Example sentences of "but [art] government [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Physical limits after 1953 were progressively less effective ( and in most other areas not even formally retained ) , but the Government hoped that the new financial disciplines would have some effect in curbing the industry 's investment demand . |
| 2 | In addition the tax on petrol was increased by 50 per cent but the government insisted that this rise would not affect industry costs , would encourage the more efficient use of private cars , and would preserve a plan for annualized inflation of 18 per cent for 1991 . |
| 3 | They would have been less well advised to move from temporary obligation to redemption if they had had to wait for the money which the peasants owed them , but the government realized that peasants were in no position to redeem their obligations overnight and advanced most of the money to which nobles were entitled in the form of interest-bearing bonds . |
| 4 | The Confederation of Independent Bulgarian Trade Unions ( CITUB ) , which called the strike , claimed that 770,000 workers had taken part , but the government said that a maximum of 330,000 were involved and the rival labour federation Podkrepa ( " Support " ) claimed that no more than 10,000 had stopped work . |
| 5 | But the government insists that levels " are not considered to pose any significant risk either to the food chain or to public health " , and claims that " overall , the conclusions of the report are reassuring " . |
| 6 | Some officials objected to this arrangement in principle , but the government felt that the cost of additional personnel was too great to warrant changing it . |
| 7 | Wherever possible rents should be at ‘ full economic levels ’ , but the government recognised that in some areas this would put rents beyond the means of many tenants and some degree of subsidy might be necessary . |
| 8 | But the government believes that , not least in the light of what is being achieved in other countries , the standards now generally attained by our pupils are neither as good as they can be , nor as good as they need to be if young people are to be equipped for the world of the twenty-first century . |
| 9 | But the government believes that the penalties have not been high enough and that hitherto it has been the workers and not company owners , the real culprits , who have been punished . |
| 10 | But the Government accepts that for persistent offenders some kind of youth detention must also be available to the courts . |
| 11 | The Buddhist Vesak festival on May 27-29 was marked by the official suspension of offensive operations by the army , but the government claimed that nine soldiers were killed by the LTTE during this three-day period . |