Example sentences of "government [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one of its aspects , sub-central government constitutes an extension of central government and administration , the latter 's antennae or tentacles . |
| 2 | If the central government plays a role purely in terms of revenue raising , then an unconditional grant would seem the most appropriate instrument from the point of view of benefiting the recipient local authority . |
| 3 | Shamir announces the formation of a new government following the signing of a fresh coalition agreement with a number of religious and nationalist parties ; the new government wins a vote of confidence in the Knesset three days later . |
| 4 | In order to illustrate the effects of taxation , let us suppose that the government imposes a tax on labour employed in the retail sector , so that and become and , respectively . |
| 5 | Suppose the government imposes a profits tax on a monopolist : what effect would this have on the monopolist 's output decision ? |
| 6 | Now suppose the government imposes an income tax . |
| 7 | As such , a career in local government offers a challenge and opportunity to make a positive contribution to society . |
| 8 | But it is unlikely that collective bargaining by farmworkers will be implemented since the Government has a minority in the Senate — with nine senators bequeathed by former president Pinochet . |
| 9 | Government has a responsibility , as well , to ensure that it promotes the common moral values that bind us together as a Nation . |
| 10 | The silence may not last — but for as long as it does , the government has a chance to strengthen France 's macroeconomic foundations . |
| 11 | IF anyone in the Government has a conscience , I hope it was pricked by your terribly moving picture of Belinda Giles asking Santa to keep open London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital , where she is being treated for cancer . |
| 12 | No , I , I , I , just , just a cover note , I think it 's quite true that this is one of the small steps one can make to make it a little bit more possible for people with dependents to take a full part in local government , and the majority of the people who are excluded at the moment are in practise erm , women with dependent children , but there are many other people including men , and including people with dependent elderly relatives , and I think we need to make it the rule rather than the exception that local government has a carer 's allowance scheme . |
| 13 | This is somewhat unrealistic because provided the government has a majority in the House of Commons , any parliamentary challenge to such a decision on political grounds would be unlikely to be successful . |
| 14 | The Government has a majority in the Commons and can force its measures through relying on such factors as the " whip system " and party loyalty . |
| 15 | The Government must then make time for the resolution to be discussed although , as the Government has a majority and can normally force its measures through , it is unusual for such resolutions to be unsuccessful . |
| 16 | That I no longer believe that the government has a majority for this measure . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Unlike this government , we would invest in you : every government has a duty to use its resources to extend freedom , opportunity and choice to all its citizens and this is particularly true for the young . |
| 19 | Three-quarters of all Germans now believe that the government has a duty to provide them with a job and a house . |
| 20 | Central government has a duty to contain local public expenditure and to determine what are the limits to any individual council 's spending . |
| 21 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 22 | I believe that means the US government has a role in its funding and in the contractual arrangements for the sale . ’ |
| 23 | I think the present Government has a lot to answer for . |
| 24 | If you can do business each week for less than the price of a TV licence , the government has a deal for you . |
| 25 | Is it not enough that the government has a monopoly on war ? ’ |
| 26 | Public accountability is particularly important in respect of activities over which the government has a monopoly and in respect of which the citizen has no choice but to deal with the government . |
| 27 | In an interview with French radio the following day he said that " we must not forget that this government has a lifespan which may be limited by the national sovereign conference " [ see below ] . |
| 28 | The Israeli government has a policy of not providing funds to hospitals for capital expenditure so that resources have to be sought elsewhere . |
| 29 | The way he expressed it , quaint to us today , nevertheless neatly points up the dilemma : If one government has a right to require that children be religiously educated , so has another , so have all ( whether … in Constantinople Islamism , or Pekin Confucionism … ) . |
| 30 | The government has a number of possible policy instruments which it can use for this purpose . |