Example sentences of "government 's [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bus usage in leading English cities has fallen by a sixth since 1985/86 because of the Government 's deregulation of bus operations , says a study for the Association of Metropolitan Authorities . |
| 2 | If a similar statement of support for the Government 's deregulation of the private sector had been made in 1979 , there would have been no decline — but there was , because that sector continued to feel under threat from the Opposition . |
| 3 | It is not the intention in this paper to examine critically the rhetoric and ideology which may be behind the government 's inclusion of these principles within its legislation . |
| 4 | As flotation advisers suggested that as many as two million people could have applied for shares after a last-minute surge of applications , he added that the issue would be a big step towards the Government 's goal of increasing the level of share-ownership . |
| 5 | First , there is the utter incompetence of the Government 's management of the economy ; secondly , there are its housing policies , described in The Independent as ’ a disaster waiting to happen ’ . |
| 6 | But Labour leader John Smith , in another onslaught against the Government 's management of the economy , claimed that the overall trade deficit was ‘ dangerously high ’ . |
| 7 | And opinion polls show the number of voters satisfied with the Government 's management of the country has fallen to its lowest level since November 1990 . |
| 8 | The two , working together , made a formidable team , whose powers of persuasion were demonstrated clearly over the years by the Government 's support of major new initiatives , most notably the provision of the Causewayside Building , the second phase of which is now under construction . |
| 9 | In Malaysia officials confirmed on Jan. 21 that the government 's support of UN resolutions had been " very unpopular " . |
| 10 | The National Assembly , however , on Jan. 16 approved the use of force to liberate Kuwait [ see p. 37941 ] and after the outbreak of war under UN auspices the government 's support of the US-led coalition won widespread public and party support ( except from the PCF — ibid . ) . |
| 11 | Now , given that the government 's support of the idea of Strasbourg as being a permanent place of meeting for the European parliament . |
| 12 | In response to the government 's condemnation of images in July 1547 and February 1548 , commissioners roamed the country , either chivying churchwardens into taking action , or on occasions , as at Hull , smashing the images themselves . |
| 13 | There were , after all , difficulties in meeting the Government 's objective of guaranteeing places on the Youth Training Scheme for every young person not at work or at school . |
| 14 | This Circular declared the ( Labour ) government 's objective of ending selection at 11 plus and eliminating separatism in secondary education . |
| 15 | However , if agents are rational and aware of the economic environment in which they operate — here summarized by the shape of the Phillips curves and iso-vote lines , and by the government 's objective of maximizing V — then V 1 is not a feasible equilibrium . |
| 16 | The Engineering Employers Federation says that its members ’ strongly support the Government 's objective of providing a balanced and effective framework of trade union and industrial relations law ’ and that ’ the step by step approach has been seen by all to have worked successfully and it is right that it should continue . ’ |
| 17 | Lamont described the move as " a decisive first step towards the government 's objective of a 20 pence [ in the pound ] basic rate " . |
| 18 | In BR , for example , the new chairman appointed by the transport minister in 1983 was considered to be more sympathetic than his predecessor to the government 's objective of reducing financial support for the railways . |
| 19 | Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ? |
| 20 | The Scottish Development Department on environmental policy objectives , being a submission in the course of government 's preparation of the White Paper This Common Inheritance ; |
| 21 | In June 1984 , shortly before Virgin 's inaugural flight , he sought a meeting with the Government 's Secretary of State for Transport , Nicholas Ridley . |
| 22 | That autumn , while a youthful Mick Jagger was enrolling at the London School of Economics , Gordon met Christine Keeler at Notting Hill 's Rio Cafe , and Keeler was in mid-affair with John Profumo , the Conservative Government 's Secretary of State for War . |
| 23 | In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] . |
| 24 | ‘ I hope this Tory government 's change of heart is genuine and that they are not just trying to pass the buck . |
| 25 | In order to show how acute the problems were , let us return to the government 's handling of the railway network in 1922 . |
| 26 | In a vote of confidence on 28 March about the government 's handling of the industrial crisis , the Liberals , the Scottish Nationalists , and most of the Ulster MPs voted with the Conservatives , while the government enlisted the support only of the 3 Welsh Nationalists , 2 Scottish Labour , and 2 Ulstermen . |
| 27 | The implied condemnation by Archbishop Runcie of the jingo spirit of the Falklands War , and the open , if confused , critique of the government 's handling of the miners ' strike by the Bishop of Durham , David Jenkins , caused a widening breach between government and the established Church . |
| 28 | On the other , whatever tactical voting takes place will benefit Labour and the Liberal Democrats , and — as any Tory canvasser will attest — many Tory waverers remain deeply unhappy about the Government 's handling of the economy . |
| 29 | Opening the debate on a motion condemning the government 's handling of science and science education , Straw promised that a Labour government would insulate the science budget from inflationary pressures . |
| 30 | First the Government 's handling of our children 's schooling was condemned as ‘ divisive and unacceptable ’ by the man who advises Prince Charles on the state of education in Britain . |