Example sentences of "government have [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All governments have wanted to strike a balance between the economic aims of low inflation , rapid economic growth , a surplus on the balance of payments , and full employment . |
| 2 | Since the mid-1980s governments have tried to make a reality of the division . |
| 3 | Interestingly , during the same conversation , discussion switches to Merseyside , when Hounam makes it quite clear he believes someone in the Conservative government has intervened to prevent an investigation into a serious instance of corruption . |
| 4 | Secondly , with the weight of tourist traffic going into Nepal , I think the government has got to accept a share of the responsibility . |
| 5 | In the Commons tonight , Jacques Arnold , Conservative MP for Gravesham , through whose constituency the line will run , said the Government had wanted to make a statement about the route on Wednesday but decided not to after Labour threatened to withdraw all cooperation if the statement was made the day after the Budget . |
| 6 | At the end of the nineteenth century the verdict of the legal philosopher Dicey was that laissez-faire had given way to collectivism ; that government had begun to assume a role in society that had taken Britain well on the way to becoming a socialist state . |
| 7 | On Jan. 16 Radio Bangladesh reported that the government had agreed to grant an amnesty which would secure the release immediately of 3,683 prisoners and the phased release over eight years of a further 9,000 . |
| 8 | There was increasing speculation about Jordan 's deteriorating relations with the USA , amid reports that the Jordanian government had refused to back a US plan to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . |