Example sentences of "secretary of [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The first particular strategy which has been subject to criticism has been the reliance on possible first use of nuclear weapons as a means of countering presumed superior Soviet conventional power — a reliance which McNamara sought for a while to abandon when Secretary of Defense in the early 1960s , and which he openly challenged in a famous recent article ( Bundy et al . , |
2 | The increased powers of the Secretary of State over a centrally directed system of curriculum and assessment and , indeed , over teachers ' conditions of service , make it ‘ safe ’ for the government to increase the managerial responsibilities of schools . |
3 | The appointment of John Moore in 1987 as Secretary of State at the DHSS was seen by some as a signal that the welfare programme would receive a dose of Thatcherism . |
4 | In 1988 , she stepped on to the ministerial ladder as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment , where she took charge of one of Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's pet hates — litter . |
5 | The Act removed the right of people who had settled in the UK before 1973 to register as British citizens , and replaced this with the opportunity to naturalise as British at the discretion of the Secretary of State at the Home Office . |
6 | In a letter to Peter Brooke , Secretary of State at the Department of National Heritage , the Council for the protection of Rural England and the Council for British Archaeology have joined their voices to that of the National Trust in calling for a public review of the new strategy . |
7 | After 1948 , the Chairman , with the grade of Assistant Under-Secretary of State , reported to the Home Secretary through the Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Home Office , instead of , as previously , through the Criminal Division at the Home Office . |
8 | The Secretary of State at the head of its sponsoring Department of State must lay its annual report and accounts before Parliament which may debate them and which may , if it thinks fit , call the Chairman and others before a select committee , examine them and report on their performance . |
9 | In directing subject working groups and TGAT , the Secretary of State at the time , Kenneth Baker , demanded advice on ‘ the measurement and recording at a range of levels of positive achievement in reasonably discrete elements ’ ( DES 1988a : Appendix B ) . |
10 | Would the reserve powers still be available to the Secretary of State at the second or third sale ? |
11 | I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland . |
12 | The Prosecutor-General 's office announced on Jan. 9 that preliminary proceedings were being brought for abuse of office and corruption against 30 former senior GDR officials including 10 former SED politburo members , Schalck-Golodkowski , former Secretary of State at the Foreign Trade Ministry , and Gen. Markus Wolf , former head of the GDR 's counterintelligence . |
13 | Biya also appointed an additional Secretary of State at the Finance Ministry ( Roger Tshoungi , the former director of economic and financial controls ) , and a second Minister at the Presidency in charge of Special Missions ( Emmanuel Zoa Oloa , a former holder of this post and the incumbent Deputy Secretary-General at the Presidency ) . |
14 | Victor Atanasie Stanculescu Defence Theodor Stolojan Finance Doru Viorel Ursu Interior Victor Babiuc Justice Mihail Zisu Resources and Industry Constantin Fota Trade and Tourism Ioan Tip Agriculture and Food Industry Andrei Chirica Communications Doru Pana Public Works , Transport and Territorial Planning Stefan Gheorghe Education and Science Valeriu Eugen Pop Environment Andrei Gabriel Plesu Culture Bogdan Marinescu Health Catalin Zamfir Labour and Social Security Bogdan Nicolae Niculescu Duvaz Youth and Sports Romulus Neagu Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Tugulea Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education and Science |
15 | Victor Atanasie Stanculescu Defence Theodor Stolojan Finance Doru Viorel Ursu Interior Victor Babiuc Justice Mihail Zisu Resources and Industry Constantin Fota Trade and Tourism Ioan Tip Agriculture and Food Industry Andrei Chirica Communications Doru Pana Public Works , Transport and Territorial Planning Stefan Gheorghe Education and Science Valeriu Eugen Pop Environment Andrei Gabriel Plesu Culture Bogdan Marinescu Health Catalin Zamfir Labour and Social Security Bogdan Nicolae Niculescu Duvaz Youth and Sports Romulus Neagu Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrei Tugulea Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education and Science |
16 | Secretary of State at the Holy See Cardinal Agostino Casaroli arrived in Poland for a six-day visit on June 6 , 1990 . |
17 | Access to this account was only available to Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , former Secretary of State at the Foreign Trade Ministry [ see also pp. 37107 ; 37172 ] . |
18 | Iulian Vlad , 59 , the head of the now disbanded Securitate secret police and Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior under the regime of President Ceausescu until Dec. 22 , 1989 , on charges of taking the dissident Dumitru Mazilu into custody illegally on Dec. 21 , 1989 . |
19 | *Valeriu Pescaru Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry , responsible for privatization |
20 | The Hungarian secretary of state at the Defence Ministry Lt.-Gen. |
21 | Some months earlier it had been revealed that the BND had provided Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , a former Secretary of State at the East German Foreign Trade Ministry , with a West German passport . |
22 | *Makale Kamara ( f ) Secretary of State at the Ministry of Public Health in charge of the Promotion of Women and Children |
23 | Antal Annus , Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence , visited Romania on Feb. 29-March 1 , holding talks with Lt.-Gen. |
24 | Six junior appointments to the Cabinet announced on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39029 for formation on July 19 ] included three women ; Meriem Mihoub Zerdani , Saida Benhabyles and Malika Allab , respectively Minister Counsellor for Legal and Administrative Affairs , Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of National Solidarity , and Secretary of State at the Ministry of Education . |
25 | There is no suggestion that Mr Norman Tebbit , the secretary of state at the time , was party to some sinister conspiracy when he waved the Al Fayeds ' bid through in March 1985 . |
26 | Mr Norman Tebbit , then secretary of state at the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , asked few questions and waved through the Al Fayed bid in ten days flat . |
27 | The Secretary of State at the Department of Trade and Industry then has complete liberty to accept or reject these recommendations , and to decide whether , and how , they should be acted upon . |
28 | b ) any other expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under the Act ; and |
29 | 6. — ( 1 ) The Funding Council shall not dispose of any property acquired , improved or maintained wholly or partly , directly or indirectly , out of funds provided by the Secretary of State under the said section Payment of grants , etc. to Funding Council or from the proceeds of or any consideration for the disposal of any property so acquired , improved or maintained without the prior consent , given in writing , of the Secretary of State . |
30 | The SIB has wide powers granted to it by the Secretary of State under the FSA , and has a broad authority in enforcing the Act ( and can override the decisions of the SROs ) . |