Below you will find example sentences with "foreign ministry". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Foreign Ministry in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: foreign
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 15
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.1 words

Words in this phrase

foreign ministry

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • foreign can mean: Located outside a country or place, especially one's own. Common word
  • ministry can mean: Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

agency the foreign ministry the defense 1× and the foreign ministry sent the 1× at the foreign ministry in berlin 1× by the foreign ministry and is 1× by the foreign ministry in cooperation 1× central bank foreign ministry and among 1× china s foreign ministry initially only 1× deal the foreign ministry vows to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

china s foreign 2× about the delay 1× also on friday 1× egyptian foreign minister 1× experts don t 1× german foreign minister 1×

Common sentence endings:

foreign ministry said 2× and caribbean division 1× briefing on tuesday 1× chinese citizens rights 1× denied any involvement 1× division oded joseph 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

minister 8× russian 7× china 4× ambassador 3× news 3× tuesday 3× sent 3× ministers 2× territories 2× director 2× qin 2× gang 2×

Related phrases

foreign affairs foreign minister foreign policy foreign aid foreign relations foreign exchange defence ministry defense ministry iranian foreign foreign interference

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around foreign:

foreign affairs 20× foreign exchange 20× foreign secretary 13× foreign currency 12× foreign ministers 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

foreign ministers foreign minister foreign interference foreign exchange foreign entities foreign currency

Just after it in the phrase index:

foreign policy foreign relations foreign secretary forensic examination forest city forest cover

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

foreign affairs foreign minister foreign policy foreign aid foreign relations foreign exchange

Same ending:

defence ministry defense ministry finance ministry health ministry interior ministry

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "foreign ministry" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as agency the foreign ministry the defense, and the foreign ministry sent the, minister, russian and china stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with foreign affairs, foreign minister, foreign policy, foreign affairs, foreign exchange and foreign secretary, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with foreign ministry

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Such calls prompted vice foreign minister Masataka Okano to summon the Chinese ambassador, Japan’s foreign ministry said. (18 words)

The National Police Agency, the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the National Security Council will remain on the list. (20 words)

The foreign ministry was quoted by Russian wires as saying that the ambassador must visit the ministry later on Tuesday. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The Dutch foreign ministry that one of the tourists killed in the incident was a 56-year-old man who was cycling in the group with his 58-year-old partner, though the ministry did not provide names. (38 words)

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a news release that during Hakan Fidan’s first visit to Russia as Foreign Minister of Turkey, “a wide range of topics on the bilateral and international agenda” will be discussed. (37 words)

About the delay in returning the soldier, Lt-Col Azad said the matter was taken up by the Bangladesh foreign ministry and settled with the Myanmar foreign ministry which finally led the handing over. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Most of those attending were representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, and the Justice Ministry, including Ministers for the Eastern Territories.

The meetings co-chaired by the Assistant Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Elham Ibrahim and the Director of the African- South Sahara Department, at the Italian Foreign Ministry, Giuseppe Mistrata.

About the delay in returning the soldier, Lt-Col Azad said the matter was taken up by the Bangladesh foreign ministry and settled with the Myanmar foreign ministry which finally led the handing over.

China's foreign minister Qin Gang will attend the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on March 2 in Delhi, the foreign ministry said at a regular news briefing on Tuesday.

Experts don’t expect the new foreign ministry leadership to affect policy decisions significantly, as Ukrainian foreign policy is shaped by the president, with the foreign minister mostly responsible for implementation.

Israel’s Defense Ministry sent Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories Rassan Alian and the Foreign Ministry sent the head of its Middle East and Peace Process Division, Oded Joseph.

It is widely expected that there will be no substantial changes within the Russian Finance Ministry, Central Bank, Foreign Ministry, and among top Kremlin advisers.

The National Police Agency, the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the National Security Council will remain on the list.

Advertentie

Her trip to Guatemala was organized by the Foreign Ministry and is overseen by deputy director-general Modi Ephraim, who heads the ministry’s Latin American and Caribbean Division.

She said she had been interviewed recently by a Russian television crew that claimed to have been sent by Russia’s Foreign Ministry, but the ministry denied any involvement.

The Dutch foreign ministry that one of the tourists killed in the incident was a 56-year-old man who was cycling in the group with his 58-year-old partner, though the ministry did not provide names.

The foreign ministry was quoted by Russian wires as saying that the ambassador must visit the ministry later on Tuesday.

The project was initiated by the foreign ministry in cooperation with the Astana city administration, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Coordination Centre of the Model UN.

While China’s commerce ministry is eager to reach a trade deal, the foreign ministry vows to protect Chinese citizens’ rights.

Also on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told China’s special envoy Li Hui that there were “serious obstacles” to peace talks, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.

China’s foreign ministry initially only said that Mr Rudenko and foreign minister Qin Gang exchanged views on Sino-Russian relations and “international and regional issues of common concern”.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry spoke by phone Monday with Iran’s chief diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, on the war in Gaza, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, right, and her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen leave a news conference after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.

Such calls prompted vice foreign minister Masataka Okano to summon the Chinese ambassador, Japan’s foreign ministry said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a news release that during Hakan Fidan’s first visit to Russia as Foreign Minister of Turkey, “a wide range of topics on the bilateral and international agenda” will be discussed.

Advertentie