Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [art] government " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further sign of an easing of the deadlock was the announcement on July 30 that the government had " no objection " to the international monitoring of a general strike scheduled to take place on Aug. 3-4 [ see below ] , thus partially conceding another ANC demand . |
| 2 | It was announced on Feb. 22 that a government inquiry into the position of former East German Prime Minister Lothar De Maizière , who had been obliged to resign from the German Cabinet in December 1990 because of alleged connections with the Stasi [ see p. 37905 ] , had failed to prove that De Maizière had spied for the Stasi . |
| 3 | An intensive investigation failed to uncover evidence sufficient to warrant his prosecution , and unconfirmed news reports had claimed on Jan. 22 that the government had decided to abandon the Bloch investigation . |
| 4 | Klaus announced on March 22 that the government had decided to cancel Czechoslovakia 's multilateral agreements with the CMEA ( COMECON ) under which the exchange rates between the crown and the currencies of the other CMEA countries were fixed by joint arrangement [ see p. 37334 ] . |
| 5 | The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) reported from Geneva on June 22 that the government needed antibiotics , tents and blankets , trucks and bulldozers . |
| 6 | It was reported on Sept. 12 that the government had ordered federal prosecutors to investigate the loss of US$67,500 million by the Central Bank over the past decade . |
| 7 | It was reported on April 12 that the government had estimated that reconstruction plans could cost between US$50,000 million and US$100,000 million . |
| 8 | The President 's special adviser on international affairs , Bradman Weerakoon , had promised on Dec. 12 that the government would consider recent recommendations made by the human rights organization Amnesty International , including extending the investigations of a presidential commission on the disappeared and publishing its final report . |
| 9 | The Monetary Affairs Bureau announced on Jan. 12 that the government had agreed to lift by the second quarter of 1992 the ban on the export of gold , in place since 1949 . |
| 10 | It was reported in the press in April 1993 that the Government had backed down on its proposals under industry pressure and was merely proposing to strengthen existing legislation by giving wider investigatory powers to the OFT and by granting power to the Director General of Fair Trading to grant interim orders prohibiting abuses of market power . |
| 11 | Ministers told those people in 1987-88 that the Government had got it right , but now , four years later , they say , ’ Sorry , we got it wrong . |
| 12 | In fact , the BBC charter comes up for review in 1993 and the Government will decide how broadcasting will be run without much regard for Birt 's opinions . |
| 13 | The Congress ( I ) claim to form a government headed by V. Vaithilingam was accepted by the Lieutenant-Governor , Har Swarup Singh , on June 22 but a government had not been formed as of early July . |
| 14 | Revelations in February 1986 that the government was prepared to sell off British Leyland and Austin-Rover to American-owned companies provoked opposition from Conservative MPs in the affected constituencies which killed the proposals . |
| 15 | The Third Department recommended in an official memorandum of 1861 that the government strive " to retain in its own hands the standard of the progressive movement which it itself has started " . |
| 16 | Will the Minister confirm that the office in Newcastle upon Tyne is in the habit of pricing its community care grants in two well-known catalogue shops and that unfortunately it failed to spot in April 1991 that the Government had increased value added tax ? |
| 17 | Le Monde reported on April 26 that the government had decided to reverse previous government policy and for the first time to pay 6,200,000 marks to an Israeli foundation for holocaust survivors . |
| 18 | All-India radio reported on Aug. 26 that the government had appointed a second commission of inquiry to investigate the May 21 assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi [ see p. 38175 ] . |
| 19 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Aug. 10 that the government had started distributing rice to urban residents at one-third of the free market price , which had risen by 30-50 per cent over the previous year . |
| 20 | The Nation newspaper had reported on Oct. 10 that the government was planning to review legislation covering the armed forces and the Defence Ministry , and that Chuan had assigned Defence Minister Gen. Wichit Sukmak to supervise the implementation of new defence policies . |
| 21 | Fokin withdrew his threat on July 7 and the government survived the vote of no confidence , but parliament called on President Leonid Kravchuk to review the membership of his Cabinet . |
| 22 | The IMF had frozen co-operation with Poland during 1991 because the government had exceeded the agreed limits on inflation and the budget deficit [ see p . |
| 23 | Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland . |
| 24 | An estimated 70,000 public-sector workers went on strike on May 10 after the government had unilaterally revoked the Civil Service Law , which protected the rights of public-sector workers . |
| 25 | The addition of Sheffield brought the total number of UDCs to eleven and the government has stated that there will be no other UDCs before 1992 . |
| 26 | In Malaysia officials confirmed on Jan. 21 that the government 's support of UN resolutions had been " very unpopular " . |
| 27 | A Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on April 21 that the government would " reassess in May and June whether to resume assistance " . |
| 28 | The railways are now in division three and the government 's plan is to take them into the non-league . |
| 29 | The Association for the Conservation of Power estimates that carbon dioxide emissions could increase by up to 20 per cent in the year 2005 if the Government does not confront the problem . |
| 30 | The PDC had previously threatened to leave the administration on Jan. 31 if the government was not opened to other political parties , and party officials described the change of stance as a gesture of goodwill in response to continuing negotiations . |