Example sentences of "government [noun sg] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the party buoyant in the opinion polls , and taking full benefit from government discomfiture over the poll tax , Labour increased its share of the vote to almost 55% . |
| 2 | By combining such indicators , a quantitative picture can be presented of what has happened in British central government administration over the period both corporately and in individual departments ; and the question of whether changes in one dimension are related to changes in others can be examined . |
| 3 | Anxious to exploit government embarrassment over the delay in its programme for electricity privatisation , he added : ‘ Energy policy is too critical to the future of this nation to leave to the short-term whims of market forces . |
| 4 | It was only the second occasion ever in which bankers had been summoned and reflected both the high degree of public outrage and government embarrassment over the spate of recent financial scandals . |
| 5 | Government concern over the country 's economic performance had been increased by a current-account deficit of $646,000,000 in the first two months of 1990 , compared with a surplus of $888,000,000 in the same period a year earlier . |
| 6 | Aspects of the Westland case also showed the dangers of a government monopoly over the dissemination of information and its resultant debate . |
| 7 | Evacuation was thus a constant migration of population — on Titmuss 's estimate , some 4 million people were dealt with by the government scheme over the course of the war — and in later waves many of the problems of inadequate medical inspection , inappropriate billeting , lack of schooling and so on were overcome . |
| 8 | He argues that the role of government in distributing ‘ largesse ’ ( in the form of licences , social welfare , subsidies , government contracts and the like ) , has increased government power over the individual . |