Sentence examples for ministers sides from inspiring English sources

He became a life peer in 1997 after 33 years as MP for Manchester Wythenshawe, and remained a thorn in ministers' sides even when they were in the same party.

Although most cabinet ministers sided with Cameron, a minority campaigned for Brexit.

Mr Machar responded by indicating that he would challenge Mr Kiir for the leadership of the SPLM, and several other former government ministers sided with him.

This week's battles will be over council tenancies and time is not on ministers' side: expect more retreats from Baroness Williams of Trafford, the poor soul charged with carrying the posh boys' can.

Israel's foreign minister sided with Putin.

Mr. Basendwa, who held posts in Mr. Saleh's government as foreign minister and information minister, sided with protesters after the Yemeni uprising.

In January, Paolucci, a former Italian culture minister, sided with the opponents of restoration, saying that it was simply "not the right moment politically" to go forward.

Following Elle's Make Them Pay campaign, the equalities minister sided with us and David Cameron made a statement in the commons about equal pay: a statement that looked to change an actual law of the country.

There's willingness to resolve issues from Luhut Panjaitan's (Indonesia's Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister) side, not to burden the next generation with the past".

And if Washington wanted to do something really helpful, think back to the cricket world cup: India and Pakistan's prime ministers sitting side by side.

But though chancellors and prime ministers live side by side in 10 and 11 Downing Street, they have not always been the best of neighbors, with a number of angry departures over the years.