Example sentences of "government [verb] [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bending the rules would allow the Government to claim it is sticking by next year 's public spending ceiling of £244.5bn while actually allowing public borrowing to rise . |
| 2 | Bending the rules would allow the Government to claim it is sticking by next year 's public spending ceiling of £244.5bn while actually allowing public borrowing to rise . |
| 3 | The government says it is putting emphasis on acquiring environmentally friendly technologies . |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State agree that despite the tremendous advances in productivity made by the employees of British Coal , the perverse reward that the Government give them is to squeeze the British coal industry between the upper and nether millstones ? |
| 5 | Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown , who has committed his party to supporting the Government claiming he is voting ‘ for Britain 's future in Europe ’ , called Labour 's action dishonest . |