Example sentences of "government was [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early today the Government was facing accusations of fighting a dirty and unethical campaign to get Tory MPs to vote for Mr Major . |
| 2 | The Interior Minister , Wu Po-hsiung , said that the government was considering demands from victims ' families and the opposition Democratic Progressive Party for an official apology and compensation . |
| 3 | Allegations by USC officials on April 2 and 3 that the Kenyan government was supplying arms to supporters of former President Mohammed Siyad Barre in southern Somalia were rejected by Kenyan Foreign Minister Wilson Ndolo Ayah . |
| 4 | The government was to issue vouchers to every citizen to enable them to buy shares in factories and enterprises . |
| 5 | At the same time the West German government stated its suspicions that the Chilean government was concealing deeds occurring in the colony and that it thus shared responsibility for " the reported tortures , maltreatment and denial of personal liberties " said to be taking place there . |
| 6 | However , some press reports alleged that the Ethiopian government was demanding weapons and fuel from Israel in return for the departure of 16,000 Ethiopian Jews currently living in squalid camps around the Israeli embassy in Addis Ababa . |
| 7 | Tesfaye Gebre Kidan ( Defence Minister in 1981-86 and appointed Vice-President on April 26 ) would " work in his place " and the government was taking steps through diplomatic channels to implement proposals for a ceasefire and a transitional government . |
| 8 | Another part of the strategy was an attempt to change community leadership in local areas where the government was having problems . |
| 9 | In September it was revealed that the government was soliciting comments from the opposition parties on the election process . |
| 10 | The disappointing response to the appeal was said by observers to reflect the donors ' view that the government was squandering resources on the civil war . |
| 11 | By mid-century , therefore , almost every European government was making efforts to control more effectively the recruitment and promotion of its diplomats . |
| 12 | On Aug. 21 the WEU meeting in Paris was informed that the West German coalition government was to begin talks with the opposition parties on a possible amendment to the constitution to remove this barrier , but it was thought unlikely that any such measure could be enacted before German unification had been completed . |
| 13 | The Financial Times of Feb. 6 , 1991 , reported that the government was to increase exports of natural gas by a further 200,000 million cubic metres over the next 20 years . |
| 14 | A report tabled by Labour Minister Kuron to the Sejm on July 25 noted that the government was preparing proposals for the trades unions concerning the running of state enterprises . |
| 15 | NATO leaders were apparently taken by surprise when the Belgian Defence Minister , Guy Co me , announced on Jan. 25 , 1990 , that his government was studying plans for " the withdrawal of Belgian troops ( numbering 26,000 in total ) from West Germany " . |
| 16 | One of the few recommendations of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report of 1989 into the supply of beer that was adopted by the government was to bring tenants under the protection of the Landlord and Tenant Act . |
| 17 | On 5 August 1991 , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to Crossman Block confirming that the practice of Her Majesty 's Government was to recognise states not governments and that , accordingly , ‘ The question of whether to recognise the purported ‘ interim government ’ in Mogadishu thus does not arise for us . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Roger Poole , the unions ' chief negotiator , said the Government was putting Londoners ' lives at risk . |
| 19 | Fears that the Government was putting constraints on research it commissions were fuelled when , last year , the then DHSS inserted a new clause in its contract with outside researchers . |
| 20 | He claimed that the government was forcing Petrobrás to run at a loss in order to keep petrol prices and thus inflation down . |
| 21 | So we had a paradox : local government was losing functions , yet the continued exercise of monopoly power by local authorities attracted increasing opposition . |