Example sentences of "[n mass] to [art] government " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the sale of a newspaper for 20p from a stand in the street , the sale of industrial machinery for millions of pounds to a large company and the sale of aircraft to the government are all equally contracts ( i.e. agreements ) of sale of goods . |
| 2 | Yorkshire , which last year made £13.1m profits must pay £37.7m to the Government for the privilege of broadcasting . |
| 3 | In February 1990 the United States announced that it was giving only $1,000,000 to the government 's economic recovery programme ( ERP , launched in April 1989 ) instead of the $6,000,000 indicated earlier and the $13,000,000 requested by Canada , the chair of the support group . |
| 4 | The Deutsche Bundespost Telekom last year failed to make enough operating profit to offset losses by its sister units , according to yesterday 's edition of Focus magazine : the weekly reckons that Telekom 's 1992 profit totalled about $4,065m and after transferring $3,125m to the government , it was left with only $935m to offset losses of $1,685m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postdienst postal service and $185m at the Deutsche Bundespost Postbank savings bank . |
| 5 | Idris maintained the Janus-like character of the shaikh , representing government to the people and people to the government . |
| 6 | Why all the furore over the ‘ support ’ given by the SNP MPs to the Government during the recent Maastricht debate ? |