Sentence examples for reference to ministers from inspiring English sources

As Ed Miliband warned that hospitals' hands are being tied by the new guidelines, the prime minister said the instructions had been issued without any reference to ministers by a local NHS trust in the West Midlands.

Cameron said the 17 criteria that must be met before a hospital can declare a major incident – which include checking whether the local clinical commissioning group on-call manager has visited the trust – had been issued by the West Midlands sub-region of NHS England without reference to ministers.

Downing Street said Hunt would abide by the law, which says he has to decide on his own, in a quasi-judicial capacity and without reference to other ministers, whether to refer the BSkyB bid.

Among the chants were, "Retirement, yes, but before death!" and "Raffarin -- geriatric minister!" a reference to Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. Jean-Pierre Raffarin

In the capital, intellectuals refer to Mr. Thaksin as the Berlusconi of Asia, a reference to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, a business tycoon who has faced continuing accusations of conflict of interest.

"Barak, prepare the coffins," the mourners chanted, in reference to Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Mr. Reedy expressed similar reservations "because I don't know what Sharon has under his sleeves," a reference to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel.

This is the flesh of Iraqi people, and it is all because of Maliki," a reference to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

The rather unpleasant ideology that seems to drive this editorial is betrayed by your unnecessary reference to Prime Minister David Cameron's social class.

"Challenge generates challenge," said Ismail Abu Shanab, a Hamas leader in Gaza, adding in reference to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, "This operation is a lesson for Sharon, that despite whatever weapons they have, we can do such a thing".

The shadow attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said it "beggars belief that a government agency, the NBN, has completely, without reference to its minister, completely without reference to the PM or any of their staff, gone about pursuing the leaks in the way that it has".