Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [conj] commonwealth " in BNC.
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| 1 | He intervened on ‘ big ’ issues or government initiatives ( such as applying for membership of the EEC , and incomes policy , defence , and foreign and Commonwealth matters ) . |
| 2 | UK Prime Minister John Major and Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd both emphasized their support for Patten 's reform package during meetings with Zhu on Nov. 17 . |
| 3 | Yet it was privately admitted in Washington that American interests might suffer if British and Commonwealth forces ultimately failed to contain the Indonesian threat , and in December 1964 both governments agreed to acknowledge the importance of each other 's military efforts " in support of legitimate governments in South-East Asia , particularly in Malaysia and South Vietnam " . |
| 4 | It says much for Mr Klesch 's negotiating stamina however , that five years later , the £280m is still unpaid but British & Commonwealth has gone bust . |
| 5 | On Nov. 29 the new Prime Minister carried out a large-scale reorganization of the ( now all-male ) Cabinet , retaining Hurd as Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary and appointing Norman Lamont as Chancellor of the Exchequer , while Heseltine became Environment Secretary ( a post which he had held under Thatcher in 1979-83 ) and two ministers entered the Cabinet for the first time : Ian Lang and David Mellor . |