Example sentences of "government controls " in BNC.

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1 The trade union reforms , the break with the ‘ social partners ’ approach in running the economy , the abolition of a tier of local government , the imposition of far-reaching central government controls over local government finance and policies and then the replacement of household rates by the community charge , and the large-scale privatization , all mark a major departure from the conventions of post-war politics .
2 In Bajaur agency , the top opium and heroin producer in Pakistan , the government controls less than 36per cent of the district , leaving traffickers to go about their business peacefully and unimpeded .
3 Because of those government controls on local-authority spending , however , some councils do not have enough money to stump up their 50% contribution .
4 Finally , a government controls people by providing remedies for breaches of laws and for the violation of people 's rights .
5 The Government controls Parliament 's time and it is therefore able to limit debate where its proposals are proving controversial or where a rational examination of them is turning out to be embarrassing .
6 Police actions are frequently directed by ruling politicians and the government controls the legislation which grants the army immunity .
7 The federal government controls just 6% of the education budget .
8 There are , however , central government controls on what councils may borrow , and loan sanctions must usually be obtained from ministers .
9 Because of tightening central government controls on borrowing , the proportion of local authority capital income derived from borrowing fell sharply during the 1970s and 1980s ( from 83.7 per cent in 1974/5 to 48.4 per cent in 1984/5 ) ( all figures for England are calculated from Travers , 1986 , tables , App. 4 and 5 ) .
10 The need for government controls to prevent the marketing of dangerous medicines is obvious — the example of thalidomide indicates what can happen when inadvertently a dangerous drug gets through the net .
11 He suggested that government controls on the economy be retained after the war to prevent the boom-slump pattern of the years after 1918 occurring again .
12 If the government controls interest rates and the supply of money reflects the demand , then the analysis becomes somewhat different .
13 According to the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in Aberystwyth , if no action is taken , government controls on sheep grazing in the affected areas will have to stay " for the foreseeable future " .
14 Farmers at the Royal Show are demanding tighter government controls on livestock imported from Europe , to stop the spread of killer diseases .
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