Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] by the government " in BNC.

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1 First , the level of the rate for non-domestic properties should be fixed by the government .
2 Does the Attorney-General accept that the many letters protesting at his view about Sunday trading , as expressed in the House , suggest that the matter should be reconsidered by the Government , especially as the approach appears to be inconsistent and hypocritical ?
3 The price intellectuals pay is that they are dependent on the government for both professional and financial recognition , since ‘ the most important definition of an intellectual is that he should be recognised by the government as such ’ ( Riding : 1986 , p. 428 ) .
4 I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire .
5 If one believes that industries should be owned by the government then one will argue that the level of taxation should be such that , taken with the government 's other financial resources , it should provide capital for investment wherever the government considers it necessary .
6 The commission believes that tougher standards on fuels and engines should be introduced by the government at the earliest possible date to provide an incentive to the transport industry .
7 The issue of the strength of the Government 's commitment to the process is not one to be kept until 1996 or 1998 , but must be faced by the Government now — not with devices to mollify the rival factions in the Conservative party , but with a determination to promote the opportunities for , and the living and working standards of , the people of this country .
8 ‘ Action must be taken by the government and regulatory authorities to ensure that this situation is addressed .
9 The Senate amendment provided that the right of EC citizens resident in France to vote in European and local elections would be covered by a law " voted in the same terms by both assemblies " , whereas the National Assembly under Article 45 of the Constitution could be asked by the government to " rule definitively " on legislation if the two houses could not agree .
10 It is looking for a 60 year franchise that could be terminated by the Government at 10 year intervals .
11 Like Title V on foreign and security policy , being ‘ intergovernmental ’ it may be ratified by the Government without parliamentary assent , and is not to be debated in Parliament .
12 The incidence of the tax has fallen on both firms and workers even though , as a matter of administrative convenience , the tax may be collected by the government directly from workers .
13 It is all part of gathering more power , whatever may be said by the Government about his intentions int into the hands of Whitehall and into the hands of ministers who at the moment will be Conservative , but very shortly I think are likely to be Labour .
14 He was careful to point out that not all of this increase would be funded by the government .
15 Roger Ford , technical editor of Modern Railways , said that the investment problem would be exacerbated by the Government 's privatisation plans .
16 It is estimated that nearly £200 million in 1987–8 would be saved by the government ( Department of Employment , 1986 ) .
17 The Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill was due to come before the Commons this week , but campaigners predicted it would be blocked by the government once more .
18 Very generous financial assistance would be given by the Government , in the form of a grant of up to thirty per cent of capital and remission of all taxation on export sales for ten years .
19 Private treaty sales such as secured the Holbein would be encouraged by the government , as would the acceptance of significant objects in lieu of tax , whereby inheritance tax or death duties are offset by gifts of works of art to the nation .
20 No ceiling was to be set on prices , except for essentials such as milk , bread , transport , communications and fuel , whose rise in price would be controlled by the government .
21 Under existing regulations , if there are not sufficient assets to secure the guaranteed minimum pensions — that is the equivalent of what the pensioners would have got under the state earnings-related pension scheme — the guaranteed minimum pensions can be and would be underwritten by the Government .
22 Work is planned to start next year with confidence high that half of the cost will be met by the Government .
23 Any questions with respect to the application of the word " deployed " as used in the last sentence of paragraph 3 of Article 5 will be decided by the government of the united Germany in a reasonable and responsible way taking into account the security interests of each contracting party as set forth in the preamble .
24 Will he agree to allow a carry-over into next year to ensure that those GPs who have introduced computerisation will be compensated by the Government , in accordance with the Government undertaking ?
25 That level of investment , currently running at £1 billion a year , will be sustained by the Government over the public expenditure planning period which runs for the next three years and , I am quite confident , will run over the next 10 years .
26 These bonds will be redeemed by the government at their face value at some specified date in the future , say in twenty years ' time .
27 There has been a familiar aura of UNESCO optimism about the plans of the project and it remains to be seen how far the recommendations of its Report on the Reform of Primary Education issued in 1977 will be accepted by the Government .
28 Will the Minister give an assurance that the jobs of my constituents will be helped by the Government 's provision of credit ?
29 I fear that such risks will be taken by the government here too .
30 Those decisions will be taken by the Government , not advisers .
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