Example sentences of "government 's " in BNC.

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1 Despite many governments 's hesitations about genetic engineering in human embryos and toetuses , it is an idea that has arrived in the form of ’ gene therapy ’ .
2 Or how about Sir George Gardiner , the Thatcherite MP who has been one of the Major Government 's most persistent critics ?
3 AI believes they are held because they opposed the government 's policy towards the Shi'a community .
4 This aid money — worth US$1 billion per annum — is crucial to the fulfilment of the government 's economic policies .
5 This pattern of greater flexibility toward outside investigation of human rights abuses is also shown by the Sri Lankan government 's acceptance of visits by both the UN Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial Executions and the UN Working Group on Disappearances .
6 The LTTE has also been responsible for massacres , both of Sinhalese and Moslem civilians , since June 1990 and against rival Tamil political groups who , in some cases , have now aligned themselves with the government 's forces .
7 In particular in recent years , the Government 's response to large numbers of people fleeing from state oppression is to impose visas on nationals of that country .
8 It is to be regretted that many of the Government 's measures relating to its asylum policy introduced in the past few years , have been to discourage new arrivals .
9 The prosaic explanation for the Government 's inaction is an insult to tourism : manufacturers have told Government that they want an uninterrupted flow of production between the August bank holiday and Christmas .
10 the Government 's seeming indifference to the effect of the dispute on police public relations , [ should entitle the police ] to wonder whether it is being used to preserve law and order or to implement government policy .
11 The likelihood of their serving at home or oversea — ‘ Were you not aware of the government 's express assurance on the latter point ? ’
12 At the time of writing , the Government 's plans are to change this system from April 1993 .
13 The House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities ' report , Energy and the environment , says that without ‘ enormous political will and commitment ’ the Government 's promise to stabilise carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels ‘ will never be met ’ .
14 Coincidently , the report was published not long after the Government 's announcement of its intention to introduce commonhold legislation ( see Information Circular , August 1991 ) , which is aimed at strengthening the rights of existing leaseholders .
15 A response to the Government 's consultation paper : A new tax for local government by the Audit Commission .
16 Age Concern welcomes the Government 's proposals to remove administrative barriers to people who wish to change general practitioners .
17 But at its start there were two great threats : the economic recession and the Thatcher Government 's attitude to nationalised industry spending limits and investment criteria .
18 The first indications of the new 1979 Conservative Government 's attitude to investment became apparent when BR sought approval to build an additional seven HST sets to cope with the first flush of growth following the launch of 125mph services on the East Coast main line the previous year .
19 GIANT brewers Bass have sold 372 pubs to Enterprise Inns , a new pub-owning company based in Solihull , and have artfully dodged the government 's ‘ guest beer ’ rule .
20 Allowing it to become an executive toy of yet another millionaire would drive the final nail in the coffin of the Government 's green credentials — both at home and abroad . ’
21 However , prospects of a change in the Government 's attitude over Mar Lodge seem unlikely after Scottish Office Minister Lord James Douglas-Hamilton said during the adjournment debate that the existing system would be adequate to safeguard the estate .
22 The Government 's infamous £12 billion road-building programme will , if it goes ahead ( and it may not following the intervention of the European Commission ) , gobble up SSSIs .
23 ‘ The ball is now in the Government 's court .
24 The breed is currently undergoing a backlash of adverse publicity in light of the Government 's ban on ‘ aggressive ’ dogs , such as the American Pit Bull Terrier and Japanese Tosa .
25 These were overtaken by the Government 's plans to deregulate the British securities market , announced in 1983 , which were to lead to Big Bang .
26 The problem will then return to the Government 's desk , and I hope it will then accept that the country can have no more universities , and no more university places , than it can afford .
27 ‘ The government 's main preoccupation is getting supplies to the cities before winter , ’ he said .
28 The East German government 's decision to let the refugees leave across their own country came as a surprise to many , including some West German diplomats .
29 Police sent a five-man mission to Ecuador to bring back Evaristo Porras Ardila , the most important figure detained in the government 's six-week crackdown , according to the daily El Tiempo .
30 The Government 's Bill on embryo research comes after the report of the committee chaired by Baroness Warnock which recommended experiments on foetuses be allowed up to 14 days .
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