Example sentences of "government 's [noun sg] [be] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second weakness in the Government 's position is that in an important respect it is ambiguous . |
| 2 | The government 's position is that the major decisions on countering global warming will have to wait on international agreement at the 1992 UN conference on the environment , which would project them beyond the present government . |
| 3 | The Government 's position is that a tax-raising power in the technical sense inevitably means that taxes will be raised . |
| 4 | ‘ The British government 's position is that we have trade relations with Cuba and we are interested in building them up , as we are a trading nation . ’ |
| 5 | The verdict of one admiring authority on the government 's performance is that , ‘ In doing so , it has achieved the largest transfer of property since the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII , a transfer from the state to its citizens . ’ |
| 6 | Last week Lord Skelmersdale told the Lords that ‘ the government 's decision is that the time has come to implement the 1975 Act … . it is the large number of reservoirs for which no one appears to take responsibility which gives rise to the greatest concern , he added . |
| 7 | Following the point made by the hon. and learned Member for Montgomery ( Mr. Carlile ) , presumably the Government 's contention is that , either because of prevalence or because of some emergency , it is necessary today , without the normal consultation , to go through every stage of the Bill . |
| 8 | The Government 's intention was that these funds would be a way of helping with one-off exceptional circumstances affecting only a small minority of students , but the reality is that once again they have been shown to be completely wrong . |
| 9 | The Government 's view is that the market will decide if it is viable . |
| 10 | Radio Deregulation will mean a dramatic increase in choice for listeners : the Government 's view is that the market will decide if it is sustainable . |
| 11 | A further justification was added in a Department of Employment memorandum in 1988 : ‘ There is currently no legislation in this country to prevent age discrimination in employment and the Government 's view is that it would be neither beneficial nor practical to do so . |
| 12 | I think that the Minister is saying that the Government 's view is that the basis of representation should remain the same — in which case , I am glad . |
| 13 | A previous Tory Home Secretary wrote in the White Paper : ’ Since the Prior committee 's report was published , the Government 's Public Order Bill has been put before Parliament Given the restructuring of public order offences in the Public Order Bill , the Government 's view is that there is no need for a further public offence of prison mutiny . ’ |
| 14 | Given the restructuring of public order offences in the Public Order Bill , the Government 's view is that there is no need for a further specific offence of prison mutiny . ’ |
| 15 | The government 's view was that it was necessary for JMB to continue in operation to maintain international confidence in the banking system and in the London gold market . |
| 16 | The government 's fear is that there may be many more Welkoms waiting to happen , and if racial conflict does spread in South Africa , it could seriously unsettle a delicate process of change which is underway . |
| 17 | Anyone listening to or reading about the debate will know that the nub of the Government 's thinking is that they want the Bill to be passed . |