Example sentences of "[conj] of government [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What these cities shared was fast growth and great prosperity in the second half of the nineteenth century , leading to extremes of poverty and wealth and the establishment of a large number of hospitals , either as a result of private philanthropy or of government intervention .
2 Society as a whole was subdivided into various strata , whose existence was the result not of any process of economic or social change , but of government decree .
3 HOPES that a plan to build a jail next to a Merseyside hospital could be scrapped because of government spending cuts , have been dashed .
4 That has come about because of Government policies .
5 This was partly because of government restrictions on capital spending on distribution to below what engineers in the industry considered desirable .
6 TRAINEES on Cleveland County Council schemes could suffer because of Government cutbacks , it was claimed yesterday .
7 A spokesperson for the Institution of Environmental Health Officers said the institution hoped the decrease was because of Government activity focusing attention on food safety .
8 PLANS to build a controversial new jail could be scrapped because of Government cost cutting , says an MP .
9 The first is virtually impossible in the UK because of government legislation , and there are relatively few teachers with a native knowledge of BSL who have not been told in the past that it is an impoverished way of communicating .
10 It was only after the failure of the economic system had undermined the free market ethos that unions finally gained legitimacy , if not acceptance , and largely because of government legislation giving workers the right to form unions and engage in collective bargaining .
11 For the last three years the number of fires recorded during the Amazon burning season , July to October , has fallen , partly because of government action and partly because the economic slump has affected cattle ranchers and farmers .
12 So it 's by no means only er , arising from the erm , need to get on with the business of the council , some of the work that we 're facing at the present moment has been forced on us er , through no fault of our own because of Government action .
13 They had invested in junk in the first place because of government policy , accounting for 7% of bonds outstanding at the end of 1988 .
14 Perhaps the most impressive demonstration of crofting opinion was given by the people of Uig when Lord Leverhulme announced that , because of government policy on land settlement , he was giving up his schemes in Lewis and concentrating his attention on Harris .
15 However , this does not take account of the fact that some of the housing stock will be vacant for frictional reasons , or because of government policy , or its unattractiveness , or use as second homes : furthermore , some dwellings may be unfit , lacking amenities or requiring substantial repairs — in England alone two million had at least one of these physical problems in 1981 ( English House Condition Survey , 1982 , p. 3 ) .
16 It is precisely because of Government policy .
17 The CDP 's fear is that the local authorities will be so hard pressed , because of government policy , that they will be unable or unwilling to help in the future .
18 Is the Minister aware that in my constituency , because of Government policy , little house building has taken place ?
19 May we have a pause in the ministerial litany of self-praise and complacency to recognise the reality of the interest rate burden , the impact of stop-go , the abandonment of research and development , the neglect of training and education and the fact that , because of Government policy , the nightmare of bankruptcy and failure is faced daily by those who run small and medium-sized businesses in Wales ?
20 Grand Met say they have brought out these leases because of Government policy .
21 The growth of such radios has been slow throughout Africa because of government control of communication networks .
22 A home for reformed alcoholics may have to close because of Government cuts .
23 Unique research centre to close because of Government cuts .
24 The Bill has the support from Tory MPs like Andrew Rowe and Roger Sims but because of government opposition , is unlikely to survive a second reading on 2 July .
25 The nomadic Awa Guajá tribe of Brazil are being condemned to extinction because of government delays in demarcating their land , according to Survival International .
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