Example sentences of "government [vb -s] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A series of nationalist governments has sought help from abroad which they hoped would balance Western backing for Israel . |
| 2 | The second is that coalition or minority government involves taking account of the views of others and even , perhaps , having to compromise . |
| 3 | The federal government has assumed responsibility for Columbia 's debts after the company went bankrupt , and California is now negotiating to pay off some of the monies owed by Maxxam in return for taking over the forest . |
| 4 | So far , the Saudi government has invested £10 billion through an oil-for-arms linked payment arrangement for a contract that is protecting 30,000 defence jobs in Britain . |
| 5 | The first stage of a 60,000-hectare ( 150,000-acre ) industrial park , in which the Indonesian government has invested $570m , has just opened on the Indonesian island of Batam . |
| 6 | The Government has invested £1.1m to make CD-Rom technology available in schools and apart from being available in many North-East schools our CD-Rom is widely used in schools as far afield as St Albans and London . |
| 7 | To raise the money , the government has increased taxes and cut subsidies . |
| 8 | Essex BMA spokesman Dr John Cormack said the figures confirm the Government has favoured fundholding practices at the expense of other GPs . |
| 9 | This government has cut factory inspectors by nearly 20% while at the same time increasing DHSS fraud inspectors by 160% . |
| 10 | The Government has stopped Oxford City from building Council accommodation . |
| 11 | According to Rhodes ( 1988 , p. 130 ) one main reason is that the Thatcher government has developed quangos as a convenient vehicle for bypassing what it perceived ( particularly in urban areas ) as a hostile and recalcitrant local government system . |
| 12 | But no one dares to say that the parents are paying the price of schooling because the government has neglected education . |
| 13 | But the CTCs have been criticised by opponents who say the Government has lavished money on a few pupils at the expense of others throughout the country . |
| 14 | In the UK , since 1979 , central government has tightened control over local authority spending . |
| 15 | Far from valuing the individual , I believe the Tory government has privatised people 's souls by eroding self respect and well- being . |
| 16 | The government has accepted Tomlinson 's recommendation for investment in premises and has set up an initiative zone to encourage new ideas . |
| 17 | The UK Government has pressed beneficiaries of UK development aid to respect human rights , but the death penalty has not been raised in the negotiations . |
| 18 | The UK government has shelved plans to set up an environmental agency because of lack of parliamentary time in the next session for the necessary legislation . |
| 19 | The Conservative government has deprived North Tyneside of £300m in grant money since 1980 , What a cheek now to ask me for a donation . |
| 20 | THE DUTCH government has transferred part of its science-policy department from the ministry of education and science to the ministry of economic affairs . |
| 21 | The Government has made moves to encourage owners of vehicles to adopt cleaner fuel , but action is slow . |
| 22 | In an attempt to remedy the problem , the government has made provision for 1,000 additional bail hostel places to be made available by April 1993 . |
| 23 | The Government has made Clydeside a Special Development Area where it is helping to provide the capital for these new industries , new housing and a new infrastructure . |
| 24 | The British government has made market mechanisms a central theme of its strategy to improve environmental performance . |
| 25 | The local MP Robert Jackson who 's also a Minister in the employment department admits the Government has made mistakes , but says they ca n't take all the blame . |
| 26 | Er , I went on to say throughout the ages the government has repealed legislation , there 's nothing new about repealing legislation it is repealed either because it is proved unworkable or because it 's simply outlived its shelf life . |
| 27 | Officials at the Honduran Forestry Development Corporation were angry at the planned disruption of the area which the government has designated forest reserve . |
| 28 | The government has unveiled plans for nine new " community forests " , to take shape on existing farmland and derelict ground , over the coming decades . |
| 29 | Under Chevenement , the government has created changes affecting nearly every aspect of scientific life . |
| 30 | An unnamed government has caused death and destruction to thousands . |