Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] government [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Morwenstow , a well marked and well trodden path winds along the cliff edge , past Higher and Lower Sharpnose Point where government satellite receiving dishes look like monstrous props from a 1960s science fiction film . |
| 2 | The mutiny ended the following day when government forces regained control of the camp and arrested 45 of the rebel soldiers . |
| 3 | And though , by a well-established convention , Members do not ask Ministers questions about the day-to-day conduct of the industries ' affairs , since that is by definition not government business , they may very well ask him about a matter that most certainly is : about the appointments Ministers make to the boards of nationalised industries . |
| 4 | The social opportunity cost rate This is the rate whereby government projects should generate a return at least equal to the private sector projects displayed by the government applying the funds to public sector investment . |
| 5 | The agreement , which still had to be endorsed by local chiefs , left central Bougainville as the only area where government services had yet to be restored . |
| 6 | It is clearly one area where government housing policies have had an equalising effect . |
| 7 | In a week when government figures showed that cases of people infected with the Aids virus are now increasing at a rate of almost five a day , one could see their point . |
| 8 | In April , I did point out that if English Heritage ( the body responsible for the preservation of England 's built heritage ) were transferred to the new Department of National Heritage ( which is now the case ) , very careful consideration would need to be given to how planning is coped with , because one of the strengths of English Heritage had been that it was placed within the Department of the Environment where government planning takes place . |
| 9 | Agreement was also reached with all main Western , including European Community ( EC ) , steel-producing countries to phase out government subsidies for steel . |
| 10 | The basic trouble is that this is another example of approaching a situation whereby government ministers , for one reason or another , do not appear enthusiastic about using their powers . |
| 11 | This time however government attempts to bring about change have been more determined and enduring . |
| 12 | Dean said : ‘ At a time when government health policy objectives indicate that we need more not fewer community nurses , some health authorities have indicated that the number of district nurses may be halved . ’ |
| 13 | They are particularly important — and problematic at a time when government policy seems to be introducing a serious tension into the local administration of the education service . |