Example sentences of "government [verb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government argued that local government reorganisations in the 1960s and 1970s were typical of ‘ a time when resources seemed to be freely available … the heyday of a certain fashion for strategic planning , the confidence in which now appears exaggerated ’ ( DOE 1983b:2 ) . |
| 2 | The government argued that select committees could examine the actions of civil servants but not their conduct . |
| 3 | While it is correct , therefore , for the Government to claim that poor families are not theoretically faced with marginal tax rates in excess of 100 per cent , it is clear that low-income families as a group face marginal tax rates of double , and sometimes treble , what the majority of the population pays . |
| 4 | On Aug. 13 the government announced that substantial agreement had been reached with the ANC on the details of an amnesty for political offenders which would " wipe the slate clean and bury the past " . |
| 5 | The federal government announced that Slovenian importers would not be allowed to collect their goods unless they remitted customs duties direct to the federal account ; outstanding duties from Slovenian importers , it said , amounted to about 2,500 million dinars ( US$110 million ) . |
| 6 | In 1987 , the government announced that local authorities would be able to declare SPZs under legislation contained in the Housing and Planning Act 1986 ( Waldegrave , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | As reported on June 22 , the government announced that 20-year contracts would be offered to several companies to explore and develop marginal oil fields , the first time commercial companies had been allowed to do so since the nationalization of the oil industry in 1976 . |
| 8 | Now loan redemption is a matter for the Government to decide ( at least as to minima ) , and presumably comes down to a judgement about how much the Government thinks that local authorities as a whole can afford to redeem in any year . |
| 9 | On June 19 the Polish government revealed that Soviet officials had reported the discovery at Mednoye of what appeared to be the remains of Polish officers interned at the Ostashkov NKVD camp . |
| 10 | When this country is already committed to the highly expensive Trident ( which , from changes in global politics , has become a complete white elephant ) ; when the need for the EFA is also , to say the least , questionable , as recognised by all the partners in it and particularly Germany ; and when our own government accepts that public spending cuts are essential ; then surely the EFA should be the prime target for those cuts . |
| 11 | The Government believed that postal ballots were essential for the nation 's industrial recovery and regeneration , Mr Galbraith said . |
| 12 | In addition , the government believed that local taxation should reflect the role of local authorities as service providers . |
| 13 | Central government assumed that typical IIAs would be up to 50 hectares in size , and that the programme would last about 3–5 years . |
| 14 | Even the Government accept that all-purpose authorities will have a wider role ; but the local authority delivers services . |
| 15 | At the end of January the government stated that allied bombing had damaged 84 per cent of utilities but that 90 per cent of the damage had been repaired . |
| 16 | In view of mounting criticism both within Nepal and from abroad about the lack of minimum basic freedom in the country , the government stated that departmental action would be taken against local officers if it could be proved that detention orders were issued with bad intentions . |
| 17 | It rejected evidence from government witnesses that present management arrangements were working well and has called for a radical reorganization . |
| 18 | In response , the government claimed that political reform could not be contemplated while the rebellion of the Tuareg in the north of the country [ see p. 37800 ] continued to pose a threat to national security . |
| 19 | The activities of the Nahda movement had in September severely strained relations with Algeria , as the government claimed that Tunisian fundamentalists were allowed to operate from bases in Algeria . |
| 20 | The federal government fears that other states are likely to follow suit . |
| 21 | That led the Government to conclude that environmental concerns were bound to constrain the amount of coal that could be used in the UK in the longer term . |
| 22 | Under the current system the Government calculates that large numbers of those eligible for housing benefit do not claim . |
| 23 | The Government followed that early-day motion , except in the principal respect of the claim about the inadequacy of a payment . |
| 24 | This was a country where only 3% of the land could be used for agriculture but where farmers received considerable financial assistance from the government to ensure that rural communities continued to be viable . |
| 25 | She asked the Government to ensure that similar situations did not arise again in the future . |
| 26 | Our government insisted that commercial sponsorship ( totalling £6 million ) be raised for the interior . |
| 27 | The government said that large numbers of civilians had been killed in UNITA assaults on the town . |
| 28 | However , the government accepted that large hypermarkets would still require planning permission , and in some cases ( for example , Clydebank and Newcastle ) , it was agreed that declaration reports should include clauses governing shops over a certain size . |
| 29 | And indeed this was how Schuman 's declaration began : ‘ the French Government proposes that Franco-German coal and steel production should be placed under a common High Authority in an organisation open to the participation of the other countries of Europe ’ . |
| 30 | The government hoped that strict control of the money supply and the government 's stated unwillingness to rescue financially troubled firms would help to inculcate a more responsible outlook among wage bargainers . |