Knext

Factoid Details

‘A government may have a decision.’

[⟨det government.nhave.v ⟨det decision.n⟩]

Learned by Reading

In Wikipedia:

When the crown prince and regent of Denmark, the future Frederick VI married Charles’s eldest daughter Marie Sophie, he made several unsuccessful attempts at substantially influencing decisions of the government and the regent.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

By a decision of the Flemish Government of March 31, 2006, the agency began operation on April 1, 2006.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But what floored me was the government’s decision to loan $ 85 billion to A – I – G so they would not further disrupt our fragile economy.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Prime Minister Helen Clark’s comparison of hypothetical body counts between a Labour and National Government’s decision to deploy troops to Iraq represents an all – time low in politics, and in the personal standards of her worn – out and bitter remnant of a Party once proud to stand for ordinary decent Kiwis, ACT National Security
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“If a security deal is not signed? by Dec. 31, regarding the recent U.S. – Russia row over Georgia and the Iraqi government’s decision not to extend the U.S. forces’ presence in Iraq for another year, the U.S. presence in Iraq will come across with difficulty in terms of the law,’ ’ he said.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

As a result, many Jewish leaders around the world who held to a policy of not publicly challenging decisions of Israel’s government, have chosen to coalesce around the position: opposing Israeli negotiations which include any discussion of ceding sovereignty over part or all of Jerusalem.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

Serbia was thus with 4 out of 8 presidency votes able to heavily influence decisions of the federal government.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Prime – Minister Gordon Brown was enjoying his vacation in the area, and the locals decided to take this opportunity to draw his attention to the recent decision of the Government to stop funding the coastal protection measures, which effectively means that over time large spaces of land next to the village would be taken over by th sea, and even perhaps some of the cottages would be flooded.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

McCain, Obama and the politics of bailouts The government’s decision not to bail out Lehman Brothers, and to let the firm die a public death, is a legitimate campaign issue today: Should the federal government be saving Wall Street firms, or should it let them fend for themselves?
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(AP) – State officials say they’re not pleased with a federal court’s ruling overturning the government’s decision to…
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

’s review to comment on the government’s recent decision to give the authority the right to deny services to developmentally disabled adults with IQs over 70.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

In addition to serving as the nation’s final court of appeals, the Supreme Court of Czechoslovakia examined the legality of decisions of the federal government and, in general, ensured the uniform interpretation of the laws.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In addition to the main thesis of Empire, Williams also engages in brief discussions of capitalism as it applies to empire and the notion that freedom and prosperity must be sustained by constant physical and economic expansion (returning quite a few times to Locke’s statement that’ ‘riches’’ consist in having more than the rest of the world), the increasing disinterest of American citizens in the process and decisions of their own government and subsequent reduction of power that substitutes real decision – making with the more – illusory power of merely choosing between options proposed by “The Establishment’ ’, the ties between government and business, and the pessimistic prediction that empire will some day soon come crashing down.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

Yugoslavs – especially Croats – were infuriated with the decision of the Yugoslav government with the treaty calling it treasonous.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“The nomination of Advisors and Assistants of 7 Deputy Prime Ministers shows that the decisions of the Royal Government are being violated, and Samdech Akkak Moha Senapadei Dekchor Hun Sen is the person who is at the head, leading this strong abuse of decisions of the Royal Government of Cambodia.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Her comparison of hypothetical body counts between a Labour and National Government’s decision to deploy troops to Iraq represents an all – time low in politics, and in the personal standards of a Party once proud to stand for ordinary decent Kiwis.
(Parse)

In Wikipedia:

Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts.
(Parse)

In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

So onto the first bit of news: the U.S. government’s decision to take North Korea off its list of terrorist groups, a development that augurs great changes for the future of mankind.
(Parse)

And 1,831 more sentences.

NB: Do not link to this page – the URL for this factoid will change every time the available knowledge base is updated.

Queried on 2013-05-24.