Meanings of given ministers in English

He has given ministers the privilege of winning many to Christ.

It has also effectively given ministers until September to bring forward a bill, the BBC's James Landale says.

In fact it was around 86,000, which may have given ministers more confidence that their plans can be achieved.

This latter point was a bit strange given ministers, according to checks I've made this week, don't routinely book flights on their personal credit cards.

By merely concluding that Dr O'Connor's package "appeared" to breach Government guidelines, the board has not so far given Ministers a clear view.