Example sentences of "government claim that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is correct , therefore , for the Government to claim that poor families are not theoretically faced with marginal tax rates in excess of 100 per cent , it is clear that low-income families as a group face marginal tax rates of double , and sometimes treble , what the majority of the population pays . |
| 2 | In response , the government claimed that political reform could not be contemplated while the rebellion of the Tuareg in the north of the country [ see p. 37800 ] continued to pose a threat to national security . |
| 3 | The Buddhist Vesak festival on May 27-29 was marked by the official suspension of offensive operations by the army , but the government claimed that nine soldiers were killed by the LTTE during this three-day period . |
| 4 | The government claimed that 10 guerrillas had been killed for the loss of 12 soldiers , with 66 others wounded , and that three civilians had also been killed and an estimated 50 more wounded . |
| 5 | Responding to Senegalese assertions in May 1990 that Mauritania was blocking efforts by the Organization for African Unity ( OAU ) and Egypt to find a solution to the border dispute between the two countries , the Mauritanian government claimed that 300,000 Mauritanians were being held in Senegal against their will . |
| 6 | The activities of the Nahda movement had in September severely strained relations with Algeria , as the government claimed that Tunisian fundamentalists were allowed to operate from bases in Algeria . |
| 7 | The Conservative Government claimed that these bodies were an unnecessary and highly expensive tier of administration . |
| 8 | Throughout June , the RPF continued to launch attacks from southern Uganda on communes within the northern prefecture of Biumba , although the government claimed that these attacks had been repulsed . |
| 9 | The government claimed that this was a step towards the demilitarization of Nicosia . |
| 10 | The Vietnamese government claimed that this was a violation of its sovereignty . |
| 11 | The government claims that total spending is larger in other western states because many have a larger private sector ; in the United Kingdom it is just 0.8 per cent of total spending . |
| 12 | The government claims that economic growth is outstripping the increase in pollution . |
| 13 | the structural reform will create 3,650,000 losers ( i.e. their income will be lower than it would have been if the old system had continued and been up-rated in the normal way , and there had been no transitional protection ) compared with 3,190,000 gainers ( the Government claims that 5,000,070 gained ) while 1,680,000 people remain unaffected . |
| 14 | The government 's overture to the NPA was of particular significance , for it undermined consistent government claims that popular support for the 21-year guerrilla struggle was dwindling . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the government claims that old currency left in interest-bearing accounts should hold its value , so long as it is not spent . |
| 16 | The Government claims that 10,000 miners have already been put on buses to their place of origin . |