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

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1 The British government has ignored the advice of its own experts on the disposal of radioactive waste generated by hospitals and research institutes .
2 In education and housing the government has limited the role of local government .
3 Responding to criticism from environmentalists , the government has increased the Inspectorate 's staff and budget , and given it the status of an independent agency .
4 In reality the argument is all about whether the government has increased the budget enough .
5 But in the same period the Government has increased the rate of national insurance contributions from 6.5 to 9 per cent , and , because these rates start at a lower threshold than taxation , the net effect has been to mitigate the changes in income tax .
6 We also tax tobacco and alcohol separately , and government has raised the possibility of extending the principle of environmental taxation even further , to face consumers with the true social costs of driving their cars into crowded city centres or polluting the atmosphere .
7 Since these calculations were made the government has raised the capital level for those qualifying for housing benefit .
8 The Bosnian government has condemned the plan for consigning Muslims , as it sees it , to ‘ concentration camps ’ .
9 The Kazakh government has recognized the problem and has accepted a programme for the construction of appropriate burial sites .
10 The provisional Eritrean government has acknowledged the need to develop an effective communication policy in the months before independence in May 1993 , and it is looking for guidance from the churches and international organisations such as WACC .
11 The provisional Eritrean government has acknowledged the need to develop an effective communication policy in the months before independence in May 1993 , and it is looking for guidance from the churches and international organisations such as WACC .
12 The government has cut the funding of the structural composites programme that is part of the DTI 's Link scheme .
13 Even worse , the Government has cut the budget of the Energy Efficiency Office , while investment in energy conservation would save money and reduce pollution .
14 Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that .
15 Third , unlike most other consumer goods , government has accepted the responsibility of providing financial assistance to house-buyers and tenants through tax concessions , rent and rate rebates , and rent allowances .
16 However a DSS Press Release states that the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Social Security Advisory Committee to adopt an alternative approach whereby the circumstances under which unlimited arrears can apply is more explicitly defined .
17 One problem relates to the grammatical word " have " when it is used to express past tense ( the " perfect " use of " have " ) : Women have been particularly targeted in magazines , especially during the Second World War , when the British government has realised the importance of women 's magazines as a channel of communication .
18 As a result , because the properties that were expropriated were modern commercial farms , the government has maintained the structure of production , but , unlike the organisation prior to the revolution , the workforce now has a say in administration .
19 Since the EC imposed its ban on seal pelt imports in 1983 , the Norwegian government has maintained the hunt by paying grants for sealing trips , with a bounty for each seal landed .
20 A report published by the Czech government has revealed the extent of air pollution in Bohemia , northern Czechoslovakia , and its effect on the population .
21 To assist them the Government has made the west of the region a Development Area in which special grants are given to industries .
22 So the Government has made the valleys a Special Development Area where grants are made to help to start new industries .
23 The American government has made the data available at negligible cost to users around the world and , in recent years , has become concerned at the cost .
24 So it looks as though the Government has given the council a cautious go-ahead to draw up a scheme if not to beat the Tay , then to lessen the disastrous effects another flood would have on the long suffering Perthshire population .
25 ‘ The reality , however , is that his Government has given the bombers ' political wing the right to be in the council chamber . ’
26 IN ITS dying days , the British government has given the go-ahead for a controversial plan to build another oil refinery on Canvey Island in the Thames estuary .
27 The Chinese government has given the go-ahead to the building of a controversial dam across the Yangtze river as a means of controlling the annual flooding in central and eastern China .
28 This deplorable situation has come about because no British government has given the people of the Highlands and Islands the economic support that is given , for example , to Norwegians who live in difficult , out-of-the-way places .
29 Local government has seen the growth of intra-as well as inter-party politics , and has been used by both major parties to promote ‘ radical ’ policies .
30 And she insisted the government has done the reverse by ‘ treating it as a cheap option ’ .
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