Example sentences of "government [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British government has ignored the advice of its own experts on the disposal of radioactive waste generated by hospitals and research institutes . |
| 2 | In keeping with its stance on regional neutrality the government has undertaken no studies of the regional impact of the Tunnel outside the South East despite the fears of more remote regions that their businesses will move to locations nearer the Tunnel or lose trade to southern and French competitors . |
| 3 | In education and housing the government has limited the role of local government . |
| 4 | Responding to criticism from environmentalists , the government has increased the Inspectorate 's staff and budget , and given it the status of an independent agency . |
| 5 | In reality the argument is all about whether the government has increased the budget enough . |
| 6 | But in the same period the Government has increased the rate of national insurance contributions from 6.5 to 9 per cent , and , because these rates start at a lower threshold than taxation , the net effect has been to mitigate the changes in income tax . |
| 7 | We also tax tobacco and alcohol separately , and government has raised the possibility of extending the principle of environmental taxation even further , to face consumers with the true social costs of driving their cars into crowded city centres or polluting the atmosphere . |
| 8 | Since these calculations were made the government has raised the capital level for those qualifying for housing benefit . |
| 9 | The Bosnian government has condemned the plan for consigning Muslims , as it sees it , to ‘ concentration camps ’ . |
| 10 | The Kazakh government has recognized the problem and has accepted a programme for the construction of appropriate burial sites . |
| 11 | The provisional Eritrean government has acknowledged the need to develop an effective communication policy in the months before independence in May 1993 , and it is looking for guidance from the churches and international organisations such as WACC . |
| 12 | The provisional Eritrean government has acknowledged the need to develop an effective communication policy in the months before independence in May 1993 , and it is looking for guidance from the churches and international organisations such as WACC . |
| 13 | The Bulgarian government has restarted a reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear plant , which was found to be in a " very poor condition " during an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Authority last year [ see ED nos 48 , 49/50 ] . |
| 14 | The government has adopted a decree laying down the legal framework for licensing companies to carry out recovery and treatment of packaging waste . |
| 15 | Since 1972 the UK government has adopted a policy of progressive reductions in the quantity of lead permitted in petrol . |
| 16 | The government has cut the funding of the structural composites programme that is part of the DTI 's Link scheme . |
| 17 | Even worse , the Government has cut the budget of the Energy Efficiency Office , while investment in energy conservation would save money and reduce pollution . |
| 18 | The South African government has appointed a panel to review plans by Richards Bay Minerals ( RBM ) , part of Rio-Tinto Zinc , to mine titanium from sand dunes at Lake St Lucia in Zululand . |
| 19 | The Government has denied a decision has already been taken to close Rosyth , Scotland 's biggest employer with 4,000 workers , and an announcement is expected next month . |
| 20 | At home , the Japanese government has spearheaded a campaign to discredit reports that originated from its own news agency , Kyodo . |
| 21 | By imposing new policies and challenging traditional methods of decision-making , however , the government has disturbed a number of interests . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , as was earlier on , central government has led the attacks , it 's led the attacks through Sheehey right the way through , and we were supportive of our police then , I think not only of this county , but of all counties , and all county police forces said the same , and we will support our police force , and certainly this budget recommends itself to that . |
| 23 | Third , unlike most other consumer goods , government has accepted the responsibility of providing financial assistance to house-buyers and tenants through tax concessions , rent and rate rebates , and rent allowances . |
| 24 | However a DSS Press Release states that the Government has accepted the recommendation of the Social Security Advisory Committee to adopt an alternative approach whereby the circumstances under which unlimited arrears can apply is more explicitly defined . |
| 25 | One problem relates to the grammatical word " have " when it is used to express past tense ( the " perfect " use of " have " ) : Women have been particularly targeted in magazines , especially during the Second World War , when the British government has realised the importance of women 's magazines as a channel of communication . |
| 26 | As a result , because the properties that were expropriated were modern commercial farms , the government has maintained the structure of production , but , unlike the organisation prior to the revolution , the workforce now has a say in administration . |
| 27 | Since the EC imposed its ban on seal pelt imports in 1983 , the Norwegian government has maintained the hunt by paying grants for sealing trips , with a bounty for each seal landed . |
| 28 | A report published by the Czech government has revealed the extent of air pollution in Bohemia , northern Czechoslovakia , and its effect on the population . |
| 29 | The government has made a mess of its showpiece , the privatisation of the profitable Muslim Commercial Bank . |
| 30 | In response to this situation ‘ the national government has made no response to the problem of erosion , and none is planned ’ ! |