Example sentences of "the government has be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have to take account not only of local white vested interests , but , more importantly , of foreign and multinational capital which controls a substantial proportion of its industries , though the government has been buying out some foreign , especially South African , firms . |
| 2 | By definition , therefore , if the Government has been using oil revenues to create jobs they have been unsuccessful . |
| 3 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 4 | Officially , the Government has been expecting up to one million appeals . |
| 5 | For the last three months , the Government has been collecting responses to its proposals to overhaul the law on leasehold flats . |
| 6 | E. The Government has been trying to help people in these country areas , particularly in the north . |
| 7 | Noise from vehicles is something the Government has been trying to tackle for more than 20 years . |
| 8 | In Britain , the government has been trying to encourage commercial recyclers such as waste-paper merchants to join forces with the packaging industry to give more packaging a second life . |
| 9 | Ever since 1979 the Government has been trying to widen and deepen share ownership , but apart from privatisations , which have resulted in millions of people owning a few hundred shares in one or two companies , it can not be said to have had much success . |
| 10 | Although the government has been pushing liquid petroleum gas ( LPG ) in metropolitan cities , its supply remains restricted to the upper middle class and the demand far outstrips the supply . |
| 11 | FoE claim that even EC standards are inadequate and that the government has been fogging the issue in the run up to privatisation . |
| 12 | ‘ For three years the Government has been cutting help to the unemployed , depriving them of the training they need and reducing their ability to find their way back to work . |
| 13 | The government has been spending beyond its means , with a budget deficit last year of 120 billion roubles ( £120 billion at the official rate ) , or 10 per cent of GNP . |
| 14 | Paul Mukasa , 34 , who works as an electrician , added : ‘ I personally think the economy is in a worse state then the Government has been letting on . ’ |
| 15 | The Government has been resisting the removal of frontier controls because of anxieties about drugs and illicit arms traffickers . |
| 16 | The Government has been relying heavily on a pick-up in consumer spending to provide the basis for recovery but worries about job security and unemployment have encouraged saving rather than spending . |
| 17 | Your Lordships will be aware that the Government has been giving careful consideration to the issue of whether B R should be a franchisee in the light of the noble lord Lord Paignton 's amendment , agreed at committee stage . |
| 18 | Even some of the most loyal Tory MPs would not dispute Mr Lamont 's claim that the government has been giving the impression of being in office , but not in power . |
| 19 | At the CNPF , France 's business and industry lobby , there are complaints that the government has been fudging figures to make it look as though targets have been met . |