Example sentences of "government 's [noun sg] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's retreat did not mean , for instance , that pupils were free from compulsion to study some technology and a modern foreign language after 14 but that short courses , as the Secretary of State announced , and combined courses as well as syllabuses for qualification other than the GCSE would become available . |
| 2 | Surveys of attitudes to so-called Thatcherite ideas ( for example , a government sticking to its principles , however unpopular ; not consulting with the major economic interests ; and the government 's inability to do much about unemployment ) found that , on average , Thatcherite supporters ( 40 per cent ) were outnumbered by opponents ( 47 per cent ) . |
| 3 | Sir William Wilkinson , chairman of the NCC , welcomed the Mr Patten 's decision to allow an independent chairman for the organisation after the Government 's refusal to do so only three weeks ago . |
| 4 | Blame it on the government 's refusal to do anything about global warming . |
| 5 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |