Example sentences of "[art] government have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 20 the government had announced a delay in the formulation of its public- and private-sector reforms , after meeting labour leaders opposed to its economic programme . |
| 2 | At the end of August , with inflation , exacerbated by the Gulf crisis , running at an annual rate of 22.7 per cent , the government had announced a wage increase of only 7.1 per cent for the final quarter of the year under the automatic wage indexation system , due to be abolished in 1991 . |
| 3 | In December the government had announced the release of over 2,800 political prisoners [ see p. 38695 ] , although there had been no independent confirmation that all had been freed . |
| 4 | On Nov. 14 , 1989 , the government had announced the discovery of bauxite ore which would supply Saudi Arabia 's aluminium smelters and those of other countries in the region . |
| 5 | Earlier , on Jan. 22 , the government had announced the abolition of ceilings on the rate of interest and front-end fees for foreign private loans for new industries , modernization and replacement . |
| 6 | On March 3 the government had announced the creation of a human rights department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to examine and promote human rights in Iraq and abroad . |
| 7 | Earlier , the government had announced the lifting of various foreign exchange controls with effect from July 1 . |
| 8 | ‘ The Government had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to save their so-called sport . ’ |
| 9 | Voice of Ethiopia radio , broadcasting from Addis Abada on Sept. 25 , stated that on that day the government had granted an amnesty to 120 political prisoners in Asmara ; it had recently ordered the release of 500 prisoners in Eritrea . |
| 10 | To the Annual Conference of the union in September 1915 he reported that " the Government had commandeered the Camp " , and that , when they eventually handed it back , reinstated as agricultural land , which he doubted that they ever would , compensation and rent paid or payable would ensure that " the maintenance of aliens at Eastcote would have cost the Union not a single farthing " and provide a useful start to its programme of Homes for Seamen . |
| 11 | In each of the referendum campaigns since his return ( September 1958 , January 1961 , April 1962 ) , the government had manipulated the outcome as much as it decently could in a democratic system . |
| 12 | On conveyancing , Mr Ward said the Government had recognised the need for proper consumer protection , and had provided safeguards against conflicts of interest . |
| 13 | He claimed his Conservative opponent had denied as ‘ simply untrue ’ claims that the Government had cut the training budget . |
| 14 | But his claim the government had increased the provision for the Children Act in local authorities ' budgets by 14 per cent was greeted with derision from the floor . |
| 15 | The Government had increased the penalties for cruelty to children , trafficking in hard drugs , carrying firearms and insider dealing . |
| 16 | Only when it became clear , through a libel action against Le Matin early in 1913 , that the government had misled the Commons did the Unionists move into action . |
| 17 | Earlier yesterday the government had defeated an opposition censure motion in the lower house of parliament . |
| 18 | The government had renewed the state of emergency every six months since independence in 1980 , most recently in January 1990 [ p. 37175 ] . |
| 19 | In 1974 the government had acknowledged the explosion of what was termed " a peaceful nuclear device " [ see pp. 26585-86 ] . |
| 20 | By the time of the Smolensk War against Poland of 1632–34 the government had recognized the need for reform . |
| 21 | The mine 's formal closure was a severe blow to the country 's economy as it was estimated to provide up to 20 per cent of government revenue and some 40 per cent of the country 's export earnings ; in formulating the 1990 budget , the government had assumed the mine 's reopening by the end of 1989 . |
| 22 | The disclosures cast serious doubt on State President F. W. de Klerk 's frequent assertions that the government had played no part in political violence . |
| 23 | Cristiani had earlier given the impression that the government had accepted a proposal by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Oct. 23 to extend the deadline ( currently Oct. 31 ) for the completion of the UN peace process , to give both sides more time to comply with the details of the accord . |
| 24 | Deputy Environment Minister Opah Rushesha did not name the countries , nor did he say if the government had accepted the offers . |
| 25 | If the grid had remained under the control of the generating companies , it would have meant that the government had accepted the CEGB 's view that an integrated network was the key to efficiency and lower prices . |
| 26 | The offer of a truce followed a statement broadcast on Kabul radio on May 22 saying that the government had accepted the terms of a comprehensive peace settlement set out by the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on May 21 . |
| 27 | Earlier , the government had ignored a UN deadline ordering the release of the IAEA inspectors along with all documents " they deem appropriate " by Sept. 24 . |
| 28 | The organization condemned the increased troop deployment , declaring that the government had given the security forces a licence to kill ANC members under the guise of stopping alleged MK activity . |
| 29 | Even after Chernobyl , the government had given the go-ahead for the power station , and when the Hinkley C Inquiry was about to open , the foundations of Britain 's first PWR were steadily expanding on the Suffolk coast . |
| 30 | This stated that the government had lost the confidence of the majority in parliament and urged it to resign . |