Example sentences of "[modal v] the government " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where should the Government move ? |
| 2 | The intention had been a fairly short , impressive strike which ended on a note of strength and with the obvious ability to resume at a later date should the government drag its feet on terrorism and law and order . |
| 3 | The risk theory , therefore , requires an important value judgment in relation to any particular governmental activity : if that activity inflicts loss on private individuals , should those individuals be expected to bear it or should the government pick up the bill ? |
| 4 | For example , what should the government 's policy be towards First Secretary Gorbachev 's attempt at perestroika ( economic and social reconstruction within the Soviet Union ) ? |
| 5 | Should the government dare to interfere with our private domestic life , let us rise to a man and protest and also let us get up a monster demonstration and march four deep to Trafalgar Square . " |
| 6 | Should the government put ‘ temporary economic and financial stringency before sustained principle ’ it would be performing yet another humiliating U-turn . |
| 7 | What should the government do ? |
| 8 | How much should the government raise in taxation ? |
| 9 | Conversely , if public ownership has in the past been tried and found wanting , should the government now return these public sector corporations to private ownership ? |
| 10 | [ That this House condemns British Coal for its closure of the Coventry Colliery at Keresely with the loss of 1,300 jobs , completed in a mere 13 days from the announcement of the decision to the working of the last shift ; believes that the pit is not abandoned but mothballed with 40 million tonnes of good quality reserves of medium sulphur content which will be kept on a care and maintenance basis until a link-up is organised by a privatised Daw Mill Colliery should the Government be re-elected ; condemns British Coal 's refusal to attend two meetings of local authority and parish councillors , local honourable Members of this House and church representatives and notes the absence at the meetings of 24th October and 11th November of the local Tory honourable Members ; and calls for a public inquiry into the methods of the closure and the false economics which talk of losses ' yet fail to take into account the future cost to public funds of lost production and taxes paid , and of dole and unemployment payments to be made . ] |
| 11 | Reacting to de Klerk 's suggestion that he was prepared to " look beyond present measures to maintain law and order " , Mandela warned that he would personally lead a defiance campaign should the government impose a state of emergency . |
| 12 | Why should the government be allowed to get away with limiting the Transfer of Undertakings legislation to the private sector ? |
| 13 | For instance , what level of full employment should the government aim at , and what level of spending would be required to achieve it ? |
| 14 | Why should the government or industry consider funding the activities of scholars who are marginalized by their own professions ? |
| 15 | The facility still remains for them to be used should the government so choose . |
| 16 | What element of the monetary system should the government seek to control ? |
| 17 | Should the government take a long-term perspective or a short-term perspective ? |
| 18 | As part of its drive to improve its efficiency and make itself ready for the private sector should the Government decide to privatise it following the review of the nuclear industry next year , Scottish Nuclear recently appointed Charterhouse , the merchant bank , as its adviser . |
| 19 | So with a ten point six percent inflation rate , what should the government do ? |
| 20 | Could the government not spend the money better now that the Soviet Union , the last obvious threat to Swiss independence , has gone away ? |
| 21 | Could the government ban union membership amongst civil servants working at its intelligence headquarters without consulting union leaders ? |
| 22 | Could the government lawfully ban transmission of the voices of members of terrorist organizations ? |
| 23 | How could the government simply let him go — and what would happen to him if they did ? |
| 24 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
| 25 | How could the government be better off by privatization ? |
| 26 | Could the Government be prevailed upon to persuade the City institutions to provide more positive assistance for depositors , creditors and former employees of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International ? |
| 27 | How dare the Government say that they are going to improve patient care when they are wasting money so disgracefully in other parts of the health service ? |
| 28 | Nor would the Government I lead . |
| 29 | Only if public order appeared to be on the verge of breaking down would the government contemplate restricting political liberty . |
| 30 | Would the Government agree ? |