Example sentences of "[art] government [vb -s] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | After such a calculated and insulting snub , the Government fears that Mr Clinton may be trying to punish the Tories for supporting George Bush 's presidential campaign . |
| 2 | The troops — armed with mortars — will escort convoys of emergency food and medicines through the battered war zones.But the Government fears that the men — mainly from the Cheshire Regiment — could get snared in heavy fighting and suffer casualties . |
| 3 | By restoring the link between voting and taxation , the government hopes that voters will punish ‘ wasteful ’ or ‘ high-spending ’ councils . |
| 4 | By separating responsibility for funding services from their provision , the Government hopes that providers will compete for contracts from health authorities , GP budget holders and private buyers of care . |
| 5 | The government hopes that the sale of a chunk of its $30 billion assets will help refill its depleted treasury . |
| 6 | The government hopes that at some point the Liberation Front can be persuaded to accept some form of autonomy short of independence , but that seems unlikely in the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | A confidential report by the Ministry of Justice , leaked to Brazil 's press has confirmed that the government hopes that , by demarcating the Yanomami Park , it will improve its international image , with a view to the June UNCED Earth Summit meeting of world leaders — which will be held in Rio de Janeiro . |
| 8 | According to a Tourism Ministry spokesman , the government hopes that " gorilla tourism " will help attract visitors to the country after years of war and instability . |
| 9 | The government hopes that wind power will meet around a tenth of total electricity demand by the year 2000 . |
| 10 | If the scheme does get the enthusiastic backing of farmers , the government hopes that up to ten percent of the countryside 's most damaged hedgerows could be saved . |
| 11 | The Government hopes that by 1996 a quarter of all 16-year-olds will be studying for GNVQs , and up to 1/2 by the end of the decade . |
| 12 | With a spate of infrastructure projects already planned , the government hopes that Japan can build its way out of the recession . |
| 13 | The Government insists that the trade deficit is the result primarily of excess demand ; it is man-made or — as Number 10 would put it — Lawson-made . |
| 14 | The Government insists that a promise of secrecy given to manufacturers prevents it telling 8 million microwave owners exactly what may be wrong with their machines . |
| 15 | Aside from abolition of exchange controls by the other major economies , the Government insists that Britain 's inflation rate be brought more in line with that of her trading partners , before Britain takes the ERM plunge . |
| 16 | For its part , the government insists that ‘ the establishment of broadly agreed objectives would not mean that the curricular policies of the Secretary of State , the LEA and the school should relate to each other in a nationally uniform way . |
| 17 | For the moment , therefore , the government insists that its state-owned energy firm , Petrobras , must hold a controlling interest . |
| 18 | The government insists that it will only be restarted if it passes stringent safety tests , and that a technical council composed of Russian , American , French and German experts will oversee its operation . |
| 19 | But the government insists that levels " are not considered to pose any significant risk either to the food chain or to public health " , and claims that " overall , the conclusions of the report are reassuring " . |
| 20 | The Government warns that the offspring of affected women could also develop Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease . |
| 21 | Now the government understands that they have to do things for culture ’ , compensating for neglected priorities in the past . |
| 22 | On nuclear power , the government promises that any future proposal by UK Nirex Ltd for an underground waste disposal site will be subject to a public inquiry . |
| 23 | The Government proposes that where a pupil has a statement of special [ educational ] needs under the 1981 Education Act , the statement should specify any National Curriculum requirements which should not apply or should be modified for that individual pupil . |
| 24 | But if the Government thinks that the public is gullible enough to be happy with a table or two every now and again , it is quite wrong . |
| 25 | Now loan redemption is a matter for the Government to decide ( at least as to minima ) , and presumably comes down to a judgement about how much the Government thinks that local authorities as a whole can afford to redeem in any year . |
| 26 | If the government thinks that they 're going to solve the problem by just lashing out four hundred thousand pounds for sixteen pitches , then they are certainly mistaken , because the mere fact of these people 's business , whether they 're in scrap , whether they 're dealing in furniture , means that they must be on the move all the time . |
| 27 | The Government concedes that subsidies for loss-making services must be maintained , but support for a radical change in the way the railways are run and financed has come from several large private companies , including Richard Branson 's Virgin Group , which is drawing up plans to run trains on key InterCity routes . |
| 28 | 1.6 The assessment framework adopted by the Government requires that : ( a ) attainment targets are set for the knowledge , skills , and understanding normally expected at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 ; ( b ) pupils ' performances in relation to attainment targets should be assessed and reported on at ages 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 . |
| 29 | At present , the government admits that only some 20 per cent of concession-holders meet the guidelines . |
| 30 | It also claims that the M11 extension is not covered by the directive since it is not officially designated a motorway , although the government admits that it is likely to be given motorway status at the time of opening . |