Example sentences of "[num] [art] government had " in BNC.
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| 1 | By February 1986 the government had announced fifteen separate changes to the way the unemployment figures were calculated and presented . |
| 2 | On April 12 the government had announced tax reforms described as " the most important fiscal reform since 1911 " . |
| 3 | On Oct. 2 the government had sent in troops to maintain order . |
| 4 | ( In December 1991 the government had raised food grain prices by 20-30 per cent — see p. 38682 . ) |
| 5 | On Sept. 7 the government had announced expenditure of an additional 13,600 million roubles from the budget to subsidize the defence industry , for scientific and technical expenses in the development and purchasing of arms . |
| 6 | By 1920 the government had already been giving public support to 7,667,769 children in need . |
| 7 | In 1981 the government had to resort to crash purchases of kerosene to meet shortages . |
| 8 | In February 1992 the government had introduced minimal safety-net welfare payments , for which some 7,400,000 people were estimated to be eligible . |
| 9 | Although in 1905–6 the government had in principle conceded the right to form trade unions and to strike ( for defensive purposes only ) , it subsequently put a host of obstacles in the way of effective collective bargaining . |
| 10 | A leading member of the Medellín drug cartel , Fabio Ochoa , wanted by the United States authorities for drug trafficking offences and the murder of an agent of the American Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) , surrendered on Dec. 19 in what was seen as a vindication of the policy of President César Gaviria Trujillo , who had adopted legal and political methods rather than the previous military offensive against the drug cartels [ see p. 37772 for October proposals ] ; on Dec. 17 the government had said that it would waive extradition to the USA and reduce prison terms for those traffickers who surrendered and confessed to crimes . |
| 11 | On Oct. 17 the government had approved the sale of 101 state companies , and on Oct. 21 it endorsed the privatization of a further 24 state-owned industrial enterprises . |
| 12 | On July 11 the government had passed an emergency budget to prevent the economy from collapsing . |
| 13 | According to the state-controlled newspaper al Fajr of June 3 the government had recalled its ambassadors from six Arab states — Tunisia , Mauritania , Algeria , Yemen , Sudan and Jordan — reportedly for siding with Iraq during the Gulf war . |
| 14 | On March 3 the government had announced the creation of a human rights department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to examine and promote human rights in Iraq and abroad . |
| 15 | On May 29 the government had complained that only 170 firms had so far been transferred to the private sector . |
| 16 | On July 29 the government had unveiled its New Industrial Policy ( NIP ) providing tax exemptions to exporters and allowing foreign investors 100 per cent ownership of any venture except those , including arms and defence equipment , exclusively under government control . |
| 17 | On June 29 the government had ordered the release of 92 political prisoners , including 17 leaders of the NLD arrested during a crackdown in April 1991 [ see p. 38151 ] . |
| 18 | On May 27 the government had granted permission to the Aga Khan Foundation for Economic Development ( AKFED ) to operate a private airline to compete with the state-run Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA ) on domestic routes . |
| 19 | In addition , as reported in the Financial Times of March 1 the government had a further $850,000,000 made available from the IMF , the World Bank and the Japanese Export-Import Bank to fund more reductions in debt or the debt-service burden . |
| 20 | On June 9 the government had agreed to destroy its chemical weapons stocks on condition that the operation was supervised by Iraqi , not UN , officials . |
| 21 | On Sept. 9 the government had introduced tough new measures designed to curb escalating food prices . |
| 22 | On July 23 the government had informed the UN that " the minimum requirements for imports of foodstuffs [ was ] estimated at US$2,600 million for 1991 " . |
| 23 | In October 1989 the government had accused the right-wing opposition of attempting to provoke a military coup by organizing four days of demonstrations in the city of Guayaquil , Febres 's powerbase . |
| 24 | In February 1989 the government had admitted that torture was suspected as a factor in the deaths of 32 prisoners mentioned in Amnesty 's 1988 report [ for which see p. 36565 ] . |
| 25 | By the beginning of the 1960s the government had given up the attempt to encourage employers to take special note of the needs of older workers . |
| 26 | In 1974 the government had acknowledged the explosion of what was termed " a peaceful nuclear device " [ see pp. 26585-86 ] . |
| 27 | In response to government options presented to them , the banks agreed to ( i ) exchange US$6,600 million of old debt for new 30-year government bonds carrying a fixed interest rate of 6.75 per cent underwritten by the United States Treasury ; ( ii ) repurchase $1,500 million of debt instead of the $7,000 million the government had requested ; ( iii ) provide $5,700 million in fresh loans for investment in development ; ( iv ) the exchange of old debt for new government bonds offering temporary reductions in interest rates on $2,500 million ; ( v ) new bonds offering $1,630 million equal to a 30 per cent reduction in principal . |
| 28 | In the autumn of 1915 the Government had assumed powers to requisition at fixed prices all cereal products ; in 1916 these powers were extended to sugar , milk and eggs , but only limited use was made of them . |
| 29 | On Jan. 19 the government had announced that all legal parties would be submitted to certain restrictions , binding them to give prior notice to the municipal authorities of any meeting , demonstration or public gathering , along with details of the organizers . |
| 30 | Moreover , on Aug. 19 the government had been forced to postponed indefinitely the constitutional referendum scheduled to take place on Aug. 23 , following armed attacks on election offices . |