Example sentences of "[noun] [art] government [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion that curricular breadth and balance was in any case the government 's chief policy goal deserves to be treated with scepticism . |
| 2 | He fulfilled in part the government 's pre-election promise to provide debt relief for farmers , setting aside Rs10,000 million to waive rural debts of less than Rs10,000 ( some estimates put the total outstanding rural debt figure at Rs140,000 million ) . |
| 3 | In both cases the government 's beneficiary is itself . |
| 4 | In some cases the government 's attempts to tighten its control and impose administrative and cultural uniformity created nationalist opposition where virtually none had existed : this was most evident in the Baltic provinces dominated by a Germanic aristocracy and in the semi-autonomous Duchy of Finland . |
| 5 | In many previous cases the government 's encouragement to the Society to organize research projects had not been matched by funding ; Kempe strove to remedy this . |
| 6 | As to the climbdowns to which the right hon. Gentleman referred , they merely reflect the Government 's success in putting in writing — and I agree that this was needed in some cases the Government 's intentions , using words that even the right hon. Gentleman could understand . |
| 7 | In the end of course the government 's majority triumphed and the whole affair died away , but Marconi remained a favourite cry of Unionist hecklers in 1914 . |
| 8 | ‘ At present the Government 's mind-set appears to be that nothing can be done without a smile of approval from Dublin , which never comes . |
| 9 | Mr Prescott said : ‘ At present the Government 's roads programme is unstructured with several vague promises of investment on a variety of projects . ’ |
| 10 | The Congress had rejected the legislation on May 31 , having already defeated in mid-May the government 's attempt to introduce emergency measures to raise taxes on financial transactions ( to restrict the expansion of credit ) and to cut the wages of public employees covered by statutory job security . |
| 11 | By mid-May the government 's request for emergency relief supplies estimated at just over US$670,000,000 , with an additional US$740,000,000 for reconstruction , had met with pledges totalling only US$450,000,000 . |
| 12 | As the new legislation came into force the government 's concern to limit the scope for independent initiative was further intensified . |
| 13 | Will the right hon. Gentleman now , even at this late stage , intervene to try to stop the closure , bearing in mind the Government 's responsibility for privatising the steel industry , thereby allowing a butcher such as Bob Scholey to betray the Scottish steel workers ? |
| 14 | Erm we believe that this is something that the panel should pay particular regard to , bearing in mind the government 's advice to reduce the need for for travel . |
| 15 | In practice the government 's choice is somewhat limited . |
| 16 | It remains to be seen what effect the Government 's deregulation will have on the dissemination of Christian music through radio and television . |
| 17 | I can simply call in aid the Government 's record so far . |
| 18 | The decision leaves in tatters the Government 's original plans for a scheme administered by the private sector , and in effect hands control of higher education funding to the Treasury , a blow to the morale of the Department of Education and Science which wants to expand student numbers . |
| 19 | The Chester case was widely considered a test the government 's response to development pressures on open land surrounding other historic cities in Britain . |
| 20 | At the core of this debate is the precariousness of state arts funding throughout the United States , and the threat of reductions in public funding at a time when cutting the government 's colossal budget deficit is a national priority . |
| 21 | In Spain the government 's policy of providing logistical , humanitarian and political support for allied forces in the Gulf while eschewing direct military involvement in the war won overwhelming support in a parliamentary debate on Jan. 18 . |
| 22 | Brown proceeded to tell Pincher the government 's version of events including the allegation that Blake had betrayed over 40 British agents , hence the claim was born that Blake was sentenced to one year in prison for every agent . |
| 23 | The findings again call into question the Government 's attempt to privatise nuclear power despite constant warnings over the costs The shadow Energy Secretary , Mr Frank Dobson , claimed yesterday that the CEGB 's accounts had been ‘ massaged and adjusted to suit the Government 's privatisation policies ’ . |
| 24 | The retraction of finances from city coffers calls into question the government 's real commitment to urban regeneration . |
| 25 | Does the Secretary of State accept that people living in the real world question the Government 's industrial policy ? |
| 26 | The change was widely reported as bringing into question the government 's commitment to the phasing out of nuclear energy by 2010 , as approved in a 1980 referendum [ see pp. 30335 ; 30994 ; 34831 ] . |
| 27 | This called into question the government 's chances of winning a two-thirds majority , which it would need to make constitutional changes , and which every government had achieved hitherto , except in the 1969 elections . |
| 28 | It also claims that the UK 's winter death rate is twice that of cold countries such as Sweden , Finland and Denmark , and suggests that this discrepancy between the UK and other countries , puts in question the Government 's focus on factors such as the effect of low temperatures on blood circulation . |
| 29 | In its most recent statements the government 's main concern has been to try to ensure that council house rents reflect more closely the values of the houses . |
| 30 | And in the same period the government 's tax revenue has more than doubled to S$12.1bn . |