Example sentences of "[prep] [art] uk foreign [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gibraltar was discussed in talks between the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd and the Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez in London on Feb. 12 , 1991 , and again during Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González Márquez 's visit to London in May 1991 [ see p. 38201 ] . |
| 2 | On Dec. 19 , 1989 , Shevardnadze had talks in London with the UK Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher , and with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 3 | The UK government reaffirmed that all appointments in Hong Kong up to 1997 would be made by the Governor after consultation with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary . |
| 4 | The commissioners were to report to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , after which any recommended changes in the constitution would be voted upon in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly . |
| 5 | Mark Lennox-Boyd , Under-Secretary of State at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , told the UK Parliament on June 11 that the expulsion , linked to complaints that Gladstone had interfered in the elections by entering a polling booth and by registering a complaint with police alleging malpractice and multiple voting , was apparently intended to stifle Gladstone 's criticism of Sri Lanka 's " unsatisfactory human rights record " . |
| 6 | In April the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd visited both Hong Kong and China [ see p. 38147 ] and in July Francis Maude , Minister of State at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , visited China for talks on Hong Kong . |
| 7 | Broad agreement with the United Kingdom on an extradition treaty covering terrorists was confirmed on Jan. 16 during a visit by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd on Jan. 15-17 . |
| 8 | His remarks , downplayed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , provoked an uproar among UK right-wing Conservative politicians . |