Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] government [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Lord Marshall 's letter says that because of the Government 's commitment to introduce competition into electricity supply as quickly as possible ‘ alternative arrangements for protecting the security of supply ’ would need to be made , involving a ‘ capacity deficiency scheme ’ . |
| 2 | Dissent increased in the 1983 Parliament , partly because of the government 's larger majority , which enables rebels to dissent without jeopardizing the government . |
| 3 | Bus usage in leading English cities has fallen by a sixth since 1985/86 because of the Government 's deregulation of bus operations , says a study for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 4 | The minister , Mr Nicholas Ridley , had to leave out the expected bill because of the Government 's heavy legislative programme . |
| 5 | But there is a widespread belief that the travelling public will be forced to meet a substantial share of the new safety costs through higher fares , because of the Government 's policy of reducing taxpayers ' support for the railways . |
| 6 | Although some subsidiaries of state firms have been publicly floated , as in the case of Pechiney , the aluminium and packaging group , they remain immune from takeovers because of the government 's significant shareholdings . |
| 7 | This exists primarily because of the government 's desire to finance a substantial part of its expenditure by cheap money rather than by taxation . |
| 8 | EMPLOYMENT Secretary Gillian Shephard was today awarded the title ‘ Scrooge of the Year ’ because of the Government 's plans to abolish wages councils . |
| 9 | ‘ Industry ca n't afford to invest in modern technology because of the Government 's high interest rates , so it is less competitive . |
| 10 | However , the IMF suspended its stand-by agreement with Mongolia last autumn because of the government 's failure to meet its conditions . |
| 11 | But at the same time , because of the Government 's policy of disenfranchising people from entitlement to national insurance benefits , and reducing the income of those already on low incomes , it has significantly increased the numbers claiming means-tested assistance , or , as it prefers to say , targeted help on those in greatest need . |
| 12 | Because of the Government 's announcement of a review of the working of the Architects Registration Acts , 1931–1969 , the Committee met on several occasions to discuss this important issue . |
| 13 | Does he realise that France and Germany are already benefiting from the scheme , but that we are denied it because of the Government 's obstinacy ? |
| 14 | Because of the Government 's apparent lack of enthusiasm for all things European , and their determination to go along a slow track , will not Scotland lose out again without any chance of the central bank being cited in Glasgow or Edinburgh ? |
| 15 | Will he turn his mind to the serious short-term problems : first , the problem that will be caused for the existing development project by the delayed decision on an enterprise zone and , secondly , the problem that the Lanarkshire development agency and Scottish Enterprise will have because of the Government 's obsession with annuality in the money that they give . |
| 16 | Students in London have suffered particularly badly because of the Government 's decision to make students ineligible for housing benefit . |
| 17 | I do not mourn for Mr. Fyfe , but is he to be branded a dishonest man because of the Government 's insensitivity in railroading through these unwanted applications ? |
| 18 | The crisis has occurred because of the Government 's policy — which , whether or not it was deliberate , has been disastrous , as my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) said . |
| 19 | Local DUP councillor Mervyn Carrick said the bombing only happened because of the Government 's ‘ ineffective security policy . |
| 20 | Members of the Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) , led by Rachid Ghanouchi , were reported as saying that they had not put up candidates because of the government 's continued refusal officially to recognise the party . |
| 21 | The United States Department of State announced on Dec. 21 that military aid to Guatemala was being suspended immediately because of the government 's failure to " criticize or exhaustively investigate " those responsible for human rights abuses . |
| 22 | Prime Minister Tenguiz Sigua had resigned on Aug. 18 , the day before the Soviet August coup , when Gamsakhurdia dismissed Deputy Premier Otar Kviliataya and Foreign Minister Georgi Khoshtaria allegedly because of the government 's failure to halt economic decline and a fall in living standards . |
| 23 | The chairman of its Scottish council , Dr Mac Armstrong , told a press conference in Edinburgh : ‘ This should be one of the most exciting enterprises the NHS has ever engaged in but the enthusiasm for this initiative — which is there — may turn to scepticism because of the Government 's commitment to it . ’ |
| 24 | Intense negotiations continued , with the generators believing that they had the upper hand because of the Government 's tight timetable and their insistence that they should not have to sign contracts before seeing the white paper . |
| 25 | As for the Government 's style , Mr Heseltine suggested that much of its tough ‘ rhetoric ’ was empty , because the hostile words did not match the actions . |
| 26 | AS FOR the government 's negotiating strategy , Harkabi forecast that nothing would scare the ‘ extremists ’ like a readiness to talk from the other side . |
| 27 | As for the Government 's position , we are investing £120 million to help the people and economy of north Lanarkshire , including £40 million from this Department . |
| 28 | As to the Government 's position on the green form scheme , my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said that instead of an arrangement unique to the immigration appellate system , whereby public funds finance two sources of free advice — UKIAS and green form — they were considering concentrating the provision of free advice through UKIAS , so that only that organisation would be publicly funded to give advice . |