Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the government [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A CROSS-PARTY attempt to proclaim both Welsh and English as official languages in Wales was defeated by the Government last night . |
| 2 | On the figures , the company says that it should achieve double digit profit growth in the year to March 1994 but will fall short of the 13.3% figure achieved in 1992-93 , because of cuts in international tariffs agreed with the government last year and expected to be implemented on July 1 this year . |
| 3 | Its training programme is boosted by a software export policy introduced by the government last year . |
| 4 | The route announced by the Government last month after years of consultation and studies of alternatives had the added bonus of regenerating the East Thames corridor . |
| 5 | Sir Bernard Tomlinson was asked by the government last October to advise on the organisation of and the inter-relationships between the NHS and medical education and research in London . |
| 6 | A vote of no confidence was passed on the government last night , despite the efforts of two high ranking cabinet ministers to sway the debate . |
| 7 | Rogelio Ramirez de la O , a Mexico City economist who was ridiculed by the government last year for predicting so large a deficit , now says that a big peso devaluation ( of perhaps 15% ) is four months off . |
| 8 | A MAJOR nuclear programme was halted by the Government last night — throwing doubts over Sellafield 2 . |