Example sentences of "be that the government " in BNC.
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| 1 | If democratic elections still exist , the chances are that the government will be voted out of office . |
| 2 | All the indications are that the Government did not support it and , as a consequence , it was not supported by the European Commission . |
| 3 | The only change in the intervening period had been that the government had prepared for the threatened dispute while the Samuel Commission deliberated about the way in which to make the industry more efficient and profitable . |
| 4 | One suggestion has been that the Government would agree to amendments in December 1991 , with the reservation that these would not be binding upon the United Kingdom unless and until they had been ratified and approved by the United Kingdom parliament . |
| 5 | It may also have been that the government was unwilling to lend further strength to the clamour for the reform of the Official Secrets Act ( which has now happened ) that had been mounting for some years . |
| 6 | One argument has been that the Government 's housing programme was introduced to buy industrial and social peace ; it could do this in exchange for really very little , except expense — and when the Treasury found it too costly , the scheme was jettisoned . |
| 7 | The only difference would be that the government would pay a private firm to provide the data in the first place . |
| 8 | One result would be that the Government could not time a general election to its own advantage , going to the country at the moment when it feels most popular ; so general elections might result in a change of Government more often . |
| 9 | It may be that the government has a proportion of the blame but you 're not surely condoning teachers who have these problems being up in front of children in the classroom ? |
| 10 | One possibility is that the Government will advocate a ‘ carbon ’ tax on the burning of fossil fuels — oil , gas and coal . |
| 11 | What is remarkable about the present sterling crisis is that the Government — and for all practical purposes , that means the Prime Minister — has declined to tackle any of them . |
| 12 | So long as balance is defined in terms of the quantity of party coverage — and not whether it is favourable or unfavourable — then the only justification for awarding the government extra coverage is that the government represents order , stability , and legitimate authority , which the media has a duty to support . |
| 13 | But the problem is that the government wo n't allow my children to go to school . |
| 14 | North told him not to be downhearted , ‘ that the one bright spot is that the government is availing itself of part of the money for application to Central America . ’ |
| 15 | The main proposal is that the government should support a move that the Energy Bill should give electricity boards responsibility for providing heat . |
| 16 | Another consideration is that the government expects high-technology' industries to grow by 10 per cent a year for the next decade . |
| 17 | In any case , the essential point is that the government 's running costs greatly exceed its income , if you exclude the money gained from selling fishing licences . |
| 18 | ‘ The problem is that the Government has n't properly thought through its proposals for contaminated land , ’ says Mr Humber . |
| 19 | The real problem is that the Government refuses to accept what the Maastricht Treaty is about . |
| 20 | ‘ The whole point is that the Government wants to give elderly people the opportunity to choose , ’ he said . |
| 21 | The most fundamental objection is that the government could be ignoring its long-term obligation to manage the debt cheaply in favour of short-term gains . |
| 22 | The risk then is that the government will find itself unable to refinance the short-term part of the debt , and will have to print the money instead — and there comes hyper-inflation . |
| 23 | The truth is that the government may have had little choice but to move against the PAC . |
| 24 | There is an alternative to either of these courses which may be worth considering and that is that the Government should take the line that they have come to the conclusion that , while some restriction ought to be made in the infliction of the death penalty , the time has not yet come for its complete abolition . |
| 25 | Ashby 's idea is that the government should introduce a system of employment vouchers , valued at around £3–4,000 , for unemployed people unable to find employment after at least two years on ET and a temporary work scheme . |
| 26 | The idea is that the Government would maintain a central funding role , and would lay down the rates of benefit , while at the same time encouraging organizations , possibly private ones , to handle the payments to customers . |
| 27 | One problem is that the government does not collect information on wealth for tax purposes . |
| 28 | And erm the the the erm scheme is that the government pays the interest while you 're on the course |
| 29 | But the fact is that the government is looking for a huge expansion in student numbers nationally and we at Birmingham are keen to play our part , not least because we know that there are many more people who can benefit from a university education ( as you have done ) than are able to at present . |
| 30 | argument because the real reason for opposing the new clause is that the Government do not believe that private sector operations should be reviewed by any consumer body or consultative committee . |