Example sentences of "that a [adj] government [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Companies raising private finance to build a toll road would probably need to offer at least 9–10% , given that many investors want compensation against the risk that a future government might expropriate the project or regulate it into unprofitability . |
| 2 | In the first place it could be argued that a democratic government would not impose unreasonably on minorities ; this exposed the party to Liberal charges that they were indifferent to the Irish Nationalists , but it also exposed the weakness of the government 's position , as Law explained to the Commons in January 1913 : |
| 3 | EPRDF leader Meles Zenawi announced that a transitional government would be formed in consultation with other groups , pending elections . |
| 4 | The African National Congress from which the PAC split in 1959 , has agreed that a transitional government should be established this year and that there should be five years of power-sharing between major parties after the country 's first one man , one vote elections sometime next year . |
| 5 | NILP stressed that a provincial government should allow for fair representation of all shades of opinion . |
| 6 | Mr Meacher indicated that a Labour government would be likely to set up new industrial courts presided over by judges with experience in industrial relations and two lay ‘ assessors ’ — one employer and one trade unionist who would advise the judge . |
| 7 | What about Mr Kinnock 's pledge on Friday , that a Labour government would sign up to the notorious social chapter of the Maastricht treaty , a move which the Tories claim would cost jobs ? |
| 8 | Last night he stepped up his efforts to broaden his appeal to floating voters by promising that a Labour government would seek consensus and willingly listen to the voice of the people . |
| 9 | At a rally attended by hundreds of Labour supporters from the arts , showbusiness and sport , he said that a Labour government would be in stark contrast to the ‘ vanity and self-interest ’ which had characterised the last 13 years . |
| 10 | Mr Dewhirst said he was very optimistic , but cautioned that a Labour government would mean more job losses . |
| 11 | He also predicted that a Labour government would have to increase interest rates by at least two per cent to defend sterling ‘ if the international community decides it does n't trust Labout and moves out of sterling ’ . |
| 12 | The Conservatives have been right to warn voters that a Labour government would mean far higher tax increases than John Smith currently promises — either that , or Labour would not be able to improve benefits and services in the way people want . |
| 13 | Ministers said their warnings that a Labour government would lead to higher interest rates were backed up by a business survey for today 's Financial Times . |
| 14 | They were the architects of Labour 's economic policy which was designed to reassure the financial community and the voters that a Labour government would be financially responsible and would seek to fund its spending commitments out of higher growth . |
| 15 | Opening the debate on a motion condemning the government 's handling of science and science education , Straw promised that a Labour government would insulate the science budget from inflationary pressures . |
| 16 | The Labour manifesto did not refer to the issue , but that did not mean that a Labour government would not legislate on it . |
| 17 | Did the trade union movement really fail to grasp that the two pre-conditions were : first , that its sense of responsibility must be seen not to be limited to a commitment in the shorter term to contribute to recovery from immediate crisis , but to extend , at the expense of short-run advantage , to the longer term commitment , to the revival of British industry and to its successful competition in world markets ; and secondly , that a Labour Government would have to preside over the management of the country 's affairs ? |
| 18 | Then in 1987 the Labour manifesto pledged that a Labour Government would ‘ establish a democratically-elected Scottish Assembly in Edinburgh . |
| 19 | Will he remind any business man foolish enough to think that a Labour Government would be better for business of the myriad proposals which would prove the truth to be quite the opposite , which would make life far more difficult and which would especially energise union militancy which is at the bottom of some of the proposals ? |
| 20 | As I expected , the hon. Gentleman responded to the last intervention by saying that a Labour Government would simply reintroduce rates . |
| 21 | As I have said before , I do not believe that a Labour Government would have embarked on any of this . |
| 22 | There is no need for Labour to be ashamed of its defence record , although the Conservative document ’ Britain 's Defence : Unsafe in Labour 's hands ’ gives the impression that a Labour Government would destroy the Navy , devastate the Army and demolish the Royal Air Force . |
| 23 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |
| 24 | He said that a Labour Government would create a new GLC . |
| 25 | By harping on Tory underfunding' , they deliberately create the impression that a Labour Government would spend far more . |
| 26 | Rabin indicated that a Labour government would favour working out an offer of autonomy for the Palestinians and would freeze settlements in the occupied territories , although he would insist on retaining " in principle " the right to strengthen existing settlements in East Jerusalem , the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley . |
| 27 | Winston Churchill , who had just been defeated as Liberal candidate for Leicester , West , declared that a Labour Government would be a ‘ national misfortune such as has usually befallen a great state only on the morrow of defeat in war ’ . |
| 28 | Over the weekend , when it still seemed possible that Baldwin would resign in the next few days , Sydney Arnold and Lees Smith advised MacDonald not to take office , on the grounds that a Labour Government would be bound to fail and that the party would then be ‘ overwhelmed ’ . |
| 29 | The Opposition leader Neil Kinnock has pledged that a Labour government would leave eighty-eight per cent of taxpayers paying the same rate as at present . |
| 30 | And Roy Hattersley said that a Labour Government would cut crime on the estate . |