How To Use Government In A Sentence

In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people. CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2007
But in a world where grooming students for a career and making the arts responsive to business are key government priorities, a little artistic vision goes a long way.
Canadians were unhappy with so-called intrusive questions, the aggravation of filling it out and even a few were convinced the census was part of a government plot, according to Thestar.com - Home Page
Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
The term "strategic" came up again earlier this year, when Ontario's provincial government set up a committee to debate a proposed merger between London Stock Exchange Group PLC and TMX Group Inc., operator of Canada's flagship Toronto Stock Exchange. Canada Turns Wary Eye to Foreign Bids

So there is mounting concern at the top of government about how close to meltdown the prison system is. The Sun
They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
Because large sum of metal money is heaved and inconvenient to handle, government issue paper money.
Just because the American people are disgusted with higher taxes, bigger government, left wing liberal give away policies and pacifist foreign policy attitudes, this idiot thinks the Tea Party activist is in someway trying to bring the country down. Clinton warns against violent anti-government attitude
Critics argue it was only Lottery money and government cash that prevented the Games from being a financial disaster.
What we need is the Government to get this absolutely right and to provide certainty. Times, Sunday Times
Still, for the medium term, either the government needs to scutinize refinery activity much more closely, adopt new regulatory authority and aggressively enforce antitrust laws, or it must intervene to deconcentrate the market. Robert Weissman: What To Do About the Price of Oil
the national government
The Government should give industry a lead in tackling racism .
But what of the emails, text messages and other private communications between government officials which aren't published online -- will Twitter and Facebook help "democratize" that information as well? Is Social Media Helping or Hurting California Politics?
The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.
Applicants for government posts are always thoroughly investigated before being appointed.
We obtained a loan from the government.
The value of individual liberty is not absolute, but is subject to the authority of established government.
The first is to wonder why, if the government knows that it wants to impose a ban, does it not get on with it? Times, Sunday Times
Many shops and businesses were shut while crowds blocked traffic and chanted anti-government slogans. Times, Sunday Times
The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of government power.
For more than two decades, the United States government has been attempting to develop a plan for the storage of high-level nuclear wastes.
At least 5,500 people have died during the past decade in fighting between government and rebel forces.
In the first instance the government was aiming to foster a private sector in small and medium-sized enterprises.
In year 2000, central government established the "going out" strategy which is equally important as and to accelerate each other with the " brining in" strategy.
I could not but acknowledge that the local governments had, as it seemed to him, evinced but little sympathy with Hindooism; and that whatever might be European policy in respect to religion, the East India Company might have participated in the desire which prevails in Europe to develop ancient customs, and the reasons of those customs. Notes and Queries, No. 209, October 29 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
Thousands of free apples and oranges will be handed out each day as the government urges in-school tuck shops to serve healthier snacks.
Aerogels had been largely forgotten when, in the late 1970s, the French government approached Stanislaus Teichner at Universite Claud Bernard, Lyon seeking a method for storing oxygen and rocket fuels in porous materials. A Real Spinoff that NASA Has Seemingly Forgotten About - NASA Watch
To allow only views acceptable to the government of the day is the path to centralised conformity and censorship. Times, Sunday Times
The "freedom to learn" has become just another one of the government's empty slogans.
In effect, they involve a comparison of the general equilibrium of the economy with and without the government budget.
She is charged with the task of ensuring the government's lifelong learning plans make sense to the public.
There are still substantial savings out of the machinery of government. The Sun
It was a sentimental and monumental event as the Brazilian government gave the Philippine president full planeside military honors complete with all the 21-gun salute. WN.com - Articles related to Chile Rejects Church Call to Pardon Officials
The government cannot ignore Britain's chronic productivity and housing woes. Times, Sunday Times
The government also has a fairly loose definition of what constitutes a first-time homebuyer, which is defined as someone who has no "present interest" in a main home during a two-year period prior to the date of acquisition of the new home. Five Penalty-Free IRA Withdrawals
Public opinion can force the government into action.
Is that anger enough to overturn governments and rattle the founding idea of Europe? Times, Sunday Times
Now the agitation in the country and the violent disorder it threatened could be directed against the Government.
As the last country in the world to abolish slavery, only in 1888, temporary slavery due to indebtedness and forced labour has continued and been combated regularly by Government in isolated regions, where the arms of the justice system face a demographic challenge. Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fighting contemporary slavery
PAUL LEPAGE, Republican governor of Maine, ordering a 36-ft.-wide mural in a government building depicting Maine's labor history to be painted over TIME.com: Top Stories
A study session held by the Beijing government for leaders of the "open" Church – organized as a sight-seeing tour for the first time – is set to conclude tomorrow.
So of course city-dwellers voted for someone who promised more government welfare.
But government does not have the freedom to make proposals in haste and repent at leisure. Times, Sunday Times
If the government wants to regionalise Britain, which I have doubts about, they should say so.
The government fell nine days after an invasion force of five thousand troops was said to be advancing on the capital.
They haven't been consulted by the Government during the process of policy formation.
Newspapers have, however, reported that prosecutors are convinced the investigating magistrate in charge of a corruption and fraud inquiry involving the regional governments of the Balearic Islands and Valencia will soon officially name him as a suspect in the case. Spain's king blocks scandal-hit son-in-law from royal duties
The House wants a government - run health care program to compete with in the insurance market marketplace.
After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government.
The framework of the balanced constitution and mixed government was broadly accepted by political theorists and practising politicians alike. Democracy and its Critics - Anglo-American democratic thought in the nineteenth century
This was the policy of western governments in the postwar era and it was a success. Times, Sunday Times
But the bourgeois and the coalitionist press represented this movement as a pogromist, counter-revolutionary affair, and, at the same time, as a Bolshevist crusade, the immediate object of which was to seize the reins of Government by the use of armed force against the Central Executive Committee. From October to Brest-Litovsk
I would expect the government to fight a lawsuit trying to prevent something like this, just as I would expect a leg to bounce up when its patellar reflex is hit with a tendon hammer. Matt Kane: The Obama Administration's Desire to Keep Citizens in the Dark is Inexcusable
The government extended its remit as part of crime prevention across the aviation industry.
Barr says he doesn't want to have the government preapprove financial products, the way it does prescription drugs. The Proposed New Financial Regulation Could Backfire
There is growing agitation for reform of local government.
It will analyze and graph your daily intake and compare it with the recommended dietary allowances set by the government.
The plan laid out in 1996 to change welfare to workfare recognized and provided for the critical role child care would play in transitioning from government dependency to personal responsibility.
Spain blockaded Gibraltar for most of the last third of the 20th century (they gave up in 1984) and when the Blair government in Britain negotiated a co-dominium with Spain in 2002, but the locals had to be consulted, and the referendum rejected the proposal by 17,900 to 187. Eric Lurio: Thoughts on a Gibraltar Street Fair
India benefits from democratic politics, but suffers from overly bureaucratized government.
The IMF has given its seal of approval to the government's economic strategy.
Speaking to camera, the masked man accused the hostages of being spies for the British government and claimed that they had been abandoned. Times, Sunday Times
The Moroccan government claims to be acting constructively, but pretends that Western Sahara is not partitioned, and that the Polisario-controlled areas are a buffer zone in which the Polisario has no presence. Global Voices in English » Western Sahara: Landmine Injures Five During Peaceful Protest
The Government should impose strict measures to contain illegal cutting down of sandalwood trees.
Myanmar officials have repeatedly asked for more help from the IMF to help the government simplify the country's unwieldy foreign-exchange regime, which involves multiple exchange rates—including an official rate of about six Myanmar kyat per dollar, compared with a street rate of about 800 per dollar. Clinton Encourages Myanmar
Federal Government is the exclusive judge of the extent as well as the limitations of its power, it seems to me to be utterly perversive of the sovereignty and independence of the States. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader
Their inability to work together for the good of the republic would only increase the peoples' cynicism about government.
Getting governments to recognise the importance of an AIDS vaccine is as critical as getting the science right in the laboratory.
It is found that the government bond is in low proportion. This will weaken the Central Banks currency control in depression and capital disposal.
The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.
Limited incineration is already a key part of the government's waste management strategy.
Preparation for the top government officers' visit are almost complete.
Only a legitimate government can tackle the festering grievances in the north.
Taken together these are a significant help and in effect constitute an indirect government subsidy.
But emigration to the United States had made this restriction anachronistic and so the Liberal government altered the law.
On the same day that his government launched missiles at what it described as weapons facilities, Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
The Council had considerable influence over many government decisions.
He is a government affairs consultant, and a past president and COO of a banking software consulting firm.
The rebel leaders stated that they are willing to enter into dialogue with the government.
In the second week of August the government was obliged to answer accusations of negligence and indifference.
Forte is a very popular figure in city government, seemingly beloved by every local politician in sight.
Certainly, this apathetic behaviour can be explained in part by disappointment with a government that many feel has not lived up to its rousing promises of four years ago.
The prime minister pledged again that his government would not implement conscription for overseas service.
A call would be made by the public crier, instructing that Armenian males should present themselves at a government building.
The government is at a stage where it is willing to talk to almost anyone.
If theyre taking money from ACORN, then why is Blackwater, and other thieving, lying companies funded by my tax dollars still receiving monies from the government. ACORN files lawsuit over loss of federal funding
The key to their popularity was government subsidy and regulation that obliged motorists and oil companies to use biofuels. Times, Sunday Times
Yields on bonds are so low that any future inflation is likely to erode the rates of return on government bonds bought today.
How much evil is the current government going to inflict on our world before we wake up and boot them out?
Jonathan, who has degrees in zoology and hydrobiology, worked as a government ecologist and lectured at a local university into the 1990s. Daytondailynews.com - News
And when the docs who are getting reimbursed by the federal government practice defensive medicine, it runs up the cost to the taxpayers.
Up to 30,000 government soldiers and an equal number of UNITA troops are set to be 'quartered' as part of the peace agreement signed by Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi in November 1994. ANC Daily News Briefing
Cuts to legal aid by the coalition government have led to an increase in people representing themselves. Times, Sunday Times
However, the finalisation of the acquisition and farm down of the Ugandan assets to CNOOC and Total appears stalled until the capital gains tax dispute between the Ugandan government and Heritage Oil is resolved. Tullow slips on Uganda dispute while FTSE falls to seven week low
He said the campaign fully supported the legislation and would be lobbying for the United Nations and the African Union to encourage governments in programmes to demilitarise society. ANC Daily News Briefing
(Under the Indian constitution nontribal people are prohibited from directly acquiring land in certain parts of the country, so the government must obtain it on their behalf and sell it to the companies.) India's Dirty War
Non-governmental organizations were formed to oppose the pumping, and in 2001 the federal government launched an investigation into the company on the grounds it was violating constitutional prohibitions on demineralizing water.
The multivolume study, which was the only official feasibility report on the dam, was submitted to the Chinese government in 1988.
He said he hoped the government's measure to cap fuel prices should not last too long because it could have repercussions in the long run.
Without the palsied hand of government, the unions would wither and die. 500 SEIU bully-boys vs. 1 14-year-old. | RedState
Hoping the government will provide a decent state pension is a mistake.
Lets meet with the government and see how we can settle this problem so that it is a win-win situation for all.
This bill is a good step in the Government's commitment towards greater energy efficiency and a sustainable energy future, and I look forward to its passage through the House.
Will he give an assurance that a future Conservative Government will take measures further to encourage savings?
I personally beg all mothers to insist that their governments work towards this end.
When appearing in court, all three men refused to cooperate, claiming the government has no jurisdiction.
More taxes and more government pork won't help the economy.
Gary Sinise plays a government scientist who may or may not be a replicant planted by a hostile alien race.
Wait for governments to take effective action on global warming and you could fry or drown first.
The Government said that it will legislate to keep the parties in the room, and then chuck another $1 million at the Department of Labour, and set up a semi-autonomous, not totally autonomous, unit.
The main concern of his 300 undercover police spies had always been sniffing out political enemies of the revolutionary government. FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity
Identify all the dumbos out there - in politics, in government, wherever they may find themselves - and invariably they are not readers.
Those attending range from software bosses, heads of government, business moguls, and even film stars and other celebrities.
The president talked up the tax cut deal, talked up the one-year expensing of depreciable assets, vowed to veto any bill with earmarks, talked about cutting corporate tax rates, talked about streamlining government, even talked up medical malpractice reform. Love Train In The House!
The government is involved in a damage limitation exercise to minimize the effects of the scandal.
The USA has this power anyway but wants Western governments to recognize it and to accept it politically. After Thatcher
I personally think the only competant brach of the US government is the military. Will Europe Collapse?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The only factor preventing major incursions into treasured civil liberties is the resistance of the population at large - and, for the moment at least, the public appear to be acquiescing in the government's plans.
Soldiers were marching up and down outside the government buildings.
You could put your money in government stock and forget about it. Times, Sunday Times
He joins a roll call of the great and good who have been drafted into public service to help the government fight the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times
We have a government embarked on class war against our people. Times, Sunday Times
Chinese government has expressed its appreciation to the international munity for its pursuit of the "One China Policy".
Local governments are responsible for salting and gritting roads as they freeze.
These adjustments could quickly accelerate into a meaningful reallocation of government spending.
One of my least favorite locutions in politics is the statement by an official or politician that someone's criticism of government policy is ‘unhelpful.’
Field soldiers during the cold war, some hold dark secrets that could topple governments.
This is the proposition that I hoped the government would deny, or at least remain agnostic about.
The government may finally find itself forced to address a subject that it has previously found uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
Government support will be essential if the project is to succeed.
Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim Alkazi and noted 'mridangam' Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award by the government which, in all, named 130 people, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri. The Times of India
The government has announced that culprits in the scandal will be tried by military court.
And all had been bought at a government auction.
First, the impact of the sanctions on the population tend to make the latter even more dependent on the government than before, mainly for provision of the basic rations needed for survival.
Here, officials of the government-run Forest Department reportedly did not allow them to forage for food in the forests.
Secondly, research looked at the relationship between these councillors and the local government officers employed to implement their decisions.
However, Capt Amarinder Singh had also made it clear that Act also envisaged termination of all other agreements relating to Ravi-Beas waters and to discharge Punjab government from the obligations hereunder.
The fourth element of the constitution is one that I have described as a parliamentary government under a constitutional monarchy.
Think Progress Appearing on Imus In the Morning to promote his new book, State of Emergency, Pat Buchanan asserted that the Mexican government has a “direct program” to reannex “the seven states of the American Southwest.” Think Progress » Buchanan: Mexico Conspiring To ‘Re-Annex’ Seven Southwest States
There can be absolutely no excuse for the government to avoid reforming these corrupt institutions.
One solution is for the government to grant an operating concession for a particular project to the private sector.
In the end, I feel my privacy is a small price to pay for educating the government about the medium. Boing Boing
Any changes to taxation laws in these jurisdictions are matters for regulators and governments. Times, Sunday Times
What exactly the government did mean by freedom was hard to discern in the nineteen legislative Acts which together constituted the emancipation.
Whoever wins government will have to depend on the support of independents, many of whom will have been elected with as little as 10 to 20 percent of the vote in their electorates.
Thoughts were directed towards home, but there was also uncertainty about what they might do in Canada and what the government would do for them.
Whatever Paul is or is not, he is an only an approvement when one considers Lieberman, who is actually and increduously still a part of the US Government. Paul Casts a Larger Shadow (Convention) - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
It also means an honesty and transparency of Government that we have not seen for years. The Sun
Some of the confidence and assertiveness comes from having spent time in government, and now we've identified ways where we want to make our push," said a senor administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss White House thinking on the Middle East developments. As Arabs protest, Obama administration offers assertive support
The paper analyzes the evolution of Straits Settlements governments policy to overseas Chinese secret society.
Nevertheless, there is a way we can reduce tuition fees by at least $2,000 a year and not cost the government a penny.
All the organizations involved have sent urgent appeals to the government, asking for extra funding.
The government has adopted an aggressive posture on immigration.
What we have seen in various states is little more than the confirmation of old maxims about how and why governments grow and what, if anything, can be done to arrest that growth.
Our mercenaries (Blackwater and Haliburton and their minion) will still be on the ground, interfering with the new government whenever it drifts from the preordained path carved out by the American government since The Carter Doctrine. CNN Poll: Americans overwhelming support moving US combat troops out of Iraqi cities
But what if a sovereign government decides to remove another country from the internet? Computing
The government are unable to stem the tide of popular indignation.
He believed that socialism would — and must — come to America, not through armed, bloody revolution but through popular participation in representational government and the constant expansion of the state. Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
The federal government could be committed to a tax expenditure quickly without prior consultation.
The government has been under pressure to increase competition in banking after a highly criticised review from the competition watchdog. Times, Sunday Times
Because of this, the government holds an Oriental Cherry Festival every year.
I was startled at the news that 129 persons were killed last Sunday in the attempt by rebel air force officers to overthrow the government in the capital.
Communications among individuals are often blocked legally by governments and illegally by enterprises to protect competitive advantages.
One, they should circumscribe the role of the ombudsman, preferably to higher levels of government, and focus on increasing transparency. Getting a Grip on Indian Corruption
Whether a place is poor or well-off depends not on the size of the town government building.
The government has been widely blamed for the crisis.
Government regulation did not end inequality or banish corporate influence in politics.
The Government must provide stability and certainty on motoring taxes. The Sun
The two leaders had earlier led a march of hundreds of demonstrators in defiance of a government ban on protest rallies or gatherings of more than four people.
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. Harry S. Truman
And someone of considerable power and prestige like himtaking a career-ruiningride on the "anti-lobby" haywagon is the FIRST STEP in getting our government back .... Obama's First Big Mistake on the Job: Rescuing Sen. Joe Lieberman
The government was quick to squash any hopes of reform.
Then the crowning jewel is that OHSU gets ONE dollar of every TWO dollars lobbied from the federal government to put into their own coffers per the SoWhat Agreement. SoWhat goes underground (Jack Bog's Blog)
The Executive undertakes to produce a coherent programme of government which the parliament is duty bound to scrutinise, debate and give assent to.
It's a facility we leased from the government, so at some point we had to give it back.
What the UN and the West are doing is the colonial thing of merely resorting to bully-boy tactics, Neither would attempt to pass judgement let alone threaten to intervene using military force, in any election held in the Russian Federation or attempt to invade China because it does not have democractic government. Ivory Coast's descent into madness
She was there to be the volunteer coordinator of the women's centre, and unlike other government and contract workers, planned to be in the community for a long time.
Without the rise, the government will not tackle child poverty, it says.
This sort of decentralising of empowerment would be welcome if it was not for the government's ambitious home-building programme. Further urban sprawl solves nothing | Editorial
It should already be clear that it was Mariana, rather than Suarez, who might be called the forebear of John Locke's theory of popular consent and the continuing superiority of the people to the government. LewRockwell.com
The budget should reflect policy priorities of social needs cluster departments as a re-affirmation of government's strategic focus on developing the poor and underdeveloped communities.
I WOULD like to see a new government stop businesses from being swayed by class when taking on new staff. The Sun
She was denounced in media outlets close to the government as a "negationist" of the genocide. BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) demanded that South Africa "repatriate" all mercenaries fighting with government troops. ANC Daily News Briefing
In a bold gesture of reconciliation, the government released the rebel leader.
The effective level of tax then is dictated by government outlays.
However, he conceded that the Government was yet to get a handle on the situation, as younger offenders were getting their hands on illegal guns.
Imposing such a burden would alter the basic structure between state and federal governments, which is critical to our constitutional scheme.
The mochos need to be reminded that laicity as is understood in Mexico does not allow them freedom to enforce what laws they want to make government compliant with Catholic principles. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Pickles has earned widespread plaudits since taking office for his energetic and radical approach to reforming local government. Times, Sunday Times
But to some extent the role of central government is to encourage and cajole the national highways agencies and local councils to act to improve road safety. Times, Sunday Times
Persistent deflation has crimped corporate earnings and worsened the government's deficit.
It may yet be possible to convince manufacturers, governments and the public that energy saving is worthwhile for its own sake.
Last year, the Iranian government blocked five million websites for having allegedly pornographic content and disseminating impendent news information to the public. Media Repression in Iran
bedevil" government's privatisation plans, industrial relations and human resources company NMG-Levy said on Wednesday. ANC Daily News Briefing
Nevertheless, the only East European country to sign up has been Romania (and the Romanian government is now back-pedalling, claiming that it was intimidated by Washington).
The Opposition was also anxious to embarrass the Government, and to trap it within its own latent inconsistencies.
The government gave assurances that it would implement the recommendations in full.

How To Use Government In A Sentence

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