Example sentences of "[adv prt] government " in BNC.

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1 Its reason for this is largely to do with its distrust of the judges who , it feels , would use their power to strike down government action or legislation as being contrary to a Bill of Rights , as the American courts can do , to promote their own conservative values .
2 In over 35 countries police and military officers , either in uniform or working in death squads , gunned down government critics ; in over 20 countries opponents either disappeared or were held incommunicado .
3 The response of the security forces to the peaceful demonstrations had been generally restrained , but on July 23 , following several unsuccessful attempts by the opposition to take over government buildings and install its " ministers " in office , Ratsiraka declared a state of emergency , including a night-time curfew , and issued warrants for the arrest of opposition leaders .
4 He could take up agroforestry ; he could convert to timber ; he could take up government agency schemes and grow winter grass mixtures for wild geese to graze upon , or engineer his fields to be a home for the stone curlew .
5 We will start in our first parliamentary session with a Freedom of Information Act which will open up government to the people .
6 There are also worries that increased public spending not only pushes up government borrowing to fund a high PSBR , but also leads to higher taxes , thereby reducing the incentives to work , save and take risks .
7 I have asked to take the lead for setting up Government Division .
8 Petre also promised to set up government commissions ( i ) to investigate alleged military counter-revolutionary activity during December 1989 , especially in Timisoara ; and ( ii ) to " solve " the military 's problems .
9 Although sharp disagreements remained on the question of agricultural trade and on opening up government procurement to foreign companies , there was agreement on ( i ) curbs on general industrial and commercial subsidies ; ( ii ) speedy resolution of intellectual property rights ; and ( iii ) special treatment for special service sectors such as air transport and shipping .
10 In reaction to what the BJP described as an " unconstitutional threat to dismiss the UP government " by union Home Minister S. B. Chavan , BJP members of parliament had declined to join the all-party delegation , and instead sent a separate BJP delegation to Ayodhya the following day .
11 He also ruled out Government assistance for caterers who needed to buy equipment to comply with the Food Safety Act , as part of an election giveaway .
12 The Transport Secretary , Cecil Parkinson , has hinted at a possible change of heart by refusing to rule out government support , but a firm decision will have to be made soon if the deadline for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link Bill , to be introduced in November , is to be met .
13 Government time will be used to submit to the House for debate , official reports , White Papers setting out government proposals and government statements on matters of topical public importance .
14 Many owned coffee plantations , and not unnaturally were more concerned with the success of their investments than with carrying out government policy .
15 Mr Henderson , 54 , Mr Allen , 47 , and Mr Abraham , 46 , — ex-directors of Coventry-based Matrix Churchill — said Mr Clark was not alone in carrying out Government policy .
16 These set out Government policy and provide updated information on the 1981 Minerals Act .
17 STANDARD LEVEL OF SERVICE : These amounts are the Government 's view , for the purpose of sharing out Government Standard Spending Grant ( see next note ) , of the appropriate level of spending for the authorities in your area to enable them to provide broadly a standard level of service , taking into account the particular circumstances of the area .
18 Is it true that , while refusing to be interrogated by the House and on television , he is carrying out government by press conference , as he is holding one tomorrow ?
19 The Bank has a major role in the foreign exchange market as it is responsible for carrying out government policy with regard to the exchange rate .
20 ES is responsible for carrying out Government policies .
21 The hon. Gentleman actually threatened some of the staff in that hospital for carrying out Government policy .
22 He claimed in the press that it set out Government policy , but it was a million miles away from our policy .
23 Soviet authority had already collapsed in two towns in south-east Azerbaijan close to the Iranian border — Jalilabad , where Popular Front activists had seized control on Dec. 29 after driving out government and CP officials and police , and Lenkoran , where similar events occurred on Jan. 11 .
24 Agreement was also reached with all main Western , including European Community ( EC ) , steel-producing countries to phase out government subsidies for steel .
25 The first has been fighting a ( largely losing ) battle against social condemnation of " stealing other people 's homes " ; the second has been the mechanism by which to carry out government 's policies to protect some short-term occupiers ( tenants , with exclusive possession ) but not others ( licensees ) .
26 If the deposits begin to build up ( from taxation ) , the government will probably spend them on paying back government debt .
27 NEW Chancellor Kenneth Clarke last night issued a clear warning to his Cabinet colleagues to cut back Government spending or face the consequences .
28 The manner in which the Prime Minister had handled the Westland issue within the Cabinet system , Mr Heseltine told the world 's press , was ‘ not a proper way to carry on government and ultimately not an approach for which I can share responsibility ’ .
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