Example sentences of "time the government " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fears motorists are no longer held in high esteem and it was time the Government took steps to limit the amount of damages payable after a traffic accident , otherwise there would soon be no motorists left . |
| 2 | At the same time the government did not push its reforms as far as some supporters wished ; it did not , for example , place the onus on union members to contract in rather than out of paying the political levy and has done little to break down national wage bargaining which pays little attention to different local labour market conditions . |
| 3 | This time the government has little choice but to accept . |
| 4 | At the same time the government has offered reduced sentences and a promise not to extradite traffickers who surrender and confess . |
| 5 | At the same time the government took it upon itself to interpret ‘ Maximum Admissible Concentration ’ ( MAC ) as meaning an average over three months and not an absolute limit . |
| 6 | In fact , the decision was taken because at the time the government was pursuing a policy of shadowing the Deutsche Mark , a policy which it could be called upon to defend in Parliament . |
| 7 | This time the government proceeded to a public trial , which resulted in the condemnation of the Prince to life imprisonment in the fortress of Ham in the north of France . |
| 8 | for the first time the government is encouraging communities to take part in a groundwater scheme . |
| 9 | Ken Revell , chief technologist at BL Technology , says he is concerned at the time the government study has taken . |
| 10 | And yet at the same time the government is squeezing the railways ' investment budget in an attempt to improve efficiency . |
| 11 | One of the most bizarre elements of the whole plutonium jigsaw is the fact that at one time the government sanctioned , at cabinet level , two private companies to own some of the material even though it had been produced by the electricity generating industry . |
| 12 | Cutting off the flow of refugees did not solve the financial problem , though for a time the government acted on the assumption that the refugee organisations could now look after themselves . |
| 13 | This time the Government of India responded very differently . |
| 14 | Mr Griffiths said : ‘ It is time the Government laid down proper guidelines to stop the public being duped . ’ |
| 15 | Every time the Government does a bit and waits to see if it works , by the time it finds out that it has n't done , it needs to do still more . |
| 16 | This was at the time the government introduced conscription , when the travelling medical boards had instructions to discharge unfit men , to take the place of those called up . |
| 17 | Yet at the same time the government sends Uzbek troops to Tajikistan , escalating the war it says it fears . |
| 18 | At the same time the government is rushing ahead with non-economic reforms which it knows will be popular , such as tightening up the conditions for acquiring French citizenship and clamping down on illegal immigration . |
| 19 | By the time the Government tried to close up this loophole , by restricting steel allocations for electric fire manufacture , it was too late . |
| 20 | Accumulated errors were to be erased from the holy books , services were to be conducted in a more intelligible manner , sermons were to be encouraged , and scholarship was to be actively fostered in a number of monasteries ; at the same time , new saints were canonized , clergy and laity alike urged to observe the prescribed fasts , and for a brief time the government even went to the lengths of closing the taverns . |
| 21 | At the time the government stated that these new housing schemes were needed to bring ‘ good health ’ to the people in Scotland . |
| 22 | At the same time the Government was seeking to limit the opportunities for Members of Parliament to make representations to Ministers on behalf of those refused entry . |
| 23 | Between 1981 and 1985 , more stringent controls were placed upon local government finance , and from time to time the government renewed its efforts to interest the private sector in the inner cities . |
| 24 | At the same time the government has made great efforts to centralise the control of information . |
| 25 | Is n't it time the Government acknowledged all the hard work mums have done and gave playgroups some official funding ? |
| 26 | At the time the government did n't expect a mass suicide . |
| 27 | Every time the Government bring in something to protect the rich , the burden is passed to the rest of us . |
| 28 | The truth of the matter was expressed by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills ( Mr. Shepherd ) , who has spoken so well on such questions in recent years and protested each time the Government resorted to fresh guillotine motions . |
| 29 | ‘ It is high time the Government did something to stop these bombers . |
| 30 | A price freeze on nine basic staple goods was announced on June 14 , and at the same time the government announced pay rises of 36-50 per cent for public employees . |