Example sentences of "be [verb] that [art] [adj] government " in BNC.

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1 On May 1 it had been reported that the Colombian government was willing to talk with the guerrillas , after three representatives of the two groups within the CNGSB ( the FARC and the ELN — see p. 38001 ) had occupied the Venezuelan embassy in Bogotá seeking diplomatic asylum .
2 It has been argued that the Conservative government has in its policy changes ( if not publicly voiced ) moved towards a more Keynesian stance .
3 I think you 're suggesting that the local government would do a lot more if the national government would allow it , and I suspect you 're a Labour member of the Oxfordshire County Council and I think that you would point at the Conservative central government as being , if not deliberately anti-women , then the effect of some of it 's policies seemed to indicate that that 's where it 's heading .
4 In the first place it could be argued that a democratic government would not impose unreasonably on minorities ; this exposed the party to Liberal charges that they were indifferent to the Irish Nationalists , but it also exposed the weakness of the government 's position , as Law explained to the Commons in January 1913 :
5 On the fringe of the political scene , the Daily Mail campaigned vigorously for a coalition under a new leader and various important figures in the City of London let it be known that a Socialist Government would be a financial disaster .
6 After the elections charges were levelled that the federal government had intervened secretly on behalf of USNO in an attempt to undermine Kitangan .
7 It is recommended that the British government uses Article 20 to rehabilitate on-farm broadleaved woods in the LFA in conjunction with advice from the conservation authorities , but that it does not implement any provisions for afforestation because of the role of the Forestry Commission and private forestry companies in the UK .
8 The task now is to ensure that the incoming Government acts swiftly to introduce a fair and effective Asylum Bill , after full and proper consultation .
9 His change of heart may well have been motivated more by politics than economics — it has been suggested that the British government 's persistent efforts to block the Market were enough to convince de Gaulle of its virtues — but the economic implications of allowing the Common Market to take effect on schedule were profound .
10 For example , it was claimed that the military government had reduced the infant mortality rate to between 24 and 30 per thousand in the West Bank and 30 per thousand in Gaza , comparing very favourably with the rate , 22 per thousand , for Palestinians in Israel .
11 On April 18-19 Mitterrand visited Bucharest [ see p. 38163 ] , and on July 17-19 Roman visited Paris again , when it was reported that the French government had guaranteed loans to the value of US$200,000,000 to French firms investing in Romania .
12 On July 4 a goodwill visit to Port Vila by two Australian navy ships ( scheduled for July 9-12 ) was cancelled as a mark of Australian displeasure , and on July 29 it was reported that the Australian government had imposed a ban on all high-level contact with Vanuatu until Dec. 31 , 1992 .
13 It was understood that the new government would lead the country to presidential elections in November , and to multiparty legislative elections in December .
14 No one could predict with certainty whether or not the King would grant a dissolution in such circumstances , but his inclination was to ensure that the Labour government be given every privilege that previous governments had enjoyed .
15 On Oct. 23 , 1989 , it was confirmed that the Italian government had investigated allegations by the US that the Italian computer company , Olivetti , had breached COCOM rules .
16 My apologies did little to assuage the situation and I was informed that the federal government had ruled against allowing key production personnel to enlist in the armed forces .
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