It has a blast-proof floor, armour-plated glass and was thought to be chemical, biological and nuclear-proof.

BBC: Margaret Thatcher's "Battle Bus"

The blast-proof bus has armour-plated glass and was thought to offer protection from chemical attack.

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Julian Knowles QC, defending, said the prosecution description of Ms Pryce as a "tough, armour-plated career woman" was false.

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It comes with a fancy tax-free salary, a mansion in central Brussels, an armour-plated limousine and a squad of bodyguards.

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But public relations have rarely loomed large in the way Turkey's armour-plated state copes with the restless Kurds and their allies.

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An armour-plated "battle bus", believed to have been used by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, has been sold at auction in Northamptonshire.

BBC: Margaret Thatcher 'battle bus' sells in Towcester auction

In a clearing, I finally saw it: a prehistoric-looking creature almost 2m tall with a bulky grey body, armour-plated skin, robust legs and hooked horn.

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AGHAST, the French watched on television last week as angry Palestinians stoned their prime minister, Lionel Jospin, and battered his armour-plated Mercedes.

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An armour-plated "battle bus", believed to have been used by former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Northern Ireland, is to go under the hammer.

BBC: Margaret Thatcher's "Battle Bus"

The prime minister gets an armour-plated Daimler, the deputy prime minister a Jaguar, cabinet ministers a Rover 800 or Vauxhall Omega and junior ministers (poor things) a Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Vectra or Nissan Primera.

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