Example sentences of "according [prep] government " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chancellor had the Prime Minister 's support , according to government sources , in intervening to the tune of $2bn to $3bn to shore up the pound after pressure intensified following the news two weeks ago of a £2bn current account deficit in August — the third worst on record . |
| 2 | From the outset , no individual or couple will lose more than £3 a week from the changeover so long as their local council spends according to government assumptions . |
| 3 | PRIMARY schools are increasingly relying on money from parents for a decent stock of books , according to government inspectors . |
| 4 | According to government , some of the main needs to be met by the social security system are bringing up children , and caring for elderly or disabled people . |
| 5 | And , according to Government scientists , breast-fed babies can be exposed to up to 100 times the guideline level . |
| 6 | According to government calculations , the total economic damage , direct and indirect , of the US destabilization policy between 1980 and 1988 was some US$9 billion . |
| 7 | According to government figures , almost 60 per cent of all displaced persons in 1987 were concentrated in four departments : San Salvador , Morazán , Usulután and San Miguel . |
| 8 | It has been estimated that , just to prevent any further warming of the Earth 's atmosphere , we need to reduce carbon dioxide production — by 50% according to Government estimates and by 80% according to environmental organisations . |
| 9 | According to government rhetoric , regeneration could be both represented and encouraged by this exercise — a form of pump-priming to stimulate organic and economic growth . |
| 10 | FEAR of debt seems to be delaying a recovery on the high street , according to government figures . |
| 11 | According to government officials I consulted , the prison population has settled down since 1977 ( the end of the Emergency ) in the range 150,000 to 180,000 . |
| 12 | Briefly , the available evidence shows that the benefit they confer on the various socio-economic groups changes according to government policies and they do not always give greater benefits to those living in council accommodation , as is often assumed . |
| 13 | Despite the 1980 and 1982 Acts local government in 1983/4 was still , according to government estimates , overspending by 770m . |
| 14 | According to Government health statistics , over five million people of varying ages have difficulty using a conventional bathroom . |
| 15 | With 60 per cent of the population living in ‘ absolute poverty ’ according to government statistics — and more being pushed below the poverty line by recent economic cutbacksa — the Government sais it can only afford to invest four per cent of its gross national product in the health system . |
| 16 | Following the economic stagnation of 1987 , the economy had grown ( in nominal gross domestic product-GDP-terms ) by some 10 per cent in 1988 ( according to government estimates ) , aided by a good harvest , while inflation had fallen to 2.3 per cent . |
| 17 | In what was presented as action to protect its foreign exchange reserves ( which had fallen to $5,600 million according to government sources ) the government on July 5 , 1989 , informed the " Paris Club " group of creditors that it was temporarily deferring payment of $812,000,000 in interest which had been due on June 30 and July 3 . |
| 18 | ( At least 3,500,000 million drachmas in income had escaped taxation in 1989 according to government estimates in March 1990 . ) |
| 19 | According to government figures released in March 1990 , gross national product ( GNP ) growth fell sharply to 1.7 per cent in 1989 compared with 3.4 per cent in the previous year . |
| 20 | According to government claims , over 250 LTTE rebels were killed between Aug. 22 and Aug. 26 , including over 100 shot down from a helicopter as they cycled to reinforce LTTE positions near Kopay . |
| 21 | The budget deficit , which had reached 10 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1983 , would amount to 5 per cent in 1990 , according to government forecasts . |
| 22 | According to government statistics published in late May 1990 the population of Liechtenstein had increased by 1 per cent to 28,452 people by the end of 1989 . |
| 23 | According to government sources more than 180 LTTE fighters and 30 soldiers died during the operation . |
| 24 | According to government reports , the storm left 335 people dead , 205 missing and nearly 500 injured . |
| 25 | According to government figures in December 1989 , for the first time since 1946 Melanesians outnumbered Fijian Indians . |
| 26 | According to government sources , the FPR attempted an invasion on Dec. 12 , 1990 , and around 200 rebels were killed in subsequent clashes with the army in Muvumba province . |
| 27 | According to government statistics women earned on average one-third less than men in 1989 , and less than 4 per cent of top business jobs were held by women . |
| 28 | According to government figures in the first nine months of 1991 the number of immigrants of German origin ( Aussiedler ) fell to 166,786 from 337,394 for the same period of 1990 , but the number of asylum-seekers rose from 143,826 to 169,785 . |
| 29 | ( According to government figures , Eastern bloc countries accounted for 68 per cent of the total foreign trade turnover in 1986/87 , of which the Soviet Union accounted for 60 per cent . ) |
| 30 | According to government figures issued on Dec. 1 more than 270 people were killed in several simultaneous attacks by rebels on Nov. 23 and in fighting over the succeeding days in the capital Bujumbura and in the north-western provinces of Cibitoke and Kayanza . |