Example sentences of "the government [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the association points out that the government already spends £12 300 on each job it creates through its regional incentive scheme . |
| 2 | At the end of 1981 the government finally gave way , or at least a little bit . |
| 3 | The government finally gave way and , on 17 December 1908 , passed a bill which restricted the term ‘ Champagne ’ to certain named communes in the Marne and Aisne départements only . |
| 4 | In 1670–71 the government briefly lost control of a vast area from the Don to the Volga as peasants rallied under the leadership of a Don Cossack named Stenka Razin . |
| 5 | Thirty children delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street begging the Government not to close Kenton Ward at St Bartholomew 's Hospital in London . |
| 6 | If the British library is , as the Minister said , the greatest English language library in the world , why are the Government not providing acquisition money or adequate transitional money ? |
| 7 | Television and media have come under increasing pressure from the government not to publicise controversies about military and security matters . |
| 8 | The Bishop of Oxford has appealed to the Government not to cut aid to the Third World . |
| 9 | The report called on the Government not to introduce laws forcing cyclists to wear a helmet and advised against encouraging cyclists to do so . |
| 10 | A New Zealand court held that an undertaking by the government not to introduce legislation regarding the advertising of cigarettes was incapable of being consideration for a promise by a tobacco company because the government 's promise was of no value : it can not fetter the legislature : Rothmans of Pall Mall ( NZ ) Ltd. v. Attorney General [ 1991 ] N.Z.L.R. 323 . |
| 11 | The Government later backed advice that babies should be put on their backs to sleep and not be overheated by too many blankets . |
| 12 | The Government later backed advice that babies be put on their backs to sleep and not overheated by too many blankets . |
| 13 | Nor can the government simply override opposition . |
| 14 | The government also took advantage of successes by the South African cricket team in the cricket world cup in Australia to argue that without reform , South Africa would once again have to withdraw from the international sporting scene . |
| 15 | The government also made efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to resume oil supplies , including making a payment of US$6,000,000 outstanding for June oil bills . |
| 16 | The government also began negotiations seeking membership of the IMF ( to which it acceded in October ) and the World Bank and indicated its desire to join the European Communities . |
| 17 | The government also repaired relations with several other countries during late 1990-91 . |
| 18 | The government also issued regulations under the 1920 Emergency Powers Act and recalled troops from Ireland and abroad in order to quell the miners and their potential allies . |
| 19 | The government also derived revenue from its privatization programme designed to return to private ownership many of the state companies acquired during the 20-year rule of Marcos . |
| 20 | The Government also introduced powers , under section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , to ban offensive weapons as specified by means of statutory instruments . |
| 21 | The Government also provides help to private owners through English Heritage repair grants , and tax relief in return for commitments on upkeep and public access . |
| 22 | The government also forecast GNP growth of 2.5 per cent in 1993 ( up from 1.3 per cent ) , and inflation of 2.3 per cent ( the same as predicted for 1992 ) . |
| 23 | The government also finances research bodies and institutions , such as the Medical Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council , which themselves initiate , approve and finance research topics into particular problems . |
| 24 | The government also pursued policies designed to encourage a commercial ethos in the remaining public enterprises . |
| 25 | The government also faced discontent in schools and universities . |
| 26 | The Government also gives grants for loft insulation and draft-proofing to people claiming Income Support , Community Charge Benefit , Housing Benefit , Family Credit and Disability Working Allowance . |
| 27 | The Indonesian Communist Party ( PKI ) is banned and the government frequently executes members of the party imprisoned since the 1960s . |
| 28 | Could the government lawfully ban transmission of the voices of members of terrorist organizations ? |
| 29 | In the week before Christmas 1991 , and just after John Major 's ‘ three-nil ’ victory at Maastricht , the Government suddenly realised house repossessions had reached crisis point . |
| 30 | The government recently spent £750,000 on publicity aimed at giving those living overseas a vote — 34,500 registered as a result , nearly £22 a vote . |