Example sentences of "than [art] government [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a much larger cut than the government had planned , larger indeed than the announced cuts that had caused so much controversy in 1976 . |
| 2 | Italy 's involvement in the Spanish Civil War , in emulation of Germany , had cost much more than the government had intended , and by 1939 Mussolini must have known that the Army and Air Force were not anything like as strong as he had imagined they were , even if he did not know the extent of their weakness . |
| 3 | The concession was expected to cost some NZ$440 million ( about US$240 million ) more than the government had planned for pensions . |
| 4 | Whether or not the private sector does use resources more productively on average than the government remains a contentious issue . |
| 5 | A local council can spend more than its total guideline if it finances more from sales than the government assumes . |
| 6 | Under new arrangements , local authorities are penalized by loss of grant if they spend too much — that is , more than the government thinks they ought to spend . |
| 7 | One group on low income who will lose out consists of those people living in areas where the poll tax is levied at a higher rate than the Government calculates , and who in consequence will have to meet a 20 per cent poll tax bill that is larger than that calculated by the 20 per cent met by the Government . |
| 8 | MERSEYSIDE youngsters are 100 times more likely to be injured by fireworks than the government admits , according to a report published today . |
| 9 | We have argued for greater competition in the gas industry than the Government have ever sought to provide . |
| 10 | ‘ If I am told that the economy is much worse than the Government has said … there 's something wrong with the way things are run in this country . |
| 11 | In fact I 've known people to go right in , so it , it , it 's not a simple job , you know , and they do take a great deal of risk with this , and I do , I mean it 's much more serious than I think than the government find , it should really work hard to try , to try to find something else . |
| 12 | THE outcome of the first commercial rating revaluation in England and Wales for 16 years has produced increases higher than the Government predicted , it was disclosed yesterday . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not see how you can expand access by any means other than the Government paying . |
| 14 | Many National Savings instruments pay tax free interest as this is more sensible than the government paying a higher gross rate of interest and then having the administrative cost of collecting the tax on those interest payments . |
| 15 | He had previously made much play of the fact that the Labour party wanted to do more than the Government to ensure that women were paid properly . |
| 16 | The famous German raid on Coventry on the night of 14 November 1940 brought widespread devastation and civilian demoralisation ( such that a cordon had to be thrown round the city , and news from it heavily censored ) ; likewise , the bombing of the East End of London intimidated its inhabitants far more than the government dared admit at the time . |
| 17 | ‘ The number of closures is much greater than the Government believes it to be . |
| 18 | Last year , it rocketed to £5000 million , and interest alone cost £1221 million — more than the government raked in from income tax . |
| 19 | Walden talked about the way in which Britain 's role had been artificially inflated by the cold war : ‘ What could be better calculated to raise the national spirits than a government holding the flag high in the face of the evils of communism , the murderous follies of buffoonish Argentinian generals , and the intrigues of the perfidious French ? ’ |