Example sentences of "government [vb past] [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these are mirror images of those previously cited ; for instance , the recession meant less need for businessmen to seek out large industrial sites , central government began running down the overspill programmes and giving greater attention to the rejuvenation of inner city areas , and ‘ baby boom ’ was replaced by ‘ baby bust ’ . |
| 2 | By the beginning of the 1960s the government had given up the attempt to encourage employers to take special note of the needs of older workers . |
| 3 | Before leaving for New Delhi , Bhattarai announced on June 6 that the Nepal government had deferred indefinitely the importation of a final consignment of Chinese weaponry " as a gesture of goodwill and to accommodate Indian susceptibilities on this issue " . |
| 4 | On Feb. 28 the government refused to carry out the destruction of Scud missile materials . |
| 5 | It was confirmed on July 3 that the government intended to reduce dramatically the number of resident Palestinians . |