Sentence examples for off ministers from inspiring English sources

Today they trip off ministers' tongues.

But she was nervy in declaring that the Missile has somehow bought off ministers and community organizations in his longer-school-day crusade.

Greens also worry that the government's plans for a new constitution will weaken conservation by devolving powers to regulate sensitive industries, such as shrimp farming and flower-growing, to local governments.Faced with a public outcry, fuelled by gory images of dead sharks with the fins hacked off, ministers opened talks with Fundación Natura, the main green NGO, over changes to the decree.

Clause One of the new bill aims to take some pressure off ministers by allowing police and border officers to confiscate passports and tickets at the border gate if they suspect that someone is leaving the UK to become involved in terrorism - or they are returning from having done so.

Still, it lost 60 seats across the country; knocking off ministers, rising stars, and stalwarts of the conservative movement in the country.

Rose authorities say that Pemberton eventually left off ministering to souls to devote himself to raising his hybrid musks.

Some believe he made the claims about paying off black ministers to prevent media consultant Michael Murphy from claiming credit for the victory.

He was in charge between 2005 and 2008 – when many of the current surveillance programmes were likely signed off by ministers.

There were rumours that it was timed to go off when ministers would be in their rooms and had been planted in a front bedroom.

Of 25 contracts costing at least £25,000 reviewed by accountants, only 11 appeared to have been signed off by ministers, she said.

More than half of people who joined the government's flagship scheme for helping the long-term unemployed have come off benefits, ministers said today.