Example sentences of "government said [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a statement circulated to delegates yesterday — as the full debate on the proposed ban got under way — the Hong Kong government said that , while new ivory should be banned from trade , ‘ properly controlled trading of legally-acquired and legally-held ivory should be allowed to continue ’ . |
| 2 | The government said that these limits had not only inhibited and delayed necessary rationalisation of schools provision but also had ‘ acted as a barrier to the exercise of effective parental choice ’ . |
| 3 | The Government said that manufacturing output grew by 0.3% in October , while industrial output rose by 1% . |
| 4 | The South Korean government said that all domestic electronic communications companies will be freed to operate voice mail and wireless data communications services later this half : the communications ministry said it planned to reinforce financial and tax support to foster these sectors , currently dominated by Korea Telecom before it opens the market to foreigners next year . |
| 5 | The government said that it was clear that Mr Athulathmudali was yet another victim of the Tigers , who for more than a decade have been fighting for a separate Tamil state on the island . |
| 6 | Four years ago , the Government said that the poll tax would solve the local government finance problem . |
| 7 | I have a simple question for the Minister : is it true that the Government said that , whatever the deal might be , they intended to get the Bill through the House by Christmas ? |
| 8 | People did not suddenly rush into the shops to spend more money on books because the Government said that staff had to be paid more . |
| 9 | The Danish government said that its decision on Aug. 9 to take back the waste was made to " protect Denmark 's international reputation " . |
| 10 | A statement by the Polish government said that the question of responsibility for the Katyn massacre had " weighed particularly painfully " on Polish-Soviet relations , and that the " long-awaited " Soviet admission made possible a relationship based on " partnership and true friendship " . |
| 11 | The government said that the project would be reviewed . |
| 12 | The government said that it was reorganizing and restoring morale in national anti-drug institutions . |
| 13 | The government said that it had agreed to allow the phased release of around 1,300 political prisoners after Sept. 1 , and the return to South Africa of around 22,000 anti-government exiles after Oct. 1 . |
| 14 | The government said that it would consider lifting the state of emergency still in force in Natal , and that it would give immediate consideration to repealing the Internal Security Act . |
| 15 | Refusing to yield , the government said that the workers ' demands would shatter its anti-inflation strategy and warned against the strike being exploited politically by the All-Poland Trade Union Accord ( OPZZ , formerly linked to the PUWP ) which had given the stoppage immediate support . |
| 16 | Although the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees put the number of Liberian refugees at 80,000 , the government said that there were at least 200,000 [ see also pp. 37174 ; 37644 ] . |
| 17 | This demand was supported by the United States government , while the Netherlands government said that it was stopping its annual US$120,000,000 aid payment to its former colony . |
| 18 | The government said that the rises were necessitated by higher crude oil prices caused by the Gulf crisis and by the deteriorating peso-dollar exchange rate . |
| 19 | The government said that it would appeal against the decision which it called a " wilful violation of the law " . |
| 20 | A spokesman for the parallel government said that the two men had been kidnapped . |
| 21 | During February the Libyan government said that it would supply food , medicines and blankets to Iraq [ see also above ] and blood donation programmes for Iraq were oversubscribed in Morocco and Tunisia . |
| 22 | The government said that the country faced a shortage of 1,000,000 tonnes of rice as a result of a poor harvest in 1990 caused by drought and an insufficient supply of fertilizer . |
| 23 | The government said that large numbers of civilians had been killed in UNITA assaults on the town . |
| 24 | The Lithuanian government said that it believed the group to be a " protective cloak for OMON or more likely the KGB " . |
| 25 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 26 | In a formal protest to the UN Security Council on Aug. 28 , the Kuwaiti government said that between 80 and 90 Iraqi troops had landed on the island in violation of Gulf ceasefire agreements [ see pp. 38164-65 ] before being repulsed by Kuwaiti coastguards . |
| 27 | The government said that the strike was " unjustified " and would cost an estimated R25,000 million ( about US$8,500 million ) and lead to the loss of 70,000 jobs . |
| 28 | On Nov. 18 the German government said that it was recalling its ambassador as a protest at the " increasing brutality " aimed at the opposition movement . |
| 29 | A spokesman for the Turkish government said that Turkey 's relations with Moscow would not be affected . |
| 30 | The government said that the deaths had occurred as paramilitary gendarmes were checking identity papers . |