Example sentences of "be [vb pp] by [adj] government " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gavin , since been dismissed by local government union Nalgo , was a full-time union official representing thousands of council employees . |
| 2 | It is unrealistic to expect GPs to fund such studies , although some have been undertaken by central government ( Anderson , 1989 ) . |
| 3 | Thirteen million pounds raised by council house sales has been frozen by central government and today 's new build is all with private money for private buyers . |
| 4 | An April 22 deadline has been imposed by central Government for local authorities to submit their City Challenge bids . |
| 5 | The corporations are imposed by central government and are given powers of land and development that have been seen as ‘ staggering ’ ( Cullingworth , 1985 , p. 282 ) . |
| 6 | The school manager , in contrast to his or her experience of GCSE , here has to struggle for clarity — a struggle which is made no easier by the over-simplified statements of policy about the unification of general and vocational education which are made by central government and by its political opponents . |
| 7 | They are drafted by permanent government officials who are concerned to seek out expert opinion on the issues in question . |
| 8 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
| 9 | They are very important bodies indeed and are recognised by central government as the mouthpiece of their respective councils . |
| 10 | Resources were obtained from central government under the 1952 Town Development Act and the 1961 Housing Act which subsidized the importation of an over spill population , but these were far less than would have been provided to a designated New Town where all infrastructure costs would have been borne by central government . |
| 11 | Care services for children , the elderly and the handicapped are provided by local government , health authorities , the private sector and voluntary groups , not directly by central government . |
| 12 | What is not so obvious is whether the vast sums of money that have been spent by central government and the local authorities on housing over the years have had much effect on reducing housing inequalities . |
| 13 | Well I think in common with most local authorities we 've been playing a sort of cat and mouse game with Central Government over the last ten years , where we have attempted to continue to deliver the services that we believe we 've been elected to deliver , and Central Government has been trying to close off what it would see as loopholes and gain control of us and stop us doing what it does n't want us to do , but of course it 's a rather unequal struggle and the cat and mouse analogy is quite a good one in that Central Government has all the power and is able to erm take control of us to the extent now that the budget that both the City and the County Council have set for the coming year has effectively been set by Central Government . |
| 14 | For example , attempts to introduce marginal cost pricing ( Treasury 1967 ) or ‘ verité des prix ’ ( Dubois 1975 : 31–2 ) are undermined by simultaneous government concern with inflation and hence with holding down public enterprise prices ( and there are problems in principle with the application of marginal cost pricing ) . |
| 15 | To the followers of the ‘ classical economists ’ , who argued that the industrialized state would make the greatest possible contribution to public welfare if competition were to remain unshackled , the period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the present day has been marked by increasing government interference with the economy . |
| 16 | Approval and inspection fees are set by central government , which means that wherever you live in England or Wales , the price will be the same : planning permission £46 ; Building Regulations plans approval £35.25 ; and £105.75 inspection fees when the work commences . |
| 17 | As with the previous study it is anticipated that the project will generate findings that can be used by various government departments and other public bodies to address issues of policy . |
| 18 | The major objective is , therefore , to formulate a model which can be used by central government and local housing authorities in the housing planning process . |
| 19 | The industry deserves better consideration and the country needs the benefits that recovery and growth in our industry could bring but which may well be sabotaged by inappropriate Government cuts . |
| 20 | That there is , in practice , a large measure of consensus about the goals of social policy , so a degree of genuine independence can be tolerated by central government . |
| 21 | In order to help fund the costs of unification the West German federal government and the Länder ( states ) agreed on May 16 to set up a German Unity Fund to raise DM95,000 million ( US$1.00=DM1.6443 as at May 14 , 1990 ) on the capital markets over the ensuing 4@1/2 years ( half to be raised by federal government and half by the Länder ) . |
| 22 | As my hon. Friends the Members for Wyre ( Mr. Mans ) and for Thurrock have said , people expected to be protected by central Government , but we have been told by the Labour party that there will be no limit whatsoever on spending . |
| 23 | The recent technical improvements in BR planning ( Allen and Williams 1985 : 92–6 ) are unlikely to eliminate political influences ; indeed , as already noted , the effectiveness of action plans may be undermined by subsequent government alteration of planning objectives . |
| 24 | Adequate resources must be provided by central government , but much of the cost could be met from accumulated capital receipts , which councils are not allowed to spend at present ! |
| 25 | There is , therefore , no settled agreement either about the services to be provided by local government or about the discretion local authorities can exercise over the services they provide . |
| 26 | The risk was to be shared by central government , local authorities and building societies . |
| 27 | A uniform poundage , called a multiplier , will be set by Central Government and levied throughout the country . |
| 28 | The uniform poundage will be set by Central Government and levied throughout the country . |
| 29 | Administration will be done by self-appointed business men on boards of management , but the parameters of further education — the fee level , the overall funding and the policy — will be set by central Government . |
| 30 | Indeed proposals for the service to be administered by local government have fallen by the wayside because of the determination of central government to control the cost of the service . |