Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] government " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Community 's environment commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , has threatened to take the British government to court for failing to comply with the EC 's drinking water directive , which sets limits on levels of toxic and microbiological pollution . |
| 2 | The Shah himself has tried to have the British government curb the BBC . |
| 3 | Hekmatyar had refused to join the interim government , and his forces and artillery still threatened Kabul from the south . |
| 4 | A statement issued by the party noted that Saadeh had tried to persuade the Syrian government to support a postponement . |
| 5 | This decision has provoked much animus among many who knew him and believed in him , sustaining the view that he had planned to ditch the Labour government . |