Example sentences of "the government [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was 5% below the government 's planned intake , mostly because of an under-recruitment of those planning to teach in secondary schools . |
| 2 | LABOUR MP Donald Dewar has launched a scathing attack on the Government 's planned tax increases . |
| 3 | On March 19 demonstrations were held by over 100,000 students nationwide in protest at the government 's planned reforms — intended to reduce the high failure rate among first degree students — which students maintained would made the university system more selective . |
| 4 | ‘ You know , Charles , do n't you , that the Government 's trying to steamroller a law through to say that everything either is the case or is n't the case ? ’ |
| 5 | Democratic Charter , set up in 1991 , criticized the government 's perceived failure to distance itself from Csurka 's views . |
| 6 | Consequently , there is little need to prevent cheating by making the government 's announced monetary policy constitutionally binding . |
| 7 | The Government 's announced change of policy on export credit facilities for the republics of the former Soviet Union is welcome , but can the Prime Minister clarify the extent and the effectiveness of these changes in practice , as it appears that the conditions limiting the operation of those credit guarantees is likely to make them unusable for several years to come ? |
| 8 | Such details are hardly at the heart of ‘ introducing major operational change ’ , which the Government 's Teaching Company Scheme ( TCS ) proposes , but they form intriguing by-products . |
| 9 | Such details are hardly at the heart of ‘ introducing major operational change ’ , which the Government 's Teaching Company Scheme ( TCS ) proposes , but they form intriguing by-products . |
| 10 | THE Government 's watering down of Monopolies and Mergers Commission proposals to weaken big brewers ' grip on their pubs has persuaded Whitbread to drop ideas of selling its breweries . |
| 11 | Yes , the Government 's sending armaments to help Poland in her fight against the Soviet , but I ca n't for the life of me see what that 's got to do with you ! ’ |
| 12 | One reason why Lloyd George had considered it essential to narrow the gap between the Government 's declared war aims and those of the Labour party was that a crisis was looming in industry over new measures to conscript previously exempted skilled engineers into the Army . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , the productivity strategy fits snugly with the Government 's declared plans for selling off coal at the best price if it won the election . |
| 14 | The government 's declared intention in introducing the Act is to make the processes of raising revenue and financial planning simpler and more ‘ transparent ’ than before , and thus to make local authorities more accountable to their voters for their spending . |
| 15 | The government 's declared aim is to enable parents to judge how well teachers , schools and LEAs are performing , a judgement of increased significance after the 1988 Act , with open enrolment , and schools ' budgets heavily dependent on their pupil numbers . |
| 16 | In Sweden 's case the move was to be seen in the context of the government 's declared intent to apply for EC membership ( the date for this application was subsequently set formally for July 1 , 1991 ) . |
| 17 | The Government 's invited bids to save the Vulcan , but no one 's come up with the money needed to give it the necessary overhaul . |
| 18 | Thus , any decision by an authority to spend more or less on services than the government 's assumed level will be reflected directly in the level of charge it has to set . |
| 19 | A record number of parents were getting aid through scholarships and more than 100 were being helped under the Government 's assisted places scheme . |
| 20 | The Trust Accountant , , will be available in the Trust Office to discuss Entrance Bursaries , the Foundation and the Government 's Assisted Places Scheme with individual parents . |
| 21 | For the Government 's Assisted Place Scheme the Gross Income of the family is used i.e. before any superannuation contributions and including any investment income . |
| 22 | The Government 's hinting it could cut defence spending because of a reduced threat from Eastern Europe . |
| 23 | The dismissal of the Foreign Minister Argaña in July for publicly stating that the ruling Colorado Party would never give up power [ see p. 37651 ] did not dispel fears that the government 's undertaking to hold free elections in 1993 would be broken by his " stronista " ( Stroessnorist ) wing of the Colorado Party . |
| 24 | The government 's gathered together knowledgable bodies like the trust into the Ruddy duck Working Group to find out if the two species can be kept apart . |
| 25 | The Government 's thinking on this issue is confused . |
| 26 | Even if the order to which the Minister referred a few minutes ago is introduced , what can the Minister tell us about the Government 's thinking on what the timetable will be ? |
| 27 | Once again a proper scandalous situation , that we we should be working to er relieve , but does n't seem to be the way that the government 's moving . |
| 28 | The government 's watching the outcome of this case and is now taking mental stress at work very seriously . |
| 29 | The government 's accommodating , or ‘ soft budget ’ , approach to monetary policy is illustrated by its attitude to interest rates . |
| 30 | Secondly of course there are opportunities and limitations to your , the resources that you have and I 've mentioned resources before , they can be economic , military , your education system erm you know at the moment the government 's expanding higher education , going up , well we 've , we 've touched already I think thirty percent now in higher education one of the reasons for that is not just to , for self-fulfilment for those who are erm involved in higher education as I 'm sure you 're all self-fulfilling yourself here today , it 's because of what is perceived to be a national need for a highly educated workforce . |