Sentence examples for scope for ministers from inspiring English sources

Nick Clegg will pledge to restrict the scope for ministers to "interfere" with school curriculums and exams.

The Tory leader promised a full review of Byersgate – something Gordon Brown rejected before watching Channel 4's grainy evidence – plus further restrictions on the scope for ex-ministers to lobby Whitehall, and Whitehall agencies' power to hire such firms.

In an exchange with fellow Tory MP Michael Fabricant, about the scope for ex-ministers to form a dining club, Mr Loughton referred to what he described as a "one man firing squad".

Even now, though, he says with a distinct note of self-satisfaction, there is sufficient scope for a prime minister to lead.

With groups that have "an equivocal attitude to core values such as democracy, freedom of speech or respect towards women" there might be "some scope for limited engagement", the minister carefully added.

The prime minister's scope for manoeuvre is limited, though.

"However, the minister's scope for action in the short term is limited by a series of safeguards and buffers that are designed to protect the BBC from government pressure.

Ministers have always acknowledged that any market needs what the former universities minister Jo Johnson once called "scope for market exit".

Despite these difficulties, both foreign ministers said there was scope for more productive relations between the two countries across a range of areas.

While I don't think it is a coalition breaker, I think there is scope for rebalancing the number of Lib Dems ministers in government.

Even if Thierry Breton stays on as finance minister, there is little scope for tax cuts, given the public finances.