Example sentences of "at [art] foreign [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer given by Tristan Garel-Jones , a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , was instructive . |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | On the issue of United Kingdom participation in UNESCO ( the United States , United Kingdom and Singapore having withdrawn from the organization in 1984-85 — see pp. 33499-501 ) Mayor held talks on Feb. 28 with the UK Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | 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 ) |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |