Example sentences of "[art] government [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In New Zealand , an unlikely coalition of government scientists , harbour boards , fishermen , and environmental groups pressured the government to take firm action to resist the invasion of the drift-netters . |
| 2 | Britain 's shadow food minister , Elliot Morley , called on the government to take firm action to protect UK food exporters from ‘ intolerable ’ obstruction and intimidation from French fisherman . |
| 3 | He says that the council is obliged by the government to take full responsibility for young offenders — and that includes paying for keeping them in secure units . |
| 4 | Since the Prime Minister said that it is important to create the conditions for economic and industrial success , will he listen to the CBI which , in its report asks the Government to take proper account of the interests of manufacturing industry instead of pursuing the policies that they are pursuing ? |
| 5 | Also alleging rape and torture , Amnesty urged the government to take urgent action against the security forces . |
| 6 | Now the POA wants the Government to take urgent action . |
| 7 | ‘ It is an absurd situation that the Government allows military equipment to be exported to a country when we end up sending our own troops to fight that country 's aggression . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It is an absurd situation that the Government allows military equipment to be exported to a country when we end up sending our own troops to fight that country 's aggression , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Finally , we have gathered from recent select committee reports that it is the intention of the Government to allow annual flexibility on the allocation of funds to each of the beneficiaries . |
| 10 | But then another paradox is that he was successful in persuading the government to allow increased investment , especially in rolling stock . |
| 11 | This was seen as part of an attempt by the government to widen economic reform to include democratization as well as liberalization . |
| 12 | If the Act is as good as it is claimed in their motion , why has n't the Government ensured proper funding for it ? |
| 13 | While the government does not foresee the need for pre-censorship of publications , films and video cassettes , it is the intention of the government to enact appropriate legislation to provide the framework within which an assessment could be made of the suitability of any publication , film or video cassette for public and private consumption with regard to obscenity and offending of religious convictions . |
| 14 | While the government does not foresee the need for pre-censorship of publications , films and video cassettes , it is the intention of the government to enact appropriate legislation to provide the framework within which an assessment could be made of the suitability of any publication , film or video cassette for public and private consumption with regard to obscenity and offending of religious convictions . |
| 15 | The government borrows foreign currency , thereby directly financing government imports . |
| 16 | When the Government introduce complicated legislation , it is only right that people should have access to those with basic information about it . |
| 17 | But the fact remains that the safeguards themselves do not prevent the government using civil plutonium for defence purposes . |
| 18 | But the impact of her deed both upon public opinion and upon the government directed revolutionary attention towards this form of political action . |
| 19 | In September the government announced new austerity measures including a reduction in public spending to counter the adverse effects of the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37697 ] which , taking into account the loss of remittances from Bangladeshis in Iraq , loss of exports and a squeeze on jobs in other Gulf states , was expected to cause a loss of US$250,000,000 . |
| 20 | On May 23 , 1989 , the government announced total defence budget savings of F17,000 million for 1990 and 1991 . |
| 21 | On April 5 , in a move to calm financial markets , to halt an outflow of capital and to avoid a devaluation , the government announced public-sector expenditure cuts of FM10,000 million , equivalent to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) , to be made in 1993 . |
| 22 | We must all of us write to the Health Authority , to our local M Ps , to the government to defend Orthopaedic Hospital . |
| 23 | The severity of the world recession and the weakness of the pound combined to lead the government to borrow foreign currency from the International Monetary Fund in December 1975 . |
| 24 | The courts usually allow the Government to define national security in whatever way it pleases . |
| 25 | The government made slow progress in its attempt to build a political consensus for economic reform . |
| 26 | Recently , medical students at Khartoum University took part in the campaign by the students ' union , and called on the Government to respect academic freedom and the autonomy of the university . |
| 27 | In those days the government assessed local authority needs according to a very in the grant related expenditure assessment , G R E A , greas and this is much more complex and sensitive measure of how much it costs to run a city and in those days what the government thought we should be spending and what we thought we should be spending seemed in fact to be very close indeed . |
| 28 | According to a report by Dr Chris Van Sway of the government funded Dutch Butterfly Foundation , the Netherlands has lost 15 of its 63 species and 10 more could be under threat . |
| 29 | Can the government influence aggregate supply , and how ? |
| 30 | They have persuaded the government to invest extra money in basic research in these areas . |