Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] government [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although sharp disagreements remained on the question of agricultural trade and on opening up government procurement to foreign companies , there was agreement on ( i ) curbs on general industrial and commercial subsidies ; ( ii ) speedy resolution of intellectual property rights ; and ( iii ) special treatment for special service sectors such as air transport and shipping . |
| 2 | The Transport Secretary , Cecil Parkinson , has hinted at a possible change of heart by refusing to rule out government support , but a firm decision will have to be made soon if the deadline for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill , to be introduced in November , is to be met . |
| 3 | If the deposits begin to build up ( from taxation ) , the government will probably spend them on paying back government debt . |
| 4 | Though the economic situation has now somewhat improved , it has affected both government expenditure and living standards over the entire decade . |
| 5 | These set out Government policy and provide updated information on the 1981 Minerals Act . |
| 6 | STANDARD LEVEL OF SERVICE : These amounts are the Government 's view , for the purpose of sharing out Government Standard Spending Grant ( see next note ) , of the appropriate level of spending for the authorities in your area to enable them to provide broadly a standard level of service , taking into account the particular circumstances of the area . |
| 7 | He also ruled out Government assistance for caterers who needed to buy equipment to comply with the Food Safety Act , as part of an election giveaway . |
| 8 | He could take up agroforestry ; he could convert to timber ; he could take up government agency schemes and grow winter grass mixtures for wild geese to graze upon , or engineer his fields to be a home for the stone curlew . |
| 9 | Many owned coffee plantations , and not unnaturally were more concerned with the success of their investments than with carrying out government policy . |
| 10 | Mr Henderson , 54 , Mr Allen , 47 , and Mr Abraham , 46 , — ex-directors of Coventry-based Matrix Churchill — said Mr Clark was not alone in carrying out Government policy . |
| 11 | The Bank has a major role in the foreign exchange market as it is responsible for carrying out government policy with regard to the exchange rate . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman actually threatened some of the staff in that hospital for carrying out Government policy . |
| 13 | I have asked to take the lead for setting up Government Division . |
| 14 | Its reason for this is largely to do with its distrust of the judges who , it feels , would use their power to strike down government action or legislation as being contrary to a Bill of Rights , as the American courts can do , to promote their own conservative values . |
| 15 | He claimed in the press that it set out Government policy , but it was a million miles away from our policy . |
| 16 | NEW Chancellor Kenneth Clarke last night issued a clear warning to his Cabinet colleagues to cut back Government spending or face the consequences . |