Example sentences of "[adj] ministers [vb past] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 6 the European Communities ( EC ) Foreign Ministers agreed to lift the EC oil embargo imposed in 1985 as well as all remaining bans on sporting , scientific and cultural links . |
| 2 | Well before a bill to tackle the uneven distribution of land could go before the Cortes , Socialist ministers acted to alter the balance of power in rural Spain . |
| 3 | When the Commonwealth Prime Ministers met to consider the issue in March 1961 , others forced the pace : Nkrumah said publicly he had ‘ no wish for a showdown ’ . |
| 4 | In the debate on the Queen 's Speech , foolhardy and complacent Ministers tried to foster the illusion that our training matched Germany 's . |
| 5 | Douglas Hurd , then Home Secretary , and a number of other Conservative ministers began to extol the virtues of ‘ active citizenship ’ as a way of overcoming the lack of a sense of responsibility to the community , lawlessness and overdependence on the state . |