Example sentences of "government have [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Rather governments have favoured a policy of buying home-produced goods .
2 Blind and deaf people have also been recruited for certain jobs in central government , and a number of state governments have reserved a percentage of jobs for the disabled .
3 ITALY POST-WAR Italian governments have lasted an average of one year .
4 The Japanese and Chinese governments have signed an agreement to carry out joint tests on equipment to desulphurize coal in Chinese power plants .
5 As I said in reply to the hon. Member for Liverpool , Mossley Hill ( Mr. Alton ) , the Government have obtained a report from the Director General of Fair Trading , which was only published on 24 September .
6 The Government have painted a picture of willing participants lining up to take part in this scheme .
7 These are the 16 to 18-year-olds to whom the Government have given a guarantee .
8 It is all very well for the hon. Gentleman to say that the Government have given an undertaking not to turn away volunteers , but 102 Royal Artillery in Northern Ireland is at a strength of 103 per cent .
9 The Government have received a number of representations calling for the reintroduction of executive detention .
10 It is well known that the Government have received an offer to privatise search and rescue services .
11 The Indonesian Government have announced a commission of inquiry into the events in East Timor .
12 The Government have seen an increase in prosperity throughout the United Kingdom and a sharing of both good times and bad .
13 I understand why the Government have maintained an exemption for small businesses , for which survival is of the essence .
14 In the past few years , the Government have introduced a number of beneficial educational reforms , which will definitely improve matters .
15 The Government have taken a stand on the right principles , and when my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister goes to Maastricht to uphold them , he will have the overwhelming support of the House and the country , whatever the outcome of the summit .
16 of that fund was paid in by the Government , but now the Government have taken a holiday .
17 The Government have taken a number of steps to promote the provision of affordable homes for exactly the people whom the hon. Gentleman mentions .
18 One in eight mortgage payers are in arrears because the Government have launched a drive towards home ownership so powerful that mobility of labour has suffered .
19 During the past 12 years the Government have shown a lack of interest in regional economic policies .
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