Example sentences of "government [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first month of the new junta , 131 workers were reported killed as the military hardliners in government sought to clamp down op the unions . |
| 2 | Although the government has ruled out legislation , many organisations are calling for an age discrimination act similar to the existing Race Relations Act 1976 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and 1986 . |
| 3 | Instead of tackling the causes of urban unrest , the Government has built up force to deal with the manifestation of those root conditions . |
| 4 | The Government beat putting up interest rates by the skin of its teeth . |
| 5 | The government tried to drive out inflation by announcing that it was prepared to exchange paper money for specie . |
| 6 | Are the Government prepared to put up money to assist local authorities if they decide to prosecute in the interests of what they believe ought to be the law , and in fact is the law ? |
| 7 | The Clegg Commission was abolished in 1980 and eventually the government managed to squeeze down pay in the public sector through its use of cash limits . |
| 8 | Mr Myasnikovich said the government aimed to carry out price liberalisation , privatisation and structural transformation of the economy to reduce dependence on Russian oil . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell your people that the Government seeks to stamp out wrongdoing wherever it is found . ’ |