Example sentences of "[art] government have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Switzerland , which had 36,000 political asylum requests in 1990 ( and 17 per cent of whose residents were non-nationals ) , the government had been tightening the rules since February 1991 . |
| 2 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 3 | The decision came last month after the government had been considering bids from the remaining two consortia interested in BTG . |
| 4 | This significant increase in industrial concentration through merger activity would not have been possible if the government had been operating a tough anti-merger policy . |
| 5 | Tillett was convinced that despite its attempts to mediate , the government had been helping the employers . |
| 6 | NRA forces were reported to have committed atrocities against the civilian population in Soroti district in the east , where the government had been fighting the Uganda People 's Army ( UPA ) , led by Peter Otai ; in September it was reported that 30 NRA personnel had been arrested for the killing of 60 civilians in the area . |
| 7 | That , I think , clears the stand that the Government have been taking , and their view that the matter can not be easily resolved . |
| 8 | Indications of Mr Mandela 's growing political stature in the eyes of the government have been accumulating for some time . |
| 9 | Joel Weiner , marketing executive of Kraft General Foods It is precisely because we are not complacent about this issue that the Government have been preparing a major Food Bill since October 1987 . |
| 10 | The hon. Member has been trying to make out that the Government have been putting profits , the success of BT and the shareholder interest before our policy . |
| 11 | It is quite obvious that the government have been gearing the NHS up for this plan for some time . |
| 12 | In view of his admission some weeks ago that this Government have imposed the heaviest tax burden in British history , will the right hon. Gentleman now apologise for the Chancellor 's wholly inaccurate statement to the House yesterday that the Government have been cutting taxes ever since 1979 ? |
| 13 | They have to take account not only of local white vested interests , but , more importantly , of foreign and multinational capital which controls a substantial proportion of its industries , though the government has been buying out some foreign , especially South African , firms . |
| 14 | By definition , therefore , if the Government has been using oil revenues to create jobs they have been unsuccessful . |
| 15 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 16 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 17 | For the last three months , the Government has been collecting responses to its proposals to overhaul the law on leasehold flats . |
| 18 | E. The Government has been trying to help people in these country areas , particularly in the north . |
| 19 | Noise from vehicles is something the Government has been trying to tackle for more than 20 years . |
| 20 | In Britain , the government has been trying to encourage commercial recyclers such as waste-paper merchants to join forces with the packaging industry to give more packaging a second life . |
| 21 | Ever since 1979 the Government has been trying to widen and deepen share ownership , but apart from privatisations , which have resulted in millions of people owning a few hundred shares in one or two companies , it can not be said to have had much success . |
| 22 | Although the government has been pushing liquid petroleum gas ( LPG ) in metropolitan cities , its supply remains restricted to the upper middle class and the demand far outstrips the supply . |
| 23 | FoE claim that even EC standards are inadequate and that the government has been fogging the issue in the run up to privatisation . |
| 24 | ‘ For three years the Government has been cutting help to the unemployed , depriving them of the training they need and reducing their ability to find their way back to work . |
| 25 | The government has been spending beyond its means , with a budget deficit last year of 120 billion roubles ( £120 billion at the official rate ) , or 10 per cent of GNP . |
| 26 | Paul Mukasa , 34 , who works as an electrician , added : ‘ I personally think the economy is in a worse state then the Government has been letting on . ’ |
| 27 | The Government has been resisting the removal of frontier controls because of anxieties about drugs and illicit arms traffickers . |
| 28 | The Government has been relying heavily on a pick-up in consumer spending to provide the basis for recovery but worries about job security and unemployment have encouraged saving rather than spending . |
| 29 | Your Lordships will be aware that the Government has been giving careful consideration to the issue of whether B R should be a franchisee in the light of the noble lord Lord Paignton 's amendment , agreed at committee stage . |
| 30 | Even some of the most loyal Tory MPs would not dispute Mr Lamont 's claim that the government has been giving the impression of being in office , but not in power . |