Example sentences of "government [vb mod] [vb infin] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Margaret Thatcher 's day , most people thought that complaining was a waste of time ; but a ‘ listening ’ Government must expect to be shouted at , loud and long . |
| 2 | The Government must look to be fairer to London , with equalisation at least in the grants system — perhaps on the basis of incomes , or by taking the regional banding approach . |
| 3 | If the FMLN demonstrated a " serious and constructive approach " to the UN-supervised peace talks , Bush said , and if a ceasefire and a political settlement could be reached within the next 60 days , the military aid to the government might continue to be withheld . |
| 4 | Although Bhutto stressed that Pakistan was not seeking military confrontation with India , she reiterated that her government would continue to be " steadfast " in its support for the right of self-determination by the people of Kashmir . |
| 5 | Although the present Conservative government would claim to be concerned about unemployment , it has argued that falling unemployment can only be achieved by ( a ) reducing the rate of inflation , since this would raise the real value of a given level of money spending in the economy , and ( b ) stimulating the operation of markets , especially the labour market , so that changes in the relative price of labour can come about more easily and thus ‘ price people into jobs ’ . |
| 6 | The Government would have to be ready with a view either way . |
| 7 | The obvious answer would seem to be : through a plurality of parties , so that any government would have to be a coalition representative of at least a significant number of these diverse Interests and groupings . |
| 8 | If there were no power to dissolve it could only resign , and a new Government would have to be formed from the ranks of the existing House of Commons . |
| 9 | The agreement was based on the famous — some would say infamous-five principles : unimpeded progress to majority rule ( already enshrined in the 1961 Constitution ) had to be maintained and guaranteed ; there would have to be guarantees against retrogressive amendment of the Constitution ; there would need to be immediate improvement in the political status of the black population ; there would have to be progress towards ending racial discrimination ; and the British government would need to be satisfied that any basis proposed for independence was acceptable to the people of Rhodesia as a whole . |
| 10 | However , the government will wish to be closely concerned with the operation of the company to ensure that this does not provide a blanket guarantee to underwrite whatever losses the company makes through its own stupidity or inefficiency . |
| 11 | Second , local and regional government will have to be created and is more likely to require and use powers of economic initiative . |
| 12 | It is difficult to understand how the Government can claim to be concerned about looking after the welfare of citizens when there has been a fourfold increase in the incidence of food poisoning in the past 10 years . |