Example sentences of "government has [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bulgarian government has restarted a reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear plant , which was found to be in a " very poor condition " during an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Authority last year [ see ED nos 48 , 49/50 ] . |
| 2 | In shifting responsibility from government to the people : ‘ The Thatcher government has adopted a novel approach . |
| 3 | The Italian government has adopted a deliberately cautious line . |
| 4 | Since 1972 the UK government has adopted a policy of progressive reductions in the quantity of lead permitted in petrol . |
| 5 | The government has adopted a decree laying down the legal framework for licensing companies to carry out recovery and treatment of packaging waste . |
| 6 | The Government has appointed a Royal Commission on Criminal Justice to examine , inter alia , ‘ the effectiveness of the criminal justice system … in securing the conviction of those guilty of criminal offences and the acquittal of those who are innocent . ’ |
| 7 | , The government has appointed a new " green " committee to advise on the role of business and industry in improving the environment . |
| 8 | The South African government has appointed a panel to review plans by Richards Bay Minerals ( RBM ) , part of Rio-Tinto Zinc , to mine titanium from sand dunes at Lake St Lucia in Zululand . |
| 9 | The Government has denied a decision has already been taken to close Rosyth , Scotland 's biggest employer with 4,000 workers , and an announcement is expected next month . |
| 10 | At home , the Japanese government has spearheaded a campaign to discredit reports that originated from its own news agency , Kyodo . |
| 11 | By imposing new policies and challenging traditional methods of decision-making , however , the government has disturbed a number of interests . |
| 12 | In tackling the serious problem of rural poverty , the Kenyan Government has advocated a Basic Needs approach to development and the research focuses on the ability of the schemes to improve standards of living for the rural poor . |
| 13 | The Conservative government has made a half-hearted attempt to tax company cars — half-hearted because it fears upsetting natural Tory voters . |
| 14 | The government has made a mess of its showpiece , the privatisation of the profitable Muslim Commercial Bank . |
| 15 | THE CANADIAN government has made a complete about-face over the regulation of private satellite-TV dishes . |
| 16 | To maximise efficient land use the government has made a careful ‘ concept plan ’ indicating what every inch of land is to be used for . |
| 17 | ‘ It would seem the Chinese government has made a decisive move and decision to put 4 June behind it , ’ a Hong Kong-based human rights activist , John Kamm , said . |
| 18 | The Government has unveiled a multi-million pound contract to build a bypass around an accident blackspot . |
| 19 | Yet if talk of permanent or irreversible changes may be too bold , the Thatcher government has created a new agenda , one which a successor government will find difficult to reverse . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister , for example , writing in Action for Cities in 1988 argued that ‘ the Government has created a climate which supports enterprise and has set about removing obstacles in the way of inner city recovery ( HMSO , 1988a , p. 2 ) . |
| 21 | The Danish government has lodged a protest with its Norwegian counterpart over the poaching of thousands of seals in Greenland 's territorial waters by two Norwegian-owned ships . |
| 22 | Former health minister Edwina Currie said : ‘ The Government has lost a very valuable member . |
| 23 | The Thatcher Government has lost a vote only on rare occasions . |
| 24 | And the government has lost a high court battle over the poll tax with one of the London charge capped councils ; the Court has upheld Lambeth Council 's decision to set the community charge at £521 rather than the £493 figure sought by the government . |
| 25 | Stephenson said that ‘ the government has done a good job in policy development , without burdening business but with sufficient controls ’ . |
| 26 | It is entitled ’ Myth of the tax rebels ’ and it says : ’ Over the last decade the Government has done a better job of blowing local authorities to smithereens than Guy Fawkes . |
| 27 | By the judicious application of support in the areas where it could be most effective , government has done a great deal for the industry . |
| 28 | THE BRITISH government has extracted a price for generosity in providing funds for the British Antarctic Survey ( BAS ) . |
| 29 | As Bromberg tells us at the beginning of her excellent mixture of history of science and politics , ‘ The US government has supported a research programme in fusion energy since 1951 , and in the 30 years through 1980 it has expended more than $2 billion . |
| 30 | To promote subordinate legislation the government has to publish a ‘ statutory instrument ’ which is open to scrutiny by MPs . |