Example sentences of "at the same time the government " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time the government did not push its reforms as far as some supporters wished ; it did not , for example , place the onus on union members to contract in rather than out of paying the political levy and has done little to break down national wage bargaining which pays little attention to different local labour market conditions . |
| 2 | At the same time the government has offered reduced sentences and a promise not to extradite traffickers who surrender and confess . |
| 3 | At the same time the government took it upon itself to interpret ‘ Maximum Admissible Concentration ’ ( MAC ) as meaning an average over three months and not an absolute limit . |
| 4 | And yet at the same time the government is squeezing the railways ' investment budget in an attempt to improve efficiency . |
| 5 | Yet at the same time the government sends Uzbek troops to Tajikistan , escalating the war it says it fears . |
| 6 | At the same time the government is rushing ahead with non-economic reforms which it knows will be popular , such as tightening up the conditions for acquiring French citizenship and clamping down on illegal immigration . |
| 7 | At the same time the Government was seeking to limit the opportunities for Members of Parliament to make representations to Ministers on behalf of those refused entry . |
| 8 | At the same time the government has made great efforts to centralise the control of information . |
| 9 | A price freeze on nine basic staple goods was announced on June 14 , and at the same time the government announced pay rises of 36-50 per cent for public employees . |
| 10 | At the same time the government cancelled the debts existing between state controlled companies , which were estimated at between $3,000 million and $4,500 million . |
| 11 | At the same time the government announced a package of new measures under which ( i ) the minimum wage was increased by 18 per cent from Nov. 18 ; ( ii ) a 40 per cent cut in income tax for those earning up to four times the minimum wage was to take effect in 1991 ; ( iii ) petrol prices were increased by 20 per cent and diesel oil , liquid gas and electricity prices by 30 per cent ; ( iv ) the peso 's rate of progressive devaluation against the US dollar was halved from 80 centavos to an " average " of 40 centavos a day , a depreciation rate of 5 per cent per year , as part of a anti-inflationary move aimed at fixing a future parity for the two currencies and stemming the flight of capital abroad . |
| 12 | At the same time the government reiterated that it would not tolerate " criminal acts " . |