Example sentences of "[noun] have been [adj] minister [prep] " in BNC.

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1 For example , Hans Dietrich Genscher has been Foreign Minister for the last 18 years .
2 Mr Kaifu has been prime minister since August 1989 .
3 I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him .
4 In her article , she explained that Major had been Prime Minister for only 17 months .
5 Wijdenbosch had been Prime Minister of the military-backed government responsible for the 1987 Constitution allowing in that year the first general election since 1977 [ see pp. 35758-59 ] .
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