Example sentences of "the government have [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government have clearly shown during their 12 years in office that , whatever the Opposition may say , one does not spend £2 million of taxpayers ' money every working day with the objective of closing something down . |
| 2 | The Government have carefully considered the matter , and transitional arrangements will be made to safeguard those who are now receiving income support and would like to move to family credit , but may be worried for precisely the reasons that the hon. Gentleman has mentioned . |
| 3 | The Government have belatedly agreed to do just that , and are currently in a consultation period on the matter . |
| 4 | The Government have already accepted that there will be no minimum contribution to the council tax . |
| 5 | But the Government have already made clear their position on this matter . |
| 6 | We know that the Government have already given British Rail approval to spend £66 million — an awful lot of money — on the preparatory work . |
| 7 | The Government have already ensured that competitive political insurance can be provided by the private market , supported where necessary by Export Credits Guarantee Department reinsurance facilities . |
| 8 | I remind the House of the measures which the Government have already taken , and of four in particular . |
| 9 | The Government have already scrapped legislation introduced by previous Conservative Governments , but it is extremely unusual , if not unique , for them to provide , in the Queen 's Speech , for the abolition of what was claimed to be the flagship of their opening programme . |
| 10 | How can the Government give an assurance that there will be no change in VAT rates when , under the Single European Act , the Government have already committed themselves to a policy of convergence of VAT rates throughout the European Community ? |
| 11 | Although the Government have already banned Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams from travelling to the Commons to address MPs Glasgow district council says it wo n't stop Thursdays meeting because the city has a policy of freedom of speech . |
| 12 | Of course , that is not a debate that the Government have yet entered into . |
| 13 | It 's something that the Government have continuously ignored but is a major problem to many schools . |
| 14 | The Government have also allowed the Port of London police to be privatised . |
| 15 | The government have also specified their expectations of outputs such as target numbers of certain operative procedures , previously left to authorities , their managers and professionals . |
| 16 | I am aware that what the Government have latterly pursued has been periodically categorised as power-sharing devolution . |
| 17 | The position , as the Government have repeatedly made clear , is that trusts will remain part of the national health service . |
| 18 | Is the Minister aware that the Government have just announced that they have achieved a financial bonanza that no previous Government in history have enjoyed ? |
| 19 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 20 | The Government have accordingly decided to plan on the basis that there will be no further call-up under the National Service Acts after the end of 1960 . |
| 21 | Again something that the government have strongly supported . |
| 22 | We have argued for greater competition in the gas industry than the Government have ever sought to provide . |
| 23 | In 12 years , all the Government have ever done , and all they are doing now , is hope that the increase in consumer demand will eventually refloat the economy . |
| 24 | Our housing problems stem directly from the fact that the Government have actively prevented replacement of the 9,500 council houses lost through the right to buy . |
| 25 | The government have therefore controlled the money supply , creating in effect a mini-depression to avoid this likelihood , but unfortunately they have also stifled the very lifeblood of a healthy industry , a buoyant home market . |
| 26 | We were talking I think this is the thing about clawback , er this year our erm receipts taken into account are two point three eight million as opposed to last year er this is taken into account we drew four hundred and seventy five thousand , that 's a huge jump erm the government by in telling us we can send this er this er what I call minuscule carrot erm this year er the capital receipts from November last year until December next year erm a anyone had undoubtedly for most of that back in the in in the use er er a grant and I think it , as the government have actually kept extremely quiet on this subject , that seemed to be the scenario that seems most likely to happen . |
| 27 | The Government have never accepted that there are some people who can not afford to pay for local government services . |
| 28 | Is not the greatest threat to inward investment the uncertainty that the Government have deliberately created by their opt-out on a single currency ? |
| 29 | The Government have always abided by , and agreed with , the additionality rules as far as they apply to Northern Ireland . |
| 30 | Does the Minister accept that the Government have continually prevaricated about encouraging the planting of new hedgerows ? |