Example sentences of "[noun pl] to the government " in BNC.

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1 At the end of a three-day meeting the ANC 's national executive committee ( NEC ) on Nov. 25 adopted a new strategic policy which offered a number of concessions to the government .
2 J Blake , Loughborough University The attitudes of affected parties to the government rescue of Uddenholm A B
3 In an economy with a government sector ( Figure 9.6 ) a net outflow of funds to the government ( where taxes exceed expenditure on a particular day ) results in the banking system being under-liquid .
4 Information & Business Systems Tirana , a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Co , says it has won a $480,000 tender financed by the European Community to computerise Albanian government institutions : the project consists in supplying and installing 350 base units to the government offices , Reuter reports ; the company says it has already donated a Precision Architecture RISC Unix system worth $250,000 to the Tirana Polytechnic University and it hopes to sell another system in Albania within the next year .
5 Signor Fichera , whose vineyards and orchards were destroyed , left his cottage after hanging out a banner saying : ‘ Thanks to the government ’ , hinting at the anger among residents who say the authorities should have acted sooner to protect them .
6 of phone boxes now work and that phone call charges have been cut faster in this country than in any other country , thanks to the Government 's privatisation policy ?
7 Is my right hon. Friend aware that , thanks to the Government 's progressive policies in privatising the electricity industry , that area of south-east Essex deserves a visit because methane produced by all the muck that comes out of London is being dumped at Mucking Flats , converted into electricity and sold to the national grid , thanks to the enterprise of Cory 's , which is in my constituency ?
8 Will my right hon. Friend totally reject what the hon. Member for Great Grimsby ( Mr. Mitchell ) has just said , bearing in mind that only four days ago my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State was in my constituency , which adjoins Great Grimsby , to announce that Kimberly-Clark from America was to build a factory at Barton-upon-Humber involving 770 new jobs , thanks to the Government 's industrial policy and a large Government grant to that company ?
9 How would it be possible to take the two applications together when , thanks to the Government 's incompetence , there is not yet a scheme to run trains to King 's Cross ?
10 It was hushed as a mid-week chapel inside H3 because Carol and her typing tribe were all out in the rain with banners bearing crudely daubed exhortations to the government to raise their pay .
11 To a questioner who asked whether upper-income elderly people would be asked to pay higher premiums to the government for Medicare coverage , she said : ‘ The beneficiaries will not be affected . ’
12 On Jan. 10 the prefect of the Timis administrative region , the mayor of Timisoara , the region 's police commander and other officials tendered their resignations to the government , saying that they could no longer control events .
13 There are four main elements to the Government 's proposals in the Queen 's Speech : on higher education , on further education , on adult education and on the so-called parents charter .
14 The RSC , Ofwat and the House of Commons Environment Committee have submitted responses to the government 's proposals for a single environment agency .
15 Responses to the Government 's consultation document are now being considered by the Scottish Office .
16 This project aims to investigate what factors help to increase the likelihood that a worker is receiving training , by making use of hitherto unused responses to the government 's large-scale General Household Survey in 1987 .
17 On Sept. 3 written responses to the government 's proposed changes to the electoral law had been invited from eight political parties , including the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) .
18 The Bank also offers advice on monetary matters to the government .
19 The sixth Lord Rosebery died in 1974 , and his heir , faced with massive death duties , has offered Mentmore , its grounds , and its priceless contents to the Government in settlement of his liabilities .
20 In early 1939 , Lord Hailey had voiced fears that ‘ the problem would frankly become unmanageable ’ , but his appeals to the government to support the refugee cause with public funds had met with blank refusal .
21 If people who are most vulnerable to unemployment must pay the highest contributions to the government unemployment insurance scheme , it becomes very difficult to achieve a significant redistribution of income , wealth , or welfare .
22 The universities complained that the replacement of the University Grants Committee by the Universities Funding Council posed a threat to their independence , arguing that whereas the University Grants Committee represented the universities to the government , the Universities Funding Council represents the government to the universities .
23 The new measures gave all shares equal rights , thus transferring control of the banks to the government .
24 Shortages may occur through large outflows of funds from the banks to the government ( into the governments accounts held at the Bank of England ) or due to a large need for cash by customers , and may occur on a daily basis .
25 He was one of the most regular lenders to the government , and in 1662 he became head of a syndicate which contracted to farm the excise for London , Middlesex , and Surrey .
26 Recently there has been increasing recognition of the importance of tax operating costs , both administrative costs to the government and compliance costs to taxpayers and third parties .
27 But until last night , there had been no clear line over what would happen in future years to the Government 's remaining holdings in these utilities .
28 She was indicted on Nov. 21 and on Dec. 6 pleaded not guilty in a Baltimore federal court to charges that she had embezzled $5,600,000 in funds from the HUD and that she had made false statements to the government .
29 IBM Corp has agreed to pay the US government $14.8m to settle that potential False Claims Act civil suit after IBM admitted to providing reconditioned or remanufactured computer equipment to the US government between 1980 and 1990 , contrary to contract provisions — under the contract , IBM was required to notify the government prior to delivery of anything other than new equipment , and the investigation revealed that IBM delivered approximately 15,000 reconditioned or remanufactured machines to the government ; IBM voluntarily owned up that it might not have fulfilled its obligations under the contract after conducting an internal audit .
30 This meant the subordination of all individuals and self governing bodies to the Government .
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