Example sentences of "government [v-ing] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More generally , over the 1950s and early 1960s many employers ‘ hoarded ’ labour in the expectation of government sustaining a buoyant level of domestic demand . |
| 2 | With the Government facing a fresh possibility of defeat over the controversial social chapter , tensions erupted as loyal heavyweights turned on the rebels during a heated half-hour clash . |
| 3 | Had some bold prophet told the King that he was one day to preside over a change of Government wearing a Chinese dressing-gown , he would scarcely have believed his ears . |
| 4 | At a rally they heard the Labour leader John Smith repeat his criticism of the government having a fatal addiction to V A T. Several Conservative MPs have stepped up the pressure on senior ministers to reverse the plans . |
| 5 | It means a government commanding a clear majority in the House of Commons . |
| 6 | Mr Justice Brooke granted Greenpeace leave to seek a judicial review of BNFL 's permit to test the plant 's systems using uranium prior to the government taking a final decision on whether the plant should be allowed to operate [ see ED 72/73 ] . |
| 7 | The initial drive for a single European market came largely from the Thatcher government following a major policy speech at Chatham House in March 1984 by Sir Geoffrey Howe , the then Foreign Secretary . |