Below you will find example sentences with "home secretary". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Home Secretary in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: secretary
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "home secretary" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as boris johnson home secretary amber rudd, britain s home secretary sajid javid, foreign, priti and patel stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with funeral home, nursing home, smart home, chief secretary, principal secretary and general secretary, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with home secretary
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Priti Patel, the former International Development Secretary, is the new Home Secretary. (12 words)
The then DGP, Home Secretary and Principal Secretary to the CM were involved in everything. (15 words)
Dominic Raab and Priti Patel returned to government as foreign secretary and home secretary respectively. (15 words)
Some of Javid’s critics have suggested the home secretary lacks “a front story” that sets out a distinctive political agenda – a reference to his compelling backstory as the Rochdale-born son of Pakistani immigrants, who rose to become home secretary. (41 words)
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid, former leader of the House of Commons Angela Leadsom, and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson have all thrown their hats in the ring for the Tory leadership. (39 words)
Yvette Cooper (above), Hilary Benn and Ed Miliband were cabinet ministers in the last Labour government and will be again under Starmer – taking up the roles of Home Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and Energy Secretary respectively. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Assistant Coroner for Inner West London, Paul Rogers, has now written to Home Secretary James Cleverley, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, and Culture Secretary Lucy Fraser to call for action to prevent more deaths.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak – along with the home secretary, defence secretary and foreign secretary – was facing multiple legal challenges from Afghans left in limbo over the government’s failure to relocate them.
Yvette Cooper (above), Hilary Benn and Ed Miliband were cabinet ministers in the last Labour government and will be again under Starmer – taking up the roles of Home Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and Energy Secretary respectively.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid, former leader of the House of Commons Angela Leadsom, and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson have all thrown their hats in the ring for the Tory leadership.
Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart each have a 4% chance of the top job while Home Secretary (interior minister) Sajid Javid has a 3% chance.
Downing Street confirmed Chancellor Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Brexit Secretary David Davis are all keeping their current jobs.
Her four “big beasts”, Chancellor Philip Hammond, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis have all remained in the same as position.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Chancellor Philip Hammond, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are staying in their jobs.
Sir Keir of accused Ms Braverman of “demeaning the office” of home secretary, while shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper urged Mr Sunak to get rid of her.
Home Secretary Priti Patel 'deeply concerned' by 'false MI5 claims'BBC Local News: Essex -- The home secretary hits back at reports of distrust from security bosses and bullying behaviour.
Some of Javid’s critics have suggested the home secretary lacks “a front story” that sets out a distinctive political agenda – a reference to his compelling backstory as the Rochdale-born son of Pakistani immigrants, who rose to become home secretary.
UK: Priti Patel is home min in Boris Johnson cabinetBoris Johnson appointed Indian-origin Priti Patel as home secretary, Dominic Raab as foreign secretary and effective deputy prime minister, and Sajid Javid as.
Meanwhile, Home Secretary Bhagwati Prasad Gopalika, a 1989-cadre IAS officer, is set to take charge as the new chief secretary.
The business secretary appeared to reject a claim by home secretary – a possible future leadership rival – that multiculturalism in the UK had “failed”.
The then DGP, Home Secretary and Principal Secretary to the CM were involved in everything.
Despite being resigned from office after that little jolly, Priti Patel is now home secretary, a yin whose yang is the statement, “Dominic Raab is now foreign secretary”.
Dominic Raab and Priti Patel returned to government as foreign secretary and home secretary respectively.
He appointed Sajid Javid to the key role of Treasury chief, named staunch Brexit supporter Dominic Raab as foreign secretary and made Priti Patel the new home secretary, or interior minister.
Priti Patel, the former International Development Secretary, is the new Home Secretary.
Senior Conservatives including Home Secretary Sajid Javid, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom are among those considering a leadership run.