Example sentences of "government had [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 6 , however , the Portuguese news agency Lusa reported that the Angolan government had presented new peace proposals to Zaïrean mediators . |
| 2 | For example , ‘ Its leaders had proved incapable of meeting the crisis confronting them , its troops had lost the will to fight , and its Government had lost popular support ’ . |
| 3 | The government had prepared ambitious reconstruction plans , partly devised to put a moral basis into the war effort and partly produced by progressive ministers and their advisers . |
| 4 | The Times of June 8 reported that following the riots the government had granted Belgian nationality to 40,000 immigrants , most of whom came from north Africa , and had made it easier for those born in Belgium of foreign parents to gain citizenship . |
| 5 | It was subsequently announced that the government had granted unconditional indemnity to 40 people , including the ANC 's entire NEC , for an initial three-month period from May 19 . |
| 6 | A World Bank official reported that the government had made considerable progress in monetary and exchange rate policies . |
| 7 | Relations had first been resumed on June 19 , after the Taipei government had promised financial aid worth US$50,000,000 , but the decision was suspended on June 28 , after a storm of protest . |
| 8 | Bray said the Government had starved British science of resources and pledged that Labour would increase civil research and development ‘ as quickly as possible ’ from 1.8 per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent . |
| 9 | Sir William Harcourt had declared ‘ We are all Socialists now ’ ; and in 1894 , as Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Liberal Government had introduced graduated income tax and death duties , so activating the principle of redistributive taxation . |
| 10 | The court 's order , signed 12 December 1990 , showed that , after the 27 July conference , the government had approached Chief Judge Platt privately to suggest that , rather than produce the documents he had specified , its agents should simply brief the court on certain matters connected with the bombing . |