Example sentences of "government [noun sg] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Medical staff at the Local Government Board impressed the importance of these discoveries on their local health authorities through a constant barrage of memoranda , visitations and staff consultations . |
| 2 | As a result of the various charges and counter-charges , an inspector from the local government board visited the institution and later reported on the state of some of the patients , of the arrangements for bathing them , and of the quantity of pudding supplied to some of them . |
| 3 | Female visitors were cheap , a point in their favour which continued to be emphasised as late as 1920 , when the Local Government Board considered the possibility of using them to inspect the homes of widows drawing poor relief . |
| 4 | Inevitably , government help undermined the bank 's ability to do the job for which it had been established , and in 1897 the Poles opened the new Land Purchase Bank . |
| 5 | In 1972 the Local Government Act made the first major change in the local government system of England and Wales ( apart from the restructuring in London , which took place in 1963 ) , since the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | In the end , the government 's 1986 Local Government Act ended the problem by , in effect , abolishing the metropolitan authorities , and indeed greatly curbing the power of local councils in general . |
| 7 | Where action did occur , in the USA and Italy , in each case a central government initiative drove the process of local reform . |
| 8 | In 1983 a Government initiative broke the deadlock and a compromise of sorts was reached , with the Stock Exchange agreeing to amend its rule-book on the condition that the case against it was dropped . |
| 9 | In 1989 , a government decree banned the creation of any new posts in public sector institutions and companies . |
| 10 | A government inquiry cleared the plant , which has in one way or another brought about £100m to the area , but the cows go on dying . |
| 11 | The government crisis reopened the question of the timing of unification . |
| 12 | According to the Post , the government watchdog took the step because it is battling with the two companies over discount and marketing data , which it reckons it needs in order to determine whether it is paying fair prices for computer products . |
| 13 | Subsequent reductions in government spending forced the LEA and schools to cut back . |
| 14 | A South Korean government spokesman described the preconditions as " absolutely preposterous and unacceptable " . |
| 15 | The officers were reminded that during the party split over common market membership in 1971 an executive member who opposed the Government line took the ‘ honourable course ’ and resigned . |
| 16 | Nevertheless a 1914 government report cited the case of a woman found guilty of cruelty for locking her children up in one room while she went out to work for 10/ a week . |
| 17 | A government official told the Libyan news agency that large numbers of illegal immigrants had found their way into Libya by desert routes without passports and some had been found to be suffering from serious diseases . |
| 18 | A USC spokesman said on Feb. 4 that he had arrived in Wajir , northern Kenya , but a Kenyan government official denied the claim . ) |
| 19 | A senior Hong Kong Government official said the deportations would either have to begin this week or wait until the new year . |
| 20 | A government official said the army would halt its clean-up operation against unauthorised armed men in Kabul today to mark the fourth anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops . |
| 21 | A government official said the US trade representative , Mickey Kantor , had ‘ decided to cancel the talks when the EC indicated it had no flexibility . ’ |
| 22 | One Government Minister told the Daily Mirror Mr Lamont had become ‘ a laughing stock ’ . |
| 23 | When the Conservatives came to power they continued these policies , but with the crucial difference that efforts to control local government expenditure reduced the resources available to inner urban areas . |
| 24 | A government representative denounced the strike as politically motivated . |
| 25 | Government in early 1991 proposed reform of local government , but it was not clear then how far a strident need to deal with local government financing dominated the intent . |
| 26 | One government politician estimated the increase would add Dm20 billion ( £7 billion ) to an already over-strained public sector budget . |