Sentence examples for before ministers from inspiring English sources

About 90% of council decisions are taken before ministers ever get entwined.

He was shortlisted before ministers knew the progress of the investigation.

Before ministers make decisions now they often need to seek the consent of the old guard.

Gibraltar was considered, as was west Africa, before ministers plumped for newly discovered Australia.

The precise arrangement between the firms is unclear, as are the legal justifications put before ministers.

Before, ministers and politicians didn't have the right to interfere in commercial affairs or have jobs outside their civic duties.

He wrote on Twitter: "Out of order and wrong that decision appears to have been made by Home Office before Minister decision".

"It's a real landmark to see more people in work than ever before," Employment Minister Mark Hoban said.

"Most of that's been reported before," the minister told the Sydney-based radio station.

Before 1963, ministers resigned over matters of principle or because the budget had been leaked.

Mr. Barroso's comments were made before the ministers had agreed on the elaborate compromise late Friday.