Example sentences of "government [noun] have [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Prescott , who was given a rousing reception after his election to Labour 's national executive earlier this week , condemned Paul Channon , the former Secretary of State for Transport , for refusing to accept that government policies had played a part in the series of transport disasters that had occured over the last two years . |
| 2 | Yet ironically , recent government policies have created a situation where more and more prisoners serving life and other long sentences have rather less to lose , for it has now been decreed that various categories of serious offender will not normally be considered for parole , or not considered for a very long time ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 3 | A BID to ease mortgage misery by asking for a bigger share of Government cash has suffered a setback . |
| 4 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 5 | In the UK the Chemical Nomenclature Advisory Service ( CNAS ) of the Laboratory of the Government Chemist has produced a Euro-list of about 20 000 chemical names showing their correct IUPAC nomenclature and their classification under the European Common Tariff Rules . |
| 6 | But Government whips have reported a slide in backbench support for Mr Mellor . |
| 7 | Government forces have mounted a campaign in Lunda Norte province in an attempt to recapture the diamond mines that earn UNITA $100m a year . |