Sentence examples for ministers function from inspiring English sources

The distinction is spurious: could the new ministers function in their "front-line" jobs without the back-up of civil servants?

Thus far, the request has been refused on the basis that access to the Brandis outlook calendar would "substantially and unreasonably" interfere with the performance of the minister's function.

Under this system, M'ba was able to appoint ministers whose functions and limitations were decided by him.

M'ba now had full executive powers: he could appoint ministers whose functions and responsibilities were decided by him; he could dissolve the National Assembly by choice or prolong its term beyond the normal five years; he could declare a state of emergency when he believed the need arose, though for this amendment he would have to consult the people via a referendum.

The attorney general's office initially ruled that processing the request would substantially interfere with the minister's functions.

Regular protests could occur whenever Abbott and his ministers attend public functions.

"We cannot copy what they did in logistics," said Franco Frattini, Italy's minister of public function, who heads the Italian government's role in the Turin Games.

Through centuries of constitutional struggle between the crown and Parliament, England had separated the two offices, vesting the prime minister with the function of running the government and leaving the ceremonial responsibilities of leadership to the monarch.

Advisers are accountable to nobody but their ministers, and can only function effectively (as everybody agrees Ms Cunningham did) by respecting their boss's wishes at all times.

I enter my host's bathroom for a quick freshening of hands or to minister to an urgent function.

"The most important thing is that in the reality we are in, the prime minister cannot continue to function," Haim Ramon, a Labor leader, told Israeli radio.