Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] the government in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of these recommendations were accepted by the Government in a policy document in 1989 entitled Caring for People ( Cm. 849 ) . |
| 2 | It looked a classic case for the Independent Living Fund ( before new claims were abolished by the government in December 1992 ) to pay for a package of care and support which would have helped her cope . |
| 3 | The men behind the BCCI scandal were condemned by the Government in the Commons as ‘ calculating and cynical ’ . |
| 4 | New laws governing the financing of political parties and electoral campaigns , with provision for an amnesty for those who had offended before June 15 , 1989 , were introduced by the government in June 1989 [ for similar laws approved in 1988 see pp. 35981-82 ] . |
| 5 | A few posts were filled by the vote of the assembly but most office holders were appointed by the government in London . |
| 6 | Further political reform proposals were announced by the government in late February 1990 for consideration by the third congress of the MPLA-PT , due to be held in December . |
| 7 | The overall position now is worse than in 1988 , yet we were assured by the Government in 1988 that we should leave it to them . |
| 8 | Areas where Future Breaches of the EC Drinking Water Directive were Sanctioned by the Government in ‘ Undertakings ’ to New Water companies in 1989 . |
| 9 | The programmes were banned by the government in 1963 . |
| 10 | Both Watanjar and Patkin were leading Khalqis , a detail that was stressed by the government in an attempt to play down divisions within the party . |
| 11 | Moreover , Kebin and Kaiguo ( 1989 ) describe the measures suggested by the Project of Protective Forest System which was approved by the government in 1978 to improve conditions in northern China . |
| 12 | The attractions of a sea-to-sea waterway had taxed the brains of both James Watt ( q.v. ) and John Rennie before Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) was commissioned by the Government in 1802 to construct the canal . |
| 13 | Such a situation was tolerated by the government in a climate which accepted that the economy had to be controlled . |
| 14 | The scheme is called Save As You Earn ( SAYE ) and was introduced by the Government in 1969 . |
| 15 | The Development Zone scheme was announced by the government in May of this year . |
| 16 | A five-year development plan calling for expenditure worth Rs190,000 million ( US$4,400 million ) , of which more than 64 per cent was expected from the private sector , was announced by the government in mid-December . |
| 17 | A moratorium on logging was announced by the government in March 1990 , but a series of subsequent exceptions has effectively rendered it meaningless . |
| 18 | The UN position was supported by the government in a statement issued on Nov. 12 . |
| 19 | The impossibility of guaranteeing adherence to parental wishes was acknowledged by the government in the provisions of the 1980 Education Act . |
| 20 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
| 21 | When the stop of the Exchequer was forced upon the government in 1672 he received favourable treatment in the resulting settlement . |
| 22 | Day was removed by the government in 1551 , to be replaced by Bishop Scory , a man of more Protestant tastes . |
| 23 | The right to challenge detention in the courts was removed by the Government in 1984 . |
| 24 | It formed the basis of the ten-year development programme that was submitted to the government in 1973 . |
| 25 | The NEB was created by the government in 1975 to help restructure British industry by selective intervention , particularly in areas of high unemployment . |
| 26 | His death was ignored by the government in Cameroon . |
| 27 | Ekeus also confirmed that the UN would reopen its investigation into Iraq 's biological weapons programme , the development of which was denied by the government in April [ see p. 38164 ] . |
| 28 | As we have seen , the policy for the polytechnics was outlined by the government in the White Paper , A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges , issued in May 1966 . |
| 29 | The sale of cluster bombs to Ethiopia by the arms manufacturer Cardoen , authorized by Pinochet 's military regime , was suspended by the government in October . |
| 30 | Howard Cooke , the current President of the Senate and a veteran politician of the People 's National Party ( PNP ) , was chosen by the government in late July to be the next Governor General ; the opposition Jamaica Labour Party ( JLP ) stated that it should have been consulted and expressed disappointment with the choice . |