Example sentences of "not the government " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if not the Government , then who ? |
| 2 | Should not the Government enforce the statutory responsibilities of local authorities ? |
| 3 | The NHS needed reform but not the government changes . |
| 4 | And she ca n't do anything to stop them , because she 's not the Government . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ The Awlad Amira are arming the Tibbu against us. ’ — But is it not the government which is responsible ? |
| 6 | For I believe — strongly — that you , and not the Government , should be in charge of your life . |
| 7 | Lewis replied that that was not the Government 's intention , nor was it ‘ committed or pledged to the adoption ’ of any of the competition designs . |
| 8 | He said that the Government had only pledged itself to employ the successful barracks architects , but not the Government Offices architects . |
| 9 | Whether or not the government could have intervened in the economy by adopting a more active regional policy , in order to reduce regional disparities and hence the North-South divide , is considered in Chapter 10 . |
| 10 | Since ‘ not the Government , only persons can have responsibility ’ , the struggle was to be waged in the constituencies , against individual MPs . |
| 11 | The pension reform is skilfully organised , and will save a lot of money ( though most of this will help the social-security fund , not the government budget ) . |
| 12 | When the two sides met again at the hill station of Dalat in April 1946 it was obvious that the immediate disagreement was on the nature of the Indochina Federation and whether or not the Government of Vietnam , which the French had already recognized , was anything more than the Republic of Tonkin . |
| 13 | As the DTI had failed to act when it had known of irregularities within the firm , did not the Government have a moral obligation towards the dupes ? |
| 14 | An elective despotism was not the government we fought for ; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies or magistracies , as that no one could transcend their legal limits , without being effectually checked and restrained by the others . " |
| 15 | The outcome of such discussions should be popular decisions and popular demands ; and since in a democracy it is the people , and not the government or parliament , which is sovereign , it is then the business of government to accept and to implement the popular will . |
| 16 | They further argued that ‘ State ’ means the numerical collection of inhabitants in the geographical area and not the government or organs of government through which the state expresses its intentions . |
| 17 | Well it 's not , it 's not the government that 's doing it |
| 18 | But they must blame the Councils not the Government . |
| 19 | Unfortunately it is only the voluntary agencies which are likely to take its message to heart — and not the government aid departments and World Bank ‘ experts ’ who need most to hear it . |
| 20 | Devolution may in due course come to Northern Ireland , but before it arrives do not the Government have it in their power , at a stroke , to restore some degree of democracy to the people of Ulster by establishing a Select Committee ? |
| 21 | Do not the Government need to give more attention to devising a regional strategy within Europe ? |
| 22 | Is not the Government 's only contribution to provide a stable economy with low inflation ? |
| 23 | Those negotiations are a matter for the liquidator and shareholders , and the question of what the court should do is a matter for the court and the parties before it , not the Government . |
| 24 | It is not the Government 's business to start telling banks and consumers what arrangements they should make between themselves although , clearly , some people are in difficulties with consumer credit . |
| 25 | Are not the Government missing an opportunity to be both good Europeans and good environmentalists at the same time ? |
| 26 | Should not the Government act with similar urgency to remedy that situation ? |
| 27 | Against the background of the thousands of jobs that have been lost in the defence industries in the past couple of years , and the thousands likely to be lost in the future , is not the Government 's initiative wholly inadequate ? |
| 28 | Should not the Government grasp that opportunity ? |
| 29 | He should know that it is not the Government who take action in these matters , but the Attorney-General . |
| 30 | If he had , he would have heard me say that it was for the Attorney-General to enforce the law , not the Government . |