Example sentences of "[art] government [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to a media law approved in August 1990 [ see p. 37624 ] the government had been obliged to allocate television frequencies by Aug. 23 , 1992 , in order to regulate the chaos which prevailed as large numbers of national and local television stations crowded the airwaves . |
| 2 | The Government had been due to confirm the route on Wednesday but postponed the details until next week . |
| 3 | Before the emancipation of the serfs the government had been reluctant to return peasants to the countryside after they had served in the army , for fear that they would use their training to promote discontent . |
| 4 | Five months later the Minister of Information was asked in Parliament , during the debate on the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , why this new Bill was necessary if the Government had been able to close down Ulimwengu was it somehow to legalize what had been done already ? |
| 5 | Hitherto the government had been able to thwart all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties , although the right to do so was formally enshrined in the Constitution . |
| 6 | Did the Secretary of State read in the memoirs of Dr. Garrett FitzGerald that during the negotiations on the Anglo-Irish Agreement the Government had been prepared to allow judges from the courts in the Irish Republic to sit on the Bench in Northern Ireland as part of what are described as mixed courts , but that that was stopped because of the resistance of then then Lord Chief Justice , Lord Lowry ? |
| 7 | I freely admit that , following that , the Government have been unwilling to introduce other proposals because they feel that they would have to be enforceable , workable and acceptable to a majority of hon. Members . |
| 8 | We know that almost half of all recorded crime is carried out by people under the age of 21 , yet far from developing a strategy that focuses on youth , as other countries , such as France , have done , the Government have been involved in a war of attrition against young people . |
| 9 | The Government have been woolly about the exact meaning of their proposals . |
| 10 | The effects of the timetable and work of the House passing under the control of the government have been widespread . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , in contrast , the Government have been responsible and does he further agree that the policies of the Opposition seem to be — |
| 12 | The Government have been responsible for much of the secrecy surrounding many of their policies . |
| 13 | He has asserted that the Government have been unable to find a solution and has alluded to one anomaly , but will he state categorically what legislation the Opposition would introduce to resolve the difficulty ? |
| 14 | When I look at the European Community I see foreign policy and internal security pillars and ask myself how well the Government have been able to keep them purely intergovernmental and how many commitments we are making that will damage British interests in the future . |
| 15 | The government has been obsessed with secrecy as is indicated by the prosecution of Clive Ponting and Sarah Tisdall over the disclosure of material covered by the Official Secrets Act and by their efforts to prevent the publication of Spycatcher by Peter Wright . |
| 16 | So far , the Government has been unreceptive . |
| 17 | This stands in marked contrast to the emphasis on parental responsibility in recent child-care law developments , although it must be acknowledged that in extending parental rights in education the government has been keen to stress the duty of parents to involve themselves in their child 's schooling in various ( often ‘ consumerist ’ ) ways . |
| 18 | The government has been keen to encourage employees to buy shares in their privatised companies , in an attempt to improve industrial relations and productivity and to eradicate the ‘ them and us ’ attitude in industry , by improving employee identification with their company . |
| 19 | There appears to be no room for the bill in the present legislative session , but the government has been keen to maintain the momentum of its proposals for reform to the laws . |
| 20 | As visitors to Spain this summer will notice , the Government has been encouraging hoteliers to go ‘ up market ’ . |
| 21 | The Government has been anxious to find a slot for such legislation but has not acted yet , partly because of a full parliamentary timetable and because of technical difficulties in defining which types of weapons should be outlawed . |
| 22 | It means the savings expected to follow council reform could be less than suggested — an issue which may become crucial since the Government has been anxious to demonstrate that dismantling the present two-tier council structure would bring meaningful savings . |
| 23 | The loans were to be administered by a specially formed company under contract to the government ; but the government has been unable to secure the co-operation of the major banks , who were to be the chief participants in the new company , and the loans scheme is in disarray . |
| 24 | In presenting who gains and loses , the Government has been careful to cite figures based on the number of households . |
| 25 | So far as education is concerned , it is known that the government has been concerned for some time about an alleged willingness on the part of some teachers to bring the question of homosexuality out into the open in a way that seeks to normalise it as a form of human relationship . |
| 26 | The government has been quick to say that it plans to continue the economic policies that have pleased businessmen and kept the country relatively well-off . |
| 27 | Although the affair stinks of a set-up , the government has been able to manipulate the publicity to deflect some of the heat from the Bofors affair . |
| 28 | The Urban Programme has been one policy instrument through which the government has been able , if only at the margins , to influence the position of black people in the major conurbations . |
| 29 | While the power of dismissal may be of limited use , where the government has been able to appoint a new rail chairman , it has the opportunity to shape a management team more in tune with its thinking . |
| 30 | But until now the Government has been reluctant to take up their case . |