20 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , Timothy Sainsbury , and on March 15 the House of Commons foreign affairs committee issued its first report on reforms within UNESCO , indicating that if Mayor succeeded in reforming the organization 's administration , the UK should rejoin . |
| 21 | Other signs of South Yemen 's rapprochement with the West and pro-Western Arab states had been the visits ( i ) on Dec. 4 , 1989 , by the United Kingdom Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , William Waldegrave , the first UK minister to visit since independence ; and ( ii ) on Dec. 29-30 by the Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti . |
| 22 | Timothy Sainsbury , the Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , on March 7 insisted in the British House of Commons that the UK had no intention of giving up sovereignty of the islands and that the issue was not on the political agenda . |
| 23 | Francis Maude , hitherto a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , took over Lilley 's former post as Financial Secretary to the Treasury ; Tristan Garel-Jones and the Earl of Caithness became Ministers of State at the Foreign Office , and Alastair Goodlad took over from Garel-Jones as Treasurer of Her Majesty 's Household ( Deputy Chief Whip ) . |
| 24 | In evidence to the UK House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs on July 11 , 1990 , Francis Maude , then a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with special responsibilities for Hong Kong , stated that with regard to the influx of Vietnamese " boat people " into the colony , he did not exclude mandatory repatriation in future and said that the voluntary scheme was working well . |
| 25 | A bomb taped under the speaker 's lectern at the Royal Overseas League building in London was defused on Sept. 27 just before the opening of an international conference on terrorism which William Waldegrave , Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , had been due to address . |
| 26 | In January 1989 Arafat held talks in Tunis with a UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , William Waldegrave , a meeting which the latter described as a major development in British foreign policy . |
| 27 | In April the UK government announced its decision not to renew its membership following formal talks in February between the Director-General and a UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [ see p. 37335 ] . |
| 28 | Five permanent UN Security Council members Qian Qichen ( Chinese Foreign Minister ) Boris Pankin ( Soviet Foreign Minister ) Roland Dumas ( French Foreign Minister ; PICC co-chair ) James Baker ( US Secretary of State ) Earl of Caithness ( UK Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) |
| 29 | She had telephoned Lynda Chalker at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to ask her opinion of Grunte , but the alumna had been abroad , organising the delivery of powdered milk to Ethiopians . |
| 30 | Sir Patrick Wright GCMG ( 61 ) joined BP 's board in 1991 , having been Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service . |