Example sentences of "government have given [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ The reality , however , is that his Government has given the bombers ' political wing the right to be in the council chamber . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The organization condemned the increased troop deployment , declaring that the government had given the security forces a licence to kill ANC members under the guise of stopping alleged MK activity . |
| 7 | Even after Chernobyl , the government had given the go-ahead for the power station , and when the Hinkley C Inquiry was about to open , the foundations of Britain 's first PWR were steadily expanding on the Suffolk coast . |
| 8 | These are the 16 to 18-year-olds to whom the Government have given a guarantee . |
| 9 | 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 . |