Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] government [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public criticism of Bhutto had intensified following her government 's handling of widespread political violence in Sind in May [ see pp. 37452-53 ] and in June , when conflict between rival groups of Sindhi nationalists and members of the Muhajir party , the Muhajir Qaumi Movement [ see p. 37246 ] , resulted in the death of an estimated 400 people . |
| 2 | For millions of people in the Ukraine , Belorussia and the rest of the Soviet Union , Chernobyl was a huge new revelation of their government 's untruthfulness . |
| 3 | If this a new beginning for South Africa , their first Test since their isolation from international cricket in 1970 , because of their government 's apartheid policies , so it was for the West Indies . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the French performed a volte-face worthy of their government 's foreign policy habits , and gave the cardiac arrest generation nouvelle cuisine , or cuisine minceur and then cuisine naturelle , as it quickly became when the first fanatical asceticism mellowed . |
| 5 | A scheduled meeting of the Conference on Jan. 31 was postponed following the unavailability of Irish ministers , who had been required to be present in the Dáil ( lower house of the Irish Parliament ) to secure the passage of their government 's budget . |
| 6 | Environmentalists in Czechoslovakia are becoming increasingly critical of their government 's decision to proceed unilaterally with the project . |
| 7 | It was a characteristically defiant performance coming from the leader of a party trailing 8-10 points in the opinion polls , her own satisfaction ratings slumped beaneth her opponent 's , and after a week which had rocked the credibility of her government 's economic policy , on which all else depends . |
| 8 | The Financial Management initiative ( FMI ) was launched by the Prime Minister in May 1982 as part of her government 's reply to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee 's third report ( HC 236 , Session 1981–2 ) , published three months earlier . |
| 9 | Despite his government 's contention that Ciskei was an independent country , however , late on Sept. 7 de Klerk announced that South African troops were to be deployed there to " protect industrial property " , which was largely owned by white South African citizens . |
| 10 | Mr Hawke has embarked on a crusade to join the airlines in smashing the pilots ' claim , seeing it as a crucial challenge to the cornerstone of his government 's economic policy , the wages accord between government , employers and unions . |
| 11 | His worst mistake was at the Ministry of Labour , which , foreseeably , turned out to be the crucial sector of his Government 's battlefront . |
| 12 | The Minister gave a reasoned exposition of his government 's thinking . |
| 13 | I do not mean to be offensive to the hon. Member for Sherwood when I say that he has entertained us with his prepared briefs in many of our coal debates , but that it is a bit rich of him continually to criticise the contraction of the coal industry when he has supported many of his Government 's policies on the industry . |
| 14 | Failure of his government 's economic programme fully to embrace market principles was also criticized , and prompted a vote of no confidence by nationalist deputies which was defeated on Oct. 10 . |
| 15 | At a meeting of the Cabinet , Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir had won majority backing to retain the abortive May 1989 election plan [ see pp. 36599 ; 36670 ] as the foundation of his government 's strategy . |
| 16 | Derek Keys , chair of the mining corporation Gencor , was appointed Minister of Trade , Industry and Economic Co-ordination in a move seen as an effort to improve the credibility of his government 's economic policies . |
| 17 | However , he was largely unsuccessful in attempts to broaden the basis of his government 's political support . |
| 18 | In his speech to the Assembly , Drnovsek laid out the main themes of his government 's programme . |
| 19 | The General 's popularity soon rebounded , largely because voters tended not to associate unpopular aspects of his government 's domestic policy with him and because his foreign initiatives were generally well received . |
| 20 | Uncertainty over Mr Mulroney 's future has existed since the defeat in a referendum last October of his government 's proposals for constitutional reform aimed at solving the separatist dispute in French-speaking Quebec . |
| 21 | ‘ Having run out of excuses for the abject failure of your Government 's economic policies , ’ he said , ‘ you are now trying to pin the blame on your predecessor , in whose Government you were responsible for economic policy . ’ |
| 22 | It 's been cut again , as a result of your Government 's policies , so the technology and the support that we need to go into Europe to win in Europe to help industry is being strangled once again by your Government . |
| 23 | Britain is now called the dirty man of Europe because of our government 's lack of care for the environment . |
| 24 | The new movement , which was characterized as a non-party coalition , was an attempt to inject new life into her government 's programmes by reaching beyond the ruling LDP and its traditional patterns of patronage . |
| 25 | In the past month , Mrs Aquino 's popularity has declined , and there was growing disenchantment with her government 's ability to provide adequate transport and power , and to contain corruption . |
| 26 | In the past month , Mrs Aquino 's popularity has declined , and there was growing disenchantment with her government 's ability to provide adequate transport and power , and to contain corruption . |
| 27 | Does he realise that the real potential danger to the Union of Scotland with Britain lies not with the separatists but with his Government 's refusal to listen to the voice of the people of Scotland ? |
| 28 | Up into his government 's headquarters ; down into his family apartments and bunker . |
| 29 | And when the Cabinet Minister admitted he had no ticket , he had to cough up the fare as well as the fine under his Government 's 1989 Act which orders passengers to pay before they travel . |
| 30 | JOHN Major yesterday hailed his Chancellor 's mini-budget as a ‘ turning point ’ in his Government 's fortunes . |