Example sentences of "government [vb past] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the British Government ruled out the prospect of the US company buying Austin Rover , within days of it leaking out that talks had been taking place , Bob Lutz , Ford of Europe chairman , said : ‘ I honestly believe it would have been best for Britain . ’ |
| 2 | The government played down the importance of the conviction . |
| 3 | On 18 October , therefore , the British government turned down the new fare proposals from American operators , while the CAA rejected British Airways ' request . |
| 4 | Early this year , the Jakes government collected together the eight films banned outright in 1970 , including Menzel 's Skylarks On A String . |
| 5 | The mounting costs of these supplementary benefit payments from central government unbalanced both the residential care scene and that of community care . |
| 6 | Councillor Robert Lee , of West Lothian , said he was certain that , when the Government brought in the right-to-buy scheme , it had not intended that people should be able to buy , with discount , more than once . |
| 7 | With coal supplies fast dwindling , Truman acted : the Federal government took over the mines and prepared to bring in the army to run the railroads . |
| 8 | Even before the 1987 bill , local authorities had lost all influence over pay and conditions of teachers when the government took away the negotiating rights of the teachers ' unions and imposed a pay settlement . |
| 9 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 10 | In 1986 TVEI ceased to be experimental , and in the White Paper Working Together. : Education and Training the Government put forward the plan for a national scheme with the aim that ‘ all young people in schools should have the opportunity of following a more relevant and practical curriculum leading to the achievement of recognized standards of competence and qualifications ’ . |
| 11 | The last Labour Government put up the standard rate to 35p . |
| 12 | The final straw was when the government put up the price of rice yet again . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , as with the complex issue of land reform , there appeared no evidence that the Aquino government had either the political will or the reserves of public confidence to undertake a programme of comprehensive structural reform . |
| 14 | In early January 1990 the West German magazine Der Spiegel claimed that the East German government had since the mid-1970s trained members of the West German Communist Party ( DKP ) to carry out destabilizing terrorist attacks in West Germany . |
| 15 | This July for example the government hiked up the price of milk by over 40 per cent . |
| 16 | For M Delors , a Labour government held out the hope of support for some of his budget proposals , which are set to cost the British taxpayer an extra £1 billion per year . |
| 17 | The government closed down the last two illegally militia-operated ports on May 15 , thereby taking full control of seaborne trade for the first time in a decade . |
| 18 | Fearing that Germany might win the race to develop this weapon , the US government set up the Manhattan Project , costing $2 billion and involving some 150 000 people , including most of the world 's most outstanding physicists . |
| 19 | First , central government set up the Civil Contingencies Unit ( CCU ) , a formal institution based in the cabinet office whose brief was to monitor and respond to industrial disputes in key industries . |
| 20 | The Mexican government set up the maquila programme to create jobs , earn dollars and introduce technology . |