Example sentences of "government announce the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On July 31 the government announced the receipt of R8,000,000 from the South African government as compensation for the abortive coup by South African-back mercenaries in 1981 [ see pp. 31513-15 ] .
2 On Aug. 10 the United Kingdom government announced the banning of the Ulster Defence Association ( UDA ) , with effect from midnight .
3 Last year , when the Government announced the proposals , Labour appeared to be in favour of the reform of local government structure and the establishment of a local government commission .
4 With the financial markets showing some evidence of recovery , the government announced the Aug. 28 emergency package , amounting to 10,700,000 million yen ( 2.3 per cent of gross national product ) , which , it estimated , would increase economic growth by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months from October .
5 In the November review of both 1987 and 1988 , the Government announced the freezing of child benefit payments since the 1988 statement there have been numerous ominous statements , all stressing that the future of the benefit is ‘ under review ’ .
6 Earlier this year , the Government announced the abolition of the poll tax and the introduction of the council tax .
7 The Plymouth yard 's company accounts for the financial year 1989/90 reveal the talks began after its managers anticipated a substantial cut in their future workload months before the Government announced the size of the Options for Change defence cuts .
8 On Dec. 15 the government announced the dismissal of three BJP-controlled state ministries , in Himachal Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan .
9 Typically , in the wake of the uprisings of 1985 in Britain the government announced the advent of a new policy measure , the introduction of eight Inner City Task Forces to Moss Side ( Manchester ) , Chapeltown ( Leeds ) , Notting Hill ( London ) , North Peckham ( London ) , North Central ( Middlesbrough ) , Highfields ( Leicester ) , St Paul 's ( Bristol ) and Handsworth ( Birmingham ) .
10 A confrontation followed when the government announced the annulment of congress decisions and replacement of the elected leadership ; a general strike was called for Sept. 14 , causing serious disruption for three days .
11 It had been the blackest day of the war when the government announced the rationing of tea .
12 On Oct. 15 the government announced the formation of a National Agrarian Commission .
13 Leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam ( ULFA ) agreed to end their four-year rebellion after the government announced the suspension of army operations on Jan. 13 .
14 Also on Sept. 9 the government announced the privatization of Credito Italiano , the country 's sixth-largest bank , and of Nuovo Pignone , the heavy engineering subsidiary of ENI , the state-owned energy corporation , together with a new system of income assessment to halt tax evasion .
15 In 1982 the Government announced the closure of the dockyard and it was divided into three parts .
16 On Feb. 10 the Tanzanian government announced the lifting of some sanctions , including those on air links and visits , over the course of the year .
17 On Feb. 3 , 1990 , the government announced the creation of a National Council for Normalization made up of representatives of the government , security forces and guerrillas .
18 On July 16 , 10 parties which were signatories to the national charter of July 1991 demanded the annulment , on account of voting irregularities , of the local elections held on June 21 [ see p. 38952 ] ; on July 27 the government announced the creation of a " board to correct election errors " , which would include both Ethiopian and foreign experts .
19 Following widespread protests the government announced the cancellation of the dam project in early March .
20 On March 20 the government announced the reprieve and release from prison , in the furtherance of the policy of national reconciliation , of 17 people convicted of subversion following a coup attempt in 1987 [ see pp. 35940-41 ] .
21 On April 27 the government announced the dissolution of the local panchayat system .
22 In April 1939 , under pressure from Tory backbenchers , the Government announced the introduction of military conscription .
23 On May 8 the government announced the introduction of the death penalty for those convicted of murder or the attempted murder of magistrates , jurors , government ministers or security force commanders ; at the same time penalties of up to 10 years ' imprisonment and fines of up to GF10,000,000 ( about US$12,500 ) were introduced for the organizers of public demonstrations ending in violence .
24 His statement came hours before the government announced the extension of martial law ( first imposed in February — see pp. 37987-98 ) by one month .
25 Despite several declarations by Djohar that the political timetable detailed at the end of the national conference [ see p. 38855 ] would be respected , the government announced the postponement of the constitutional referendum , scheduled for May 24 , until June 7 .
26 Shortly afterwards the government announced the holding of the first post-liberation elections — municipal elections to take place in April and May of the following year .
27 Just days later the Government announced the establishment of a cabinet sub-committee on AIDS .
28 On April 8 Tudjman announced that he had received assurances from the JNA leadership that the JNA would not interfere in the settlement of the political crisis , but on April 11 the Croatian government announced the establishment of a de facto republican army in the form of a Croatian National Guard Corps .
29 This charge was highlighted in mid-1990 when the government announced the establishment of a review committee to examine the possibility of constitutional reform prior to the 1991 general election [ see pp. 37882-83 ] .
30 When can we expect the Government to announce the subventions for next year ?
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