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

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1 By a whole series of moves , which were discussed in detail in Part II , the Government has made this form of welfare far less attractive — both in the level of payment , and the terms under which it can be obtained .
2 The Nicaraguan government has found this policy of amnesty hard to make acceptable to the general public .
3 The Chinese government had wanted this festival , revived in 1986 , to serve as a demonstration of religious freedom in Tibet , but most lamas ( Bhuddist monks ) boycotted it .
4 The EPLF claimed that the government had used this lull in the fighting to build up its military strength .
5 Bearing in mind the millions of pounds that the Government raised from privatisations — the selling of the family silver — and all the money that has been raked into the Treasury , should not the Economic Secretary stand at the Dispatch Box and apologise for the economic mess in which the Government have landed this country ?
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