Example sentences of "government 's [noun] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Nigel Lawson , a former chancellor , suggested that the government 's indecision over the poll tax called into question its ability to govern .
2 THE first split in the Government 's ranks over the ambulance workers dispute appeared last night when it was disclosed that Mr David Trippier , the Environment Minister , had written to the Health Secretary saying he could see the logic in the ambulance workers ' case .
3 That conference had floundered largely as a result of the Phnom Penh government 's apprehension over the issue of power sharing and the role of the UN .
4 JOHN Major presided over a special Downing Street summit of ministers last night to thrash out a solution to the Government 's deadlock over the pit closure programme .
5 Asserting that there were fundamental flaws in the case for reforming local government , he challenged the Government 's arguments over the need to create councils which would encourage local identity .
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