Example sentences of "government was [v-ing] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ponting 's defence was that he was acting in the public interest since he felt that the government was trying to mislead Parliament . |
| 2 | By August the government was trying to pacify protest by undertaking to summon an elected consultative assembly . |
| 3 | On the day that North Korea 's parliament ratified a nuclear safeguard agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency , the defector said the Pyongyang government was trying to buy time until it could produce its own nuclear weapons . |
| 4 | It was clear from the beginning that the government was going to remain firm on the question of tenure , but a concerted campaign secured two concessions : the clause relating to the dismissal of senior staff was withdrawn and a statement guaranteeing academic freedom was written into the Bill . |
| 5 | The human rights organization Africa Watch on July 30 published a highly critical report on Kenya , stating that the government was continuing to use torture , to manipulate the judiciary and to harass supporters of democracy . |
| 6 | The Nation newspaper had reported on Oct. 10 that the government was planning to review legislation covering the armed forces and the Defence Ministry , and that Chuan had assigned Defence Minister Gen. Wichit Sukmak to supervise the implementation of new defence policies . |
| 7 | At that time Mr Tony Benn was Industry Secretary and the Labour government was attempting to increase state involvement in private industry by means of the National Enterprise Board ( NEB ) . |