Example sentences of "government lead by " in BNC.

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1 In the wake of the killings the government led by President Moussa Traoré was overthrown .
2 Such a government had to be able to carry a programme of economies through the House of Commons : this immediately ruled out the possibility of a Labour minority government led by Henderson , as suggested by Moodie in an otherwise illuminating article .
3 But the course of these interviews shows that no party leader was unequivocally in favour of a National Government led by MacDonald , in the event of the Labour government collapsing .
4 Nevertheless , despite the fact that a National Government led by MacDonald was the preferred choice of at most one of the three party leaders , the King now knew that both Baldwin and Samuel would be prepared to serve under MacDonald , were the latter willing to continue as Prime Minister .
5 Now the question is whether enough members of the Knesset are keen enough on the peace talks to support a government led by Mr Peres .
6 In Romania , the government led by the reform communists who overthrew the dictatorship of Ceausescu has made so many mistakes that it may get a bad surprise in the parliamentary and presidential elections on May 20th .
7 If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock .
8 Would it so break the mould of British politics on Thursday if we were to elect a government led by a decent man ?
9 The alternative was a Labour government led by Mr Kinnock , a man ‘ grasping desperately at the prospect of power ’ , and the collapse of everything the Tories had worked for .
10 His remarks were seen as a hint that the Conservatives might let a minority Government led by Mr Kinnock stay in office if it toned down its programme , rather than force an immediate second election .
11 Italy also saw another change following an election in 1953 , which cost the Christian Democrats eighty seats and the five year old government led by de Gasperi , fell apart .
12 He could also understand that a Labour government led by Harold Wilson might be reluctant to arrest Jim Smyth or Harry Murray because of their support among the workers and their trade union links .
13 The students were rapidly becoming the most vocal critics of reform as it was being implemented by the government led by Deng Xiaoping .
14 On the matter of the notorious and failed rescue attempts certainly so ; and the events of the day , 28 March 1979 , on which the article appeared add point to the conclusion , That day , the Labour Government led by Mr James Callaghan was defeated by one vote .
15 In Laos a people 's democratic republic was established in December 1975 following the abdication of King Sayang Vatthana and the formation of a new government led by the Lao People 's Revolutionary Party .
16 The Alfonsín government elected in Argentina in late 1983 woúld probably also be included in this category , as would the recently elected ( 1984 ) administration in Uruguay ( president Julio Maria Sanguinetti called for expanded economic relations with the USSR shortly before his inauguration ) and the APRA government led by Alán Garcia in Peru which , since its election victory in May 1985 , has taken an active role in the Non-Aligned Movement , vying for the leadership and backing its challenge with moves to extend diplomatic recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organisation ; ( iii ) capitalist , ‘ liberal-bourgeois ’ governments that are oriented towards Washington , for example , Venezuela , Peru under Belaúnde , Colombia ( before 1982 ) , Costa Rica and Jamaica ; ( iv ) ‘ right-wing ’ , ‘ reactionary ’ military dictatorships generally not liked , but supported by the United States .
17 If the American presence during the war period was looked upon ambivalently by the local population , its continued presence at Chaguaramas , following the cessation of hostilities , would lead to a protracted dispute between the foreign powers and the government of Trinidad and Tobago , a government led by that most unambivalent of men , Dr.Eric Williams .
18 Will my hon. Friend confirm that the Prevention of Terrorism Act was introduced by a Government led by Lord Wilson ?
19 The recently elected National Front government led by V. P. Singh [ see pp. 37030-31 ; 37124-25 ] faced its first crisis in January when serious unrest in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir soured India 's delicate relations with neighbouring Pakistan .
20 In Baluchistan the advent of an opposition coalition government led by Chief Minister Akbar Bugti ( appointed on Jan. 25 , 1989 , two days after the Baluchistan High Court had ordered the reconvening of the province 's assembly-see p. 37150 ) , leader of the Baluchistan National Alliance , caused further problems for the central government after clashes in early October 1989 between the paramilitary Frontier Corps and members of the Bugti tribe .
21 The prospect of a coalition government led by the Japan Socialist Party ( JSP ) resulted in increased financial support and funding for the LDP from the business community , the Economist of Dec. 23 , 1989 , reported that , in a bid to ward off a possible LDP defeat , 13 national and commercial banks had provided US$104,000,000 in emergency finance to the LDP 's electoral campaign funds , repayable at 1 per cent over the prime rate .
22 This government resigned in October but elections on Nov. 5 left no party with an overall majority , and on Nov. 23 an all-party coalition government led by Xenofon Zolotas was formed [ see pp. 37050-51 ] .
23 When democracy was re-established Averoff served as Minister of Defence in 1974-80 in the government led by Karamanlis [ see p. 26668 ] .
24 Afterwards the interim government led by Tzannetakis ( in which ND and Synaspismos held differing economic views ) was reluctant to introduce unpopular austerity measures when elections were again imminent .
25 Nagaland 's United Legislature Front ( ULF ) government led by K. L. Chisi collapsed on June 13 after less than a month in office [ see p. 37452 for formation of ULF government from a coalition of Congress ( I ) defectors and the Nagaland People 's Council — NPC ] .
26 The President , who acted under Article 58 of the Constitution , also dissolved the National and provincial assemblies , imposed a state of emergency and swore in an interim government led by Ghulam Mustapha Jatoi , leader of the Combined Opposition Parties ( formed in June 1989 — see p. 36736 ) .
27 During July and August the East German coalition government led by Lothar de Maizière of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) came under increasing pressure , especially over differences concerning procedures for unification and for the all-German elections scheduled for Dec. 2 .
28 In a new government led by Hans Modrow , in place of Krenz , nearly half the members are non-communists [ pp. 37024-26 ] .
29 The Socialist government led by Prime Minister Michel Rocard survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence on Nov. 19 when only 284 deputies ( including the Communists ) voted against the government , five short of the majority needed to defeat it .
30 Their agreement made no mention , however , of the interim government led by academic and former opposition politician Amos Sawyer [ see pp. 31282 ; 32297 for his chairmanship of national constitutional commission in 1981-83 ; pp. 33322-23 ; 34146 for his arrest in August 1984 and subsequent detention while chairman of the Liberian People 's Party ] , who had been sworn in as Prime Minister on Nov. 22 under ECOWAS auspices .
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