Example sentences of "[noun prp] government [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Assam government had filed a suit in the Supreme Court arguing that its boundary with Nagaland should be based on the 1925 boundaries of the then Naga Hills district . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the constitutional changes which led up to the general election of July [ see p. 37603 ] , the Habré government had remained an alliance of faction leaders lacking any real popular support . |
| 3 | In February 1988 the Fiji government had sent a contingent of troops to Rotuma after an attempt by the islanders to secede [ see also p. 36700 ] . |
| 4 | The UK government had issued a licence approving the dumping and was reportedly considering at least 10 further licences . |
| 5 | ( On Sept. 7 , at the end of a two-day debate for which the UK House of Commons had been recalled from its summer recess , the UK government had won a vote of confidence over its handling of the Gulf crisis , by 437 votes to 35 . ) |
| 6 | The UK government has announced a ban on the non-agricultural use of the pesticides atrazine and simizine , commonly used to clear weeds from roadside verges , railway lines and footpaths . |
| 7 | The UK government has announced a plan to give the public freer access to environmental information , in line with a 1990 EC directive on the subject . |
| 8 | The UK government has announced a number of measures to boost energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources . |
| 9 | The UK government has announced a series of new initiatives for the countryside , in a package involving £22.5 million of new expenditure spread over three years . |
| 10 | Since 1972 the UK government has adopted a policy of progressive reductions in the quantity of lead permitted in petrol . |
| 11 | The UK government has launched a grant scheme to encourage the restoration of damaged hedgerows and their maintenance as wildlife havens . |
| 12 | The UK government has issued a consultation paper on the further protection of wildlife and habitats designed to conform with an European Community ( EC ) directive on habitats which is due to come into force in June 1993 . |
| 13 | It was reported at the beginning of October that the Lao government had issued a decree suspending the commercial exploitation of timber resources . |
| 14 | The US government had established a Fish Commission under Spencer F. Baird ( 1823–87 ) as early as 1871 to enquire into the depletion of fish stocks . |
| 15 | As Bromberg tells us at the beginning of her excellent mixture of history of science and politics , ‘ The US government has supported a research programme in fusion energy since 1951 , and in the 30 years through 1980 it has expended more than $2 billion . |
| 16 | The Thatcher Government has lost a vote only on rare occasions . |
| 17 | The Zimbabwe government has revived a plan to build a 250-kilometre pipeline to supply the city of Bulawayo and its environs with water from the Zambezi river . |