Example sentences of "government has [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap |
| 2 | It was just on a minute on page seventy-nine , I think we want to get the support of local M Ps , one a has I think , has been just indicated , is contradictory , it might be better to say , ‘ although the document indicated that local authorities would be expected to undertake extra , an extra , or extra duties , the resources needed are , no indication was given of how there would be extra resources , or something like that , you see it 's contradictory at the moment , it says there 's no indication of the role , and then says that they would need resources , and actually if you look through the document , you will see from time-to-time it is indicated what local authorities are expected to do , for instance recycling of litter and the lot , and I think that that might be actually picked up by M P's and say , ‘ Well , what actually have you , do you mean to say ’ , well , what we 're really saying , are we not , that here is an indication of things that we 're expected to do , but as usual , of course , the government has n't indicated what erm where the resources were coming from . |
| 3 | That instance is the justification er for these orders but we do n't know er exactly what happened , the government has n't seen fit to institute an inquiry which will tell us . |
| 4 | Nobbs argues that the problem has been compounded because the government has n't issued any planning advice to guide the industry . |
| 5 | Satisfied with attending to the symptoms of the economy 's problems , the government has not applied itself to tackling some of their causes . |
| 6 | The mainframe may be moribund , but if so , the South Korean government has not heard about it : it is looking for a foreign partner to build mainframes locally from 1997 , Reuter reports from Seoul . |
| 7 | Well I mean that is i i something that well to the best off my knowledge , the government has not announced or taken any sort of decision on . |
| 8 | The Government has not ruled out putting warning labels on products such as aerosols and lighter fuel . |
| 9 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 10 | Brown claims that Government has not faced the failures of the present Labour 's ‘ quack ’ cures will damage patient — Ridley Queen 's speech debate . |
| 11 | The government has not done much to restrain it . |
| 12 | He dismisses the widespread belief among manufacturers that the Government has not done enough to help them , with : ‘ Oh well , that 's human nature , is n't it ? ’ |
| 13 | The government has not done anything about smoking . |
| 14 | These delays cost small businesses well over £1bn a year but Mrs Thatcher 's Government has not followed our EC partners in providing for automatic charging of interest on overdue bills , a step recommended 10 years ago by the Law Commission . |
| 15 | The commission is effectively saying the Government has not followed the UN Convention for Refugees , under which anyone with a well-founded fear of persecution should be granted asylum . |
| 16 | If the UK government has not signed the Agreement on Social Policy by the time it comes into force , it will be possible for the Commission to present a revised proposal including those mentioned above , which could then be adopted by a qualified majority of the eleven signatory states [ see page 34 ] . |
| 17 | The British Government has not signed the Charter . |
| 18 | But so far , the government has not dared to predict when good results may come . |
| 19 | The trouble is that having er agreed to a er more flexible approach to the size of the police authority , the Government has not taken the opportunity despite many effective speeches from the Conservative benches at second reading to er ret to return to the tripartite system of policing in this country which was er the e the essential element of the nineteen sixty four Act which is now in effect being replaced . |
| 20 | I hold the view very strongly — and I know I have been criticised for it — that when a government has not got great experience , is a minority government , it is essential if you can possibly support it that it should be able to speak with a strong voice to the countries of the world . |
| 21 | The British government has not shied from the issue . |
| 22 | The vehemence of the attack on the Government has not surprised Church of Scotland observers . |
| 23 | It confirms that the attitude of Her Majesty 's Government has not changed and that there is still no single body exercising administrative authority in Somalia . |
| 24 | This , and the multiplication of that half-breed known as ministers of state , is a product of a political inflation which even the present Government has not attempted to control . |
| 25 | During the progress of the bill so far ( not much and currently stalled ) it has been instructive to note the number of occasions on which the Government has not tried to force the pace beyond 10pm . |
| 26 | The Government has not had an economic policy since it was forced to withdraw from the European Monetary System and let the value of the pound plummet . |
| 27 | An economic Policy is what the Government has not had since Black Wednesday , although the Autumn Statement on Thursday will hopefully change that . |