31.   It said the foreign ministry was in contact with Britain on the matter.

32.   Its expertise is so far ahead of its regulators in Kasumigaseki, where the finance ministry is, that it is regularly consulted on drafts of new rules.

33.   Last year, when the ministry was renamed the ministry of oil and mineral resources, Balgimbayev was appointed minister.

34.   Mario Sanchez, a spokesman for the Tourism Ministry, said that the ministry was aware of the risks and was studying how to minimize them.

35.   Ministry is on a two-month U.S. tour.

36.   Ministry is.

37.   Maybe the other ministries are richer than we are.

38.   Mitsuzuka also said his ministry is ready to accept criticism for its lack of supervision in connection with the incident.

39.   Much harder was proving that a religious ministry could be a government contractor and remain faithful to its mission.

40.   Ministry is to perform Sunday and Monday nights at Roseland in Manhattan.