Sentence examples for ministers started off from inspiring English sources

Ministers started off believing that the grievances of the Chin, Kachin and others arose from economic underdevelopment and could easily be overcome by more infrastructure spending.

Major started off on the wrong foot when speaking in Germany shortly after he became Prime Minister.

I started off tagging stuff – I'm not meant to be having tea and biscuits with the prime minister".

Everything started off well.

It started off quietly enough.

The barbecue started off quietly.

Everyone started off even.

We started off perfectly.

"Sales started off very well.

Sir George Young, "the bicycling baronet" (my nickname has stuck), a former John Major transport secretary and one of only two ministers sacked and reinstated by Margaret Thatcher, starts off as Tory frontrunner, always a dangerous position, as bookies happily know.

On Monday, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau met with Donald Trump at the White House and tried to start off on the right foot with the new US president, CNN reports.