Example sentences of "up [prep] the government [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst paying lip service to the concepts , the CEGB remained unconvinced that it should bother seriously with either conservation or the renewable sources of energy , especially if it meant abandoning Hinkley C. It was up to the government to decide whether to provide incentives for energy efficiency , whilst the renewables must wait until pilot projects showed their worth . |
| 2 | The majority believe that it is up to the Government to kick-start the housing market again . |
| 3 | In such a small country it is up to the Government to take a strong stand against unsuitable developments . |
| 4 | It is up to the government to help itself in this respect by providing more judges or by limiting access to judicial review by legislation . |
| 5 | In the United States it is assumed that citizens have the right to know and it is up to the government to prove in court that certain types of information should not be disclosed . |
| 6 | AN INDEPENDENT inquiry must be set up by the government to examine the risks of brain injury in boxing , doctors ' leaders said today . |
| 7 | Registration of membership for the two political parties set up by the government to participate in the transition to civilian rule , the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) and the National Republican Convention ( NRC ) , closed on May 5 , 1990 [ for their creation in October 1989 see p. 36968 ] . |
| 8 | ‘ Rapid Response Brigades ’ , set up by the government to deal with any sign of ‘ counter-revolution ’ , have harassed people working for human rights organisations or unofficial political opposition groups . |
| 9 | Duncan Graham was the first boss of the council set up by the Government to decide what should be taught in schools . |
| 10 | The USSR Supreme Soviet on June 13 ordered major revisions to a programme drawn up by the government to introduce a market economy . |
| 11 | Yesterday , though , the independent committee set up by the Government to look at the admissibility of pre-trial video interviews of abused children called for radical changes . |
| 12 | NAMAS , specialists in the field of laboratory techniques , was set up by the government to raise and maintain the standards of laboratory work . |
| 13 | The apparently set commercial format of ITV in the UK was rudely upset during 1991 by a novel — and pretty ill-thought-out — scheme dreamed up by the government to distribute new licences for ITV1 . |
| 14 | In November 1990 the Harms Commission , set up by the government to investigate allegations of political murders , had recommended an investigation of allegations that the CCB was implicated in assassinations of ANC activists . |
| 15 | It was set up by the government to advise it on environmental policy . |