Example sentences of "[adv prt] a government " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour may also gamble that Scottish Liberal Democrats — who in the last parliament made up almost half Mr Ashdown 's party — will be reluctant to vote down a government which is trying to legislate for a Scottish assembly elected by proportional representation . |
| 2 | She even turned down a government offer of extra clothing coupons on the grounds that hand-me-downs were quite good enough for her refugees . |
| 3 | Moreover , because depression , inflation , or other economic distress can bring down a government , and because jobs , prices , production , the standard of living , and the economic security of everyone , all tend to rest on the performance of business , politicians and administrators alike have to regard business as more than just another interest group . |
| 4 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 5 | They found him in robust mood , " his morale seemed higher than at Eighth Army HQ " and he seemed confident that he could " maintain " the " uneasy position " in Venezia Giulia " for several weeks if necessary , while negotiations proceed and decisions are taken on a government level " . |
| 6 | If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind . |
| 7 | Aung San had planned to set up a government at Moulmein , but was put off . |
| 8 | In August Najibullah claimed that the PDPA would even countenance ‘ settling up a government that would include representatives of the political forces now outside the country , but who sincerely want to participate in the nationwide process of building a new Afghanistan ’ . |
| 9 | In some quarters it was suggested that the best solution would be to set up a government of ‘ national trustees ’ , headed by McKenna , who had deserted politics for banking and had not sat in ; Parliament since 1918 . |
| 10 | Not so for Locke , you will recall that so f the way Locke sets it up is a legitimate civil society is first established by a social contract and that creates a community , a body politic , which has a capacity to act , and I 'll put a little question mark over that shortly , erm and that community then as a separate act sets up a government which , because it has set it up as a trust , erm it can change or dismiss pretty well at will . |
| 11 | Now the on the subject of treatment I I now pull out a government report here , because where do we get criticized from ? |
| 12 | The main blow to Mr Yeltsin 's critics came when the prime minister , Viktor Chernomyrdin — read out a government statement of support for the president pledging that the defence , interior and security ministers would remain faithful to ‘ the principles of the constitution . ’ |