Example sentences of "the [adj] government [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This appears to have been the conclusion reached by the Israeli government when it launched its air attack on Iraq 's French-built research-scale Osiris reactor at Tuweithah near Ctesiphon in June 1981 . |
| 2 | On June 23 a group calling itself the Islamic Liberation Front threatened to carry out terrorist attacks against the Kuwaiti government unless it cancelled the death sentences . |
| 3 | ( The term used was ‘ suspended ’ in order to remind the British Government that it could be resumed if it were to give cause . ) |
| 4 | There are two courses open to the British government if it is to maintain its reputation , on which it prides itself , of honouring its commitments . |
| 5 | Despite such caveats , the deal looks sensible for BT , which should reassure the British government as it prepares to sell a third tranche of shares in the partly state-owned company . |
| 6 | The scene for the election to the Constitutional Convention was formally set by the British Government when it published its White Paper " The Northern Ireland Constitution " ( see above page 8 ) which was almost immediately followed by the passing of the Northern Ireland Act 1974 on 17 July . |
| 7 | There was nothing to recommend preserving the old Government until it had been formally defeated at Westminster . |
| 8 | , The EC Commission has also warned the Italian government that it may face legal action in the Court of Justice unless it takes steps to improve drinking water standards in the provinces of Lombardy , Piedmont , Veneto and Emilia Romagna . |
| 9 | The best hope of it actually achieving power would be a prolonged demonstration by the Conservative Government that it can not run the economy competently . |
| 10 | The arrangement of the Local Management of Schools is one of the best initiatives of the Conservative Government and it has freed schools from the heavy-handed control of Local Government , and in particular that of Labour controlled Authorities because it 's a step into the unknown for some , with obviously some doubt at first , and many Labour Groups fed on those doubts with lies and threats but nevertheless it was taken up wholeheartedly by many schools . |
| 11 | It is clear that local government promises to be an even worse headache for the new government than it was for the old . |