Sentence examples for minister rules from inspiring English sources

The options are clear: unless tax revenues increase sharply during the rest of this year, "a credible 2014 budget would again need to be centred on painful expenditure cuts," it says.Yannis Stournaras, the finance minister, rules out more pension and wage cuts next year.

PAGE A14 IRANIAN OFFICIAL RULES OUT TALKS On a visit to Baghdad, Iran's foreign minister ruled out holding new security talks with the United States and Iraq, saying improved security made them unnecessary.

Although the coup was widely condemned, John Howard, Australia's prime minister, ruled out military intervention.

Jeremy Wright, the prisons minister, ruled out a change in the new rules.

He said the idea was out if the prime minister ruled it out.

But Turkey's prime minister ruled out a role for Mr. Ocalan.

Milidee: Can the prime minister rule out making tax cuts in the current parliament?

The Prime Minister ruled out a tax on sugar last month, despite a report from the  Government's own advisory body backing the move.

Mr. Barak, then prime minister, ruled out a hit, for what he claims were operational reasons, but he surely had the aftermath of the Musawi assassination in mind.

BAGHDAD — On a visit to Iraq on Wednesday, Iran's foreign minister ruled out holding new security talks with the United States and Iraq, saying improved security made them unnecessary.

But the Prime Minister ruled out of imposing a French-style ban on full-face veils in public as part of a drive to build community integration and counter extremism.