Sentence examples for minister marked from inspiring English sources

AUSTRALIA'S prime minister marked the new year by visiting Queensland, a state ravaged by floods.

Erbakan's tenure as prime minister marked the first time an Islamist had held the position, but it was short-lived.

With one year to go before Britain leaves the EU, the prime minister marked the date by touring the UK, starting at a textile factory in Ayrshire.

France's culture minister marked his passing as the symbol of the spiritual union of France and Algeria, the north and the south of the Mediterranean, the two borders of Francophony.

Their campaign, in the form of a letter to the prime minister, marked the first crisis for the incoming energy and climate change secretary, Ed Davey, after taking over from Chris Huhne on Friday.

TOKYO — Angering his nation's conservatives, Japan's left-leaning new prime minister marked the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sunday by shunning a religious shrine linked to Japan's militaristic past and instead expressing regret for the suffering the war caused across Asia.

He became prime minister, marking the first time since 1932 that the Social Democrats were not in control.

NARENDRA MODI last week completed a month as India's new prime minister, marking the occasion by moaning that critics had not allowed him a political honeymoon.

Should the minister mark his way to Yerushalyim, he may still land up having to double up as a tourist cop directing a host of lost travelers — and perhaps even visiting peace-makers — for whom he has rendered Jerusalem literally invisible — at least Israeli Jerusalem.

Mr Cameron championed a drive to increase trade ties with China while he was prime minister, marking what both sides now call a "golden era".

On November 3, the citizens of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic elected Alexander Zakharchenko as their prime minister, marking a supposed turning point in the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.