Sentence examples for significant minister from inspiring English sources

The only significant minister who seems dead set against it is Liam Fox.

Most are forcibly resigned, some leave out of exhaustion or to spend more time with money-making ambitions, but not since Robin Cook in 2003, shortly before the invasion of Iraq has a significant minister walked out for no other reason than the inability to stomach what her Prime Minister is doing - or in this case, not doing - in his or her name.

The bill, passed narrowly yesterday, was reportedly heralded by New Zealand's Trade and Economic Development Minister David Parker as a "significant milestone".

It said the fall was not statistically significant, but ministers say separate figures show they are on course.

It said the fall was not statistically significant, but ministers argue separate figures show they are on course to reach their target of reducing net migration to under 100,000 people a year by 2015.

Uncannily, at a time when Tony Blair was hardly known, the lads still managed to pick the political nickname of Britain's second most significant postwar prime minister.

In what an international Buddhist group called a "significant event," Prime Minister Phan Van Khai met with the leader of a banned Buddhist church and spoke about religious freedom.

But it is very significant that the minister is willing to talk of a peak, even a range, at this stage".