Sentence examples for ministers pause from inspiring English sources

How medieval does a regime have to be before British ministers pause to consider whether it is one with which we can do business?

"Any country that didn't have [an SEZ] ten years ago either does now or seems to be planning one," says Thomas Farole of the World Bank.Studying history may give eager trade ministers pause.

Yet public opinion changes and alongside the effusions of CND and Stanley Green (sadly no longer with us for all his avoidance of lust) were posters that ought to make ministers pause.

The threat of a reshuffle might be enough to give unhappy ministers pause for thought, and the prospect might settle those waiting in the wings and worried the government is about to get turfed out before they ever get their feet under the cabinet table.

But why did no one around the prime minister pause to ask what this debasing of debate says about our ever more violent society?

The minister paused for a moment and an expression of deep sadness crossed his face.

ASKED to name the most significant problem facing Britain, a senior government minister pauses for a while, and then says, "failing boys".

Either the Lord was on our side" — and then the son of the Methodist minister pauses for just an instant— "or else he was terribly displeased".

The prime minister paused, started to talk, then paused again and smiled before finally saying, "My wife sold a part in a family company.

Citing various examples of Iran's belligerence toward Israel, at one point the prime minister paused for what seemed like a full minute, staring out at representatives that he accused of remaining silent.

They say there is so much disagreement about the evidence underpinning the weekend effect claims that ministers should pause the new junior doctors' contract and the push to create "a truly seven-day NHS".