Example sentences of "[pos pn] government do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Government does not want that . |
| 2 | Farmers have promised more mayhem if their government does not resist US demands for cuts — and they are backed by public opinion . |
| 3 | An ARATS member , Tang Shubei , obliquely warned Taiwanese businessmen that if their government did not co-operate , they would lose out to Americans , Europeans and other Asians . |
| 4 | Their government did not wish to foreclose other options , provoke the USSR , or antagonize its own left-wing . |
| 5 | Although there are between 30,000 and 50,000 Somalis squatting in the tiny littoral state of Djibouti , its government does not grant them refugee status and deports any Somalis - guerrillas or refugees — it catches crossing the border . |
| 6 | However , there were reports of fresh supplies of Chinese arms being made to the Khmers Rouges — possibly under old agreements — and Hun Sen said that his government did not believe China 's statement . |
| 7 | But the Ambassador of the DRA to the Soviet Union , Habib Mangal , in reply to questions on the EEC initiative on 1 July underlined that his government did not accept ‘ any policy , any manœuvres , any political subterfuges aimed at making the problem of Afghanistan international ’ . |
| 8 | Admitting that the security forces were involved in a recent wave of kidnappings and murders of students , he said that his government did not have the means to combat the activities which had taken place over the past few months , aimed at creating a climate of terror and instability in order to justify an attempt to return to the past or the installation of a president who would promise a tough policy . |
| 9 | Legislation had been passed , at the height of the bubble , to stop the creation of new joint-stock companies , which ruled out one of the ways in which the British had organized their expansion overseas , Walpole , the Prime Minister who picked up the pieces after the collapse , was first of all concerned to make sure that the King and his government did not run into any more trouble , which meant a programme of no new taxes , no wars , no new assertion of authority , and much less expansion than either before or after . |
| 10 | Our government does not want to obtain a total military victory . " |
| 11 | IT 'S astonishing that our government did n't admit that the German bank spent £17 billion trying to prop up the pound and the Italian lira during the recent crisis . |
| 12 | Your government did n't have any courage then to back up it 's own man , and force through some changes , and so I do n't know what your policy is , it seems to change every couple of years . |