Example sentences of "[art] government have [be] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Switzerland , which had 36,000 political asylum requests in 1990 ( and 17 per cent of whose residents were non-nationals ) , the government had been tightening the rules since February 1991 . |
| 2 | Tillett was convinced that despite its attempts to mediate , the government had been helping the employers . |
| 3 | NRA forces were reported to have committed atrocities against the civilian population in Soroti district in the east , where the government had been fighting the Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) , led by Peter Otai ; in September it was reported that 30 NRA personnel had been arrested for the killing of 60 civilians in the area . |
| 4 | It is quite obvious that the government have been gearing the NHS up for this plan for some time . |
| 5 | FoE claim that even EC standards are inadequate and that the government has been fogging the issue in the run up to privatisation . |
| 6 | The Government has been resisting the removal of frontier controls because of anxieties about drugs and illicit arms traffickers . |
| 7 | Even some of the most loyal Tory MPs would not dispute Mr Lamont 's claim that the government has been giving the impression of being in office , but not in power . |