Example sentences of "the government [unc] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another dismissed Cabinet minister , Mr Biffen is a frequent critic of Mrs Thatcher 's tone and of the government 's preference for tax cuts over greater spending on the social services . |
| 2 | They seem to depend more on policy preferences than research and to reflect the Government 's preference for action not words , for speedy response rather than lengthy debate , and perhaps also a deep disregard for the theoretical overview . |
| 3 | The National Assembly approved the government 's budget for 1990 after its presentation on Dec. 28 , 1989 , by Deputy Prime Minister Sa'adoun Hammadi . |
| 4 | A second lesson — or cautionary note — bears directly on the government 's enthusiasm for separating out ‘ purchaser ’ or ‘ provider ’ roles in order to create a quasi market in social care . |
| 5 | Given the government 's enthusiasm for housing associations , it is curious that recent changes have made the associations ' task more difficult . |
| 6 | The government 's enthusiasm for roads and motor cars worries many people . |
| 7 | The report , which had been in the government 's possession for eight months , revealed that department officials had misappropriated funds , running into many millions of rands , intended for distribution in rural communities in the bantustans ( homelands ) . |
| 8 | A factor which could facilitate this process is the selection of chairmen and members in sympathy with the government 's aims for the NHS , or at least willing to accept that its views are paramount . |
| 9 | I hold no specific brief for the Baxter scheme , but it has attempted to demonstrate that alternative schemes could be produced that would retain the Government 's proposal for a terminus — an interchange — at King 's Cross , but states that the plan would be more satisfactory if it were achieved without creating an enormous hole in the ground which British Rail proposes , with all the consequent destruction of homes , jobs and local neighbourhood . |
| 10 | We can only reach the conclusion — which will be noted by the further education sector in Scotland — that the reason behind the Government 's proposal for a further education funding council is that it might help the Bill 's passage . |
| 11 | In a referendum on May 17 voters approved the government 's proposal for Switzerland to join the two major international financial institutions , the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank . |
| 12 | Stuart Harper ( Points of View , 6 February ) welcomes the Government 's decision to provide him with data on examination results so that he can use it to make decisions on schools in ‘ the Government 's market-place for education . ’ |
| 13 | Mr Harper may welcome the arrival of ‘ the Government 's market-place for education ’ . |
| 14 | Mr Hamilton said that 1,308 officers and 5,152 soldiers were being made redundant under the second phase of cuts in the armed forces agreed under the Government 's Options for Change programme . |
| 15 | Sara Jones , speaking at the launch of the Royal British Legion 's poppy appeal , said she wanted to send a message of support to servicemen who would be leaving the services under the Government 's Options for Change programme . |
| 16 | By mid-May the government 's request for emergency relief supplies estimated at just over US$670,000,000 , with an additional US$740,000,000 for reconstruction , had met with pledges totalling only US$450,000,000 . |
| 17 | The day was saved by the Government 's willingness for the House to meet , exceptionally , in the mornings until the Committee Stage of the Bill had been completed . |
| 18 | The government 's Minister for Humanitarian Affairs , seconded from the Chadian Human Rights League , criticized Interior Ministry officials in connection with the shootings and resigned in protest at the killings . |
| 19 | Up to now , it has been run by the government 's centre for information systems , the Central Computer & Telecommunications Agency . |
| 20 | Employment Training is the Government 's system for helping adults who have been out of work for more than six months . |
| 21 | Do you agree that the Government 's priorities for the EC during its tenure in the Presidency should be the completion of the Single Market , improvements to endorsement of EC law , and reducing the burden on business ? |
| 22 | The building industry , encouraged by the government 's support for owner occupation , has campaigned vigorously against planning restraints in areas of increasing demand for housing . |
| 23 | He wants to extend the government 's support for research into areas beyond disciplines related to computers . |
| 24 | The government 's support for Pol Pot 's Khmer Rouge at the United Nations . |
| 25 | In the West Indies pressures on land had already become intense ; the proprietors were replaced by royal governors , and external danger made the government 's support for the islands essential . |
| 26 | If the government 's support for the landowning nobility perpetuated its age-old conflict with the peasantry , the direct corollary of its close alliance with industrial employers was confrontation with labour . |
| 27 | His evidence was that he read the report on the night that he received it and was — as others would have been — shocked to find that the parliamentary statements relating to the government 's support for the Nigerians were demonstrably false . |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement about the Government 's support for combined heat and power schemes . |
| 29 | Some 63 stations have already had their platforms lengthened to take the new longer train — positive evidence of the Government 's support for British Rail 's expansion programme . |
| 30 | If so , is not that due partly to the Government 's support for small firms ? |