"I certainly want to urge the Administration to search for quality people of minority backgrounds," she said.

There should be increased representation of women and those from ethnic minority backgrounds.

There is, too, a woman from what seems an ethnic minority background.

Almost all of the students in the sixth form are from minority ethnic backgrounds.

This award is given to medical students of minority background.

The 1980 census found that one in five Americans had a minority background.

Today, about 25 percent of the students come from minority backgrounds.

The proportion of students from minority ethnic backgrounds is much lower than the national average.

That wouldn't be a reference to the children being from ethnic minority backgrounds, now, would it?

In 1998 the proportion of pupils from minority backgrounds was 34%.