Below you will find example sentences with "defence minister". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Defence Minister in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: defence
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 26
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 29.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "defence minister" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 29.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as accompanied by defence minister pervez khattak, after greek defence minister nikos dendias, singh, chief and shah stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with prime minister, minister benjamin, chief minister, defence ministry, air defence and defence staff, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with defence minister
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Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a speech to the Conference of Defence Associations Institute in Ottawa. (19 words)
The Defence Minister said an “enabling” environment has been prepared for defence manufacturing through defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. (22 words)
The prime minister was accompanied by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar among others. (22 words)
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address naval commanders at the apex-level biannual conference, presided over by Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and attended by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and other chiefs of the Army and Air Force. (42 words)
The first 2+2 dialogue between the two countries was held during the Trump Administration, when then Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and then Secretary of Defence James Mattis met the late and then Defence Minister in New Delhi in September 2018. (42 words)
Following the announcement by the UK, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Deeply disheartened to learn of the sanctions placed by the UK Government on export licenses to Israel’s defence establishment. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Federal Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal and Finance Minister Asad Umar will also attend the meeting.
The Defence Minister said an “enabling” environment has been prepared for defence manufacturing through defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
National Defence Minister Bill Blair delivers a keynote address at the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries annual defence industry trade show in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
They were welcomed by PM Narendra Modi, who arrived at the venue a couple of minutes earlier with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the three heads of the Indian Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, previously the country's defence minister, as the next finance minister, while the chief of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Amit Shah, will become a home minister.
The prime minister was accompanied by Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar among others.
The latest meeting was between South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono in Bangkok on 17 November.
Ahead of the meeting, Home Minister Amit Shah, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met at the residence of BJP President JP Nadda.
On the Indian side, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan were among the senior leaders present on the occasion.
He appointed General Ali Abdullah Ayoub as defence minister, Mohammed Mazen Ali Yousef as industry minister and Imad Abullah Sarah as information minister, state television reported, citing the decree.
Defence Minister Anita Anand, right, walks with Gen. Wayne Eyre, chief of defence staff, as they attend an announcement in Halifax on Friday, Nov.18, 2022.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will address naval commanders at the apex-level biannual conference, presided over by Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar and attended by Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan and other chiefs of the Army and Air Force.
It comes as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced he would replace defence minister Oleksii Reznikov setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of his defence team since Russia’s invasion.
Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczky said he had been tasked, as defence minister, with ensuring the security of the Hungarian people, stepping up the country’s defence capability and strengthening the Hungarian armed forces.
The first 2+2 dialogue between the two countries was held during the Trump Administration, when then Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and then Secretary of Defence James Mattis met the late and then Defence Minister in New Delhi in September 2018.
Turkish Defence Minister: Turkey, Russia, Ukraine Deputy Defence Ministers and UN Officials are to meet next week in Istanbul to discuss the extension of the…financialjuice.
Defence Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a speech to the Conference of Defence Associations Institute in Ottawa.
Earlier on Monday, the Maldives Ministry of Defence announced that a military assistance agreement has been signed by Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon and Major General Zhang.
Following the announcement by the UK, Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Deeply disheartened to learn of the sanctions placed by the UK Government on export licenses to Israel’s defence establishment.
The rumours of a Cypriot iron dome resurfaced after Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias told his country’s parliament last month that his ministry had created a “coherent and comprehensive air defence plan”.