Example sentences of "visit [noun prp] since the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1991 Don McKinnon ( Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs ) and Warren Cooper ( Minister of Defence ) became the most senior New Zealand ministers to visit Suva since the coups . |
| 2 | Maude was the first minister from a European Community ( EC ) country to visit China since the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989 . |
| 3 | It was announced at the same time that the UK Prime Minister , John Major , would travel to Beijing to sign the agreement , making him the first Western head of government to visit China since the crushing of the pro-democracy movement in June 1989 . |
| 4 | Emperor Akihito on Oct. 23 became the first Japanese monarch to visit China , and the highest-ranking foreigner to visit China since the 1989 suppression of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square . |
| 5 | The head of the first UN human rights team to visit Iraq since the Gulf war , Max van der Stoel , said on Jan. 20 that " massive violations " of human rights were taking place in Iraq . |
| 6 | It was the first time that a senior Iranian official had visited Iraq since the Iranian revolution of 1979 . |