Example sentences of "government 's [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nationalized industries became a battleground in the government 's fight to promote a change in the balance of power between management and workforce in British industry as a whole . |
| 2 | The political instability surrounding the new parliament , created both by the vigour of the DPP 's opposition and the conflicts within the KMT , vitiated the government 's capacity to deal with a range of social and economic problems . |
| 3 | However , as Alexander ( 1982a , p. 158 ) observes , ‘ The creation of this body was announced ’ in a way which ‘ suggested that the council was intended more to facilitate central control of the economy than to increase local government 's capacity to protect its position and to maximise its influence on the government and on individual departments ’ . |
| 4 | But if it follows the government 's call to expand into domiciliary care it will not have to register this as part of its service . |
| 5 | The Government 's attitude has made it difficult for galleries to acquire the keynote works that they need . |
| 6 | Third World government 's expenditure had to decrease and their exports increase . |
| 7 | According to The Government 's Expenditure Plans to 1984/85 ( Cmnd.8494 , 1982 ) it is the government 's aim that the customers of the nationalized industries will have charges levied against them sufficient to find 75 per cent of capital expenditure . |
| 8 | Following the government 's budget presented on March 10 [ see p. 38821 ] , Labour published its own " shadow budget " on March 16 . |
| 9 | Disappointment about the French government 's budget knocked 2.6% off share prices in Paris during the week . |
| 10 | Algeria issued a criticism of Iraq 's " storming " of Kuwait , but the government 's position altered with the entry of US troops into Saudi Arabia . |
| 11 | By July 1992 the government 's position had improved sufficiently for the LDP to make modest gains in the Upper House elections [ see pp. 39003-04 ] . |
| 12 | Since the NPT 's adoption in 1968 , the French government 's position had been that it would abide by the terms of the treaty but would not sign it because it granted the two superpowers a privileged position in international relations . |
| 13 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that the Government 's position puts all the responsibility as to whether to prosecute on local authorities ? |
| 14 | The Government 's position has always been clear — nuclear weapons are there as a deterrent . |
| 15 | But one is left with the feeling that throughout the exercise the importance of recovering the Government 's position has been at least as important as the evaluation of a national energy policy . |
| 16 | Similarly , the Iran-Contra deal indicates not only the differences between US statements and actions over terrorism , but more revealingly the Iranian government 's willingness to engage in Realpolitik . |
| 17 | Whatever the outcome , the Government 's willingness to continue pushing through the float during this Parliament shows how ministers are prepared to put political expediency before the interests of the industry . |
| 18 | Byelorussian Premier Vyacheslav Kebich addressed the crowd and declared his government 's willingness to negotiate , but his words were drowned out by jeers and whistling . |
| 19 | If ever there was a clear indication of the Government 's understanding of the changing needs of industry , the effect of change on a particular industry , and the Government 's willingness to take on board the social consequences of change , the last five years and the Coal Industry Bill clearly demonstrate the Government 's balanced commitment to honouring their duty to consider the wider public interest . |
| 20 | In the period preceding the summit , observers had noted the French government 's willingness to take part in a broad discussion on NATO 's future aims and organization within the context of a general rethinking of European security needs and a commitment to greater European self-reliance in defence matters . |
| 21 | The violence reached a peak in August and September and threatened to disrupt the ANC-government talks , with ANC leaders questioning the government 's willingness to act against the perpetrators of the violence and alleging that members of the security forces were involved . |
| 22 | It was also a result of the government 's willingness to accept significant amendments to the bill . |
| 23 | It would demonstrate the Government 's willingness to get tough with an influential sector of the community for an increasingly obvious worthy cause . |
| 24 | But Greenpeace noted that the British government 's willingness to sign the convention as it stood was a fundamental shift in policy in that it had agreed for the first time to the elimination in principle of dangerous chemicals . |
| 25 | The markets forced it down because they doubted the government 's willingness to keep interest rates high in a sagging economy — and who can blame them ? |
| 26 | The White Paper had indicated the government 's willingness to introduce a statutory compensation scheme if ‘ substantial evidence ’ could be adduced to show that employee inventors were being unfairly rewarded under voluntary arrangements with their employers . |
| 27 | It was also understood that the Iranian government 's willingness to resume diplomatic relations stemmed from the desire among its " pragmatists " , led by the President , Hojatolislam Hashemi Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , to end Iran 's diplomatic and political isolation vis-à-vis Western states . |
| 28 | They say the Government 's willingness to over-subsidise private old people 's homes has caused the 300-plus empty spaces at the county 's 42 council-run homes . |
| 29 | However , the government 's threat to withhold payment on contracts with European companies if sanctions were imposed was discounted by many firms which had already encountered long delays in payment . |
| 30 | And the first was made in a decision of the Supreme Court in the case of McCullock versus Maryland in eighteen nineteen just over thirty years after the constitution was drafted and in that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court declared that where the er national government , the federal government , and the state governments appeared to have erm concurrent jurisdiction , that is they both have some say over an area , and there 's a clash between the state government and the national government , that national government 's will prevails . |