Example sentences of "government [adv] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strenuously denied having committed any offence , however , and the government eventually decided that there was insufficient evidence to indict him on espionage charges . |
| 2 | Last October , just before a visit to Hong Kong by a Chinese team of experts looking into the airport , the Hong Kong government suddenly announced that a bridge that is a big part of the project would be paid for entirely with public money ; before , it had said the bridge would be private . |
| 3 | The government finally decided that the only solution was to introduce a form of local taxation that was very visible and unpopular to levy . |
| 4 | ( The Japanese government nevertheless announced that it would resume a major aid programme to China which had been frozen in 1989 , arguing that it was not in the interest of the world to try to isolate China . ) |
| 5 | The government thus decided that both Bills would become law , but would then be suspended for the duration . |
| 6 | The government thereupon declared that it would allow no more food into rebel-held areas , and the UN was forced to suspend operations . |
| 7 | The American military government promptly announced that elections would be held on 9 May 1948 , and UNTCOK undertook to observe the elections provided they were held ‘ in a free atmosphere , wherein the democratic rights of freedom of speech , press , and assembly would be recognized and accepted ’ . |
| 8 | The Conservative Government always said that we had to create wealth first , and then improve our public services . |
| 9 | Latest figures revealed by the Government yesterday show that in 1990 and 1991 , for the first time ever , no child had died from measles , and last year no child died from whooping cough , again for the first time . |
| 10 | ULSTER Unionist leader Jim Molyneaux urged the British government yesterday to accept that the talks framework is dead . |
| 11 | About fish , a matter of great symbolic and economic importance in Norway , the government bluntly says that if the EC asks for more fishing rights in Norwegian waters there will be no question of Norway joining . |
| 12 | The government still insists that allowing Turkish air bases ‘ a more comprehensive role ’ is a far cry from the dispatch of Turkish armoured columns over the border . |
| 13 | The Government still believes that nuclear power is the energy of the future that will keep the lights shining brightly and at low cost . |
| 14 | The theory of representative government clearly requires that they be called the servants of the minister , providing information and evidence on policy alternatives but not taking policy decisions . |
| 15 | While the government later indicated that it had merely given drafting assistance , it is abundantly clear that its influence on the Bill was much more than one would normally associate with drafting assistance . |
| 16 | The government later announced that 35 prisoners and two policemen had been killed and that another 20 had been seriously wounded ; other sources , however , gave much higher casualty figures . |
| 17 | To make matters worse the British government repeatedly announced that it would be pulling out of Egypt once the country was on a " sound " footing . |
| 18 | The government also announced that it would be selling shares in enterprises owned or partly owned by the state and would be asking others to sign performance contracts . |
| 19 | The government also announced that it would invest about US$670 million over the next five years in the development of alternative energies and the improvement of domestic electrical efficiency . |
| 20 | The government also announced that restrictions had been lifted on Jews buying and selling property . |
| 21 | The government also announced that it was beginning a public awareness campaign , and would draft new legislation to fill in gaps in its 1960 wildlife protection laws . |
| 22 | For good measure , the Government also announced that , while waiting to introduce the statutory sick pay scheme , sickness benefit would be similarly ‘ abated ’ , as would unemployment benefit . |
| 23 | On Jan. 30 the government also announced that it was sending to Israel eight launchers for Patriot missiles ( equipped to deter aircraft rather than Scud missiles ) , eight " sniffer " vehicles for chemical warfare detection , 50 similar vehicles from the former East German army and a commitment to provide two submarines subject to approval by the relevant parliamentary committees . |
| 24 | The Lebanese government also announced that it would draft a nationwide security plan within two months of the dissolution . |
| 25 | Spain and Portugal stressed during the proceedings their willingness to continue to act as bridges for Latin American access to the European Communities ; the Spanish government also announced that during the next four to five years it would invest over US$14,000 million in the Latin American region . |
| 26 | The French government also announced that it would pay more than £5 million compensation to French fishermen for half the losses they reported last month as a result of falling prices . |
| 27 | The Government also recognises that areas which can be worked in an environmentally acceptable manner are likely to decrease over the period of the guidelines ( PIP 4.12 ) . |
| 28 | The Government also recognises that areas which can be worked in an environmentally acceptable manner are likely to decrease over the period of the guidelines ( PIP 4.12 ) . |
| 29 | The Government also disclosed that the present method of assessing parental contributions according to parents ' residual income , after tax and mortgage payments , is to be retained for the time being . |
| 30 | The government also agrees that there should be a ban on co-option with voting rights to decision-taking committees , but this will not apply to magistrates appointed to police committees , church representatives on education committees , or local committees managing specific council facilities . |