Market potential is enormous, according to an official from central government departments in Beijing. |
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The landscape has been acknowledged by central government organisations and committees as being of national significance. |
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Elected assemblies will draw their powers mainly from central government, its agencies and quangos not from local government. |
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Last week Karzai threatened to resign unless regional warlords paid more revenue into central government coffers. |
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But if he weakens and gives them a role, most Afghan people who voted for a strong central government will feel cheated. |
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It won't be the central government because power equations make a rap on the knuckles impossible. |
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Unlike many parts of Scotland, Stirling is not categorised as an area requiring assistance from central government. |
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It is divided into ten administrative regions, exclusively staffed from the central government. |
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The central government plans to privatise publishing houses in a bid to open the sector and lure investment. |
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The political power of the lamas was taken away and given to Tibetan leaders nominated by the central government in Beijing. |
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Local officials were prolific too in petitioning central government for pardons and reprieves for the condemned. |
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The central government reshuffled its cabinet, asking the law minister to resign. |
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Should such a central government, steeped in anti-national crimes, defiling the Constitution be allowed to continue? |
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Though the grip of the middle classes on central government was still limited, they were increasingly active in municipal government. |
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If a local council runs out of money it is the duty of central government to bail them out and not to charge the householders extra money. |
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It first took up arms in 1949 to demand autonomy from the central government of the time. |
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The central government has said it is prepared to give the province autonomy within a federal system. |
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The ball has been thrown into the court of the central government of India by a wily satrap from a rival camp. |
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It's because central government is so undecided it has lost control, and everything is governed locally. |
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They would act as messengers and help organize or establish the central government to calm the barbaric behavior of these primitive races. |
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It would be more efficient if the central government just admitted that it was wrong to fire on unarmed civilians and put the matter to rest. |
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Local columnists thundered against the failures of central government in Madrid. |
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Each region would also receive a single block grant from central government, to spend as it pleased. |
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In one blood-drenched revolt in 1825, tribespeople massacred 8,000 Chinese soldiers, prompting a harsh response from the central government. |
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Our aim was to free the public from tyrannical and illegal behaviour, to annihilate anarchy and strengthen the central government. |
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It is now time for local and central government to listen to its despairing critics. |
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But the various cities and counties have continued to plead poverty in the hope of receiving aid from central government. |
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It is a natural response from a wounded community that has been treated insensitively by the central government. |
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Moldova favored an asymmetrical federation in which power would be concentrated in the central government. |
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Though presenting an image of omnipotence to outsiders, China's central government is often unaware of the details of individual cases. |
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Regional assemblies' funds would come both from central government and through a precept on the council tax. |
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The blame lies with central government which has restricted local council funding. |
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The central government has developed cold feet on the promised legislation to regulate fee and admissions in professional colleges. |
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More than a dozen separate peace talks have failed to restore order and a central government. |
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There will no longer be two political powers within the central government as some suggested. |
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Yet another law was passed, in first reading, to devolve some powers of the central government to regional councils. |
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Sweden was free of religious dissent and the clergy constituted a further arm of central government. |
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He found the state finances more precarious than central government finances. |
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Civil war erupted, with challenges to central government by the Karens of the Irrawaddy Delta and the Chin, Kayah, and Kachin hill tribes. |
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During the outbreak, the central government drew up 14 measures for the 25 health bureaus to contain the disease. |
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He was told that Washington wants a strong central government in the country. |
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Such a stance invites a compromising fudge from the very beginning, on the part of applicants to central government. |
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His grandson, Sobhuza I, unified the resident Nguni and Sotho people within a central government. |
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And still unquantified is the impact of fiscal decentralization on central government revenues and spending obligations. |
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The central government was also ready to contribute money to the project, he said. |
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Under the current funding structure, universities are paid per student from central government so unfilled places lead to budget shortfalls. |
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The Scottish Office, after all, was never intended to do anything other than administer a regional outpost of central government. |
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We must also take the necessary steps to liberate more cash from central government. |
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The head of each region is a prefect appointed by the central government. |
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Residents of Switzerland are subject to personal income taxes levied by the central government and also by the 26 cantons and 2,900 municipalities. |
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They argued that the bill would usurp states' rights and allow the central government to dictate the law enforcement policies of local authorities. |
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Despite the protests and violence, the issue that really has everyone worried is a planned devolution of power by the central government to the regions. |
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By keeping the renminbi artificially low, the central government makes Chinese exports cheap in foreign countries. |
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The three-year pilot project is being trialed at a small number of other schools in the county and is funded by Hampshire County Council and central government. |
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This has caused no end of problems with the central government. |
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Unfortunately, because of the destruction of central government control and increasingly chaotic conditions, production of Khmer ceramics ceased by the end of 13th Century. |
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Regional assemblies will be funded primarily from central government grant, but they will be able to raise additional funds from precepts on council tax. |
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But I believe that we must make a step towards the creation of 18 governorates enjoying some self-rule and not relying on a central government or a regional federation. |
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Seven years ago central government promised a solution, but the supernumeraries still use chairs, desks and telephones and they are costing close to a billion rands a year. |
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When the central government allocates resources, it does so on the basis of what the prisons can do for themselves, bearing in mind their access to raw materials and markets. |
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Another crucial difference is that the Veneto vote is non-binding, because it is unrecognized by the central government in Rome. |
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He scored a major success in May by peacefully driving out the strongman of another wayward Georgian region, Adjaria, and bringing it back under central government control. |
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Lau was non-committal when asked whether he was being boycotted by the group, but agreed that reconciliation with the central government was a touchy issue. |
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In the Form of Government of 1634, the central government was reorganized. |
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For this reason, as soon as he took office, Ma began to cultivate the attitude of indifference to Lee as a preparation for his inveterate opposition to the central government. |
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Spain's central government also issued the first details of its own rescue plans, including a publicity campaign plugging Galician fish and seafood as safe to eat. |
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Zou said whether the protest resulted in renewed political conflict with the central government would depend on the slogans chanted during the protest. |
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Instead, after a reprieve in 1833, the central government engaged in more and more trade protectionism and centralized tyranny, which helped lead to war. |
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But oi Town Assembly Chairman Kinya Shintani criticized the central government for its inconsistency. |
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The central government later turned down the draft regulation as it was feared it would pave the way for the province's separation from Indonesia. |
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It befooled the Hindu community by raking up the temple issue and then started dancing to the tune of the central government to get close to power, he alleged. |
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But the fact is, the public sector is also carrying many passengers, occupying sinecures in local and central government at the expense of their fellow citizens. |
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His solution, of course, was to insert the right of interposition whereby South Carolina would stand as a buffer between the individual and the central government. |
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Later that month, a peace deal was signed between the Houthis and the central government. |
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The central government was unpopular, and a group of young Army officers carried out a coup. |
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To get arms legally to the Kurds now, the U.S. military needs to send them through the central government in Baghdad. |
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The central government has since been wary of groups that could manipulate the beliefs of the general populace. |
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Police in the county now employ around 115 wardens to enforce traffic regulations along with officers, with fines going to central government funds. |
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I also hope the central government will keep its promise to investigate Shandong officials. |
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At the same time, the central government was engaged in privatizing moribund state firms and assets, which supplemented the treasury's revenue intake. |
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He believed in a strong central government and was a federalist. |
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In Canada, the provincial governments represent regional interests and negotiate directly with the central government. |
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The new boundary was imposed after central government rejected the former city council's own proposal. |
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Historically, central government retained the right to cap an increase in Council Tax, if it deemed the council to be increasing it too severely. |
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Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by central government in the same way as any statute. |
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The central government of Spain considers that a binding referendum is unconstitutional and cannot be held. |
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Their primary goal was stated as being to improve communication between central government and the regions of England. |
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Thirdly, they sought to influence the policies of central government where they might impact on the Region. |
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Funding for national parks is complex, but the full cost of each park authority is funded from central government funds. |
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It ceased operation in 2011 as part of central government measures to close 93 magistrates' courts across England and Wales. |
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The actual bill payable is then calculated using a multiplier set by central government, and applying any reliefs. |
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Dissatisfaction with the central government increased over economic and cultural issues. |
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The Bangladeshi state has a unitary structure, with the central government in Dhaka. |
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With the establishment of the provincial council system in the 1980s the central government handed control of most schools to local governments. |
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Church affairs are government by a central government ministry, and clergy are government employees. |
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Some public universities are national, which are directly administered by the central government. |
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In the late 19th century, there was a high demand for professional talents in the central government of Thailand. |
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These expressions had to come either from a central government or a national golf governing body. |
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Since 1999, certain areas of central government have been devolved to accountable governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. |
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Many other authorities and agencies also have statutory powers, generally subject to some central government supervision. |
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Neither the central government nor local authorities are permitted to sue anyone for defamation. |
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The leading families saw their future in cooperation with the central government and worked to establish absolutist power. |
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The central government passed the Lepers Act of 1898, which provided legal provision for forcible confinement of leprosy sufferers in India. |
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The central government responded by launching airborne and seaborne military invasions of rebel strongholds Padang and Manado. |
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A central government with its own currency can pay for its spending by creating money ex novo. |
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In countries with federal constitutions, there is a division of power between the central government and the component states. |
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The regional government and the central government disagree as to whether they are under Baghdad's authority and to what extent. |
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It represents the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war. |
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Yemen has a weak central government and a powerful tribal system that leaves large lawless areas open for militant training and operations. |
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The three major elements of the Imperial Roman state were the central government, the military, and provincial government. |
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In the 1st and 2nd centuries, the central government sent out around 160 officials each year to govern outside Italy. |
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Low taxes helped the Roman aristocracy increase their wealth, which equalled or exceeded the revenues of the central government. |
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The central government itself did not borrow money, and without public debt had to fund deficits from cash reserves. |
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Even after the collapse of the central government, some roads remained usable for more than a thousand years. |
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On a more practical level, the central government took an active interest in supporting agriculture. |
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Another major component of central government expenditure in Scotland is on healthcare and healthcare related services. |
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Another component of devolved central government expenditure in Scotland is on justice. |
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Beginning in the 1990s, the central government of Brazil launched a privatization program inspired by the Washington Consensus. |
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They resented the Turkish Tanzimat and defied all attempts to impose a central government upon them. |
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Some A roads are designated trunk roads, which implies that central government rather than local government has responsibility for them. |
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Since 1876, various councils have administered local areas under legislation determined by the central government. |
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After that, there was peace in Italy, and the appearance of restoration, except that the central government now resided in Constantinople. |
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The final status of Transnistria is disputed, as the central government does not control that territory. |
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The prefect is appointed by the central government but cannot be a member of any political party. |
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In the United States, federalism originally referred to belief in a stronger central government. |
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It was a political movement to weaken the central government in Paris by devolving power to the provinces. |
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In almost all federations the central government enjoys the powers of foreign policy and national defense as exclusive federal powers. |
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Consolidates the Federal Reserve Banks and monetary authority functions undertaken by the central government. |
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The central government, starved of resources, could do very little to mitigate the effects of these calamities. |
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He also gave a few early signs of a new and positive direction in central government. |
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Zhang Wenqian, a central government official, was sent by Kublai in 1260 to Daming where unrest had been reported in the local population. |
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Although the dynasty and central government were in decline by the 9th century, art and culture continued to flourish. |
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This is commonly recognized as the beginning of the fall of Tang's central government. |
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Chang'an was the center of the central government, the home of the imperial family, and was filled with splendor and wealth. |
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The government is organized unitarily, thus the central government delegates powers to the departments without a constitutional need for consent. |
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The influence of central government and the king was not extensive beyond the capital. |
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At the time of the formation of Banten Province, Djamal Hakamudin was appointed as the first governor by the Indonesian central government. |
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The Cossacks tended to act independently of the central government, increasing friction between them two. |
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Over the next fifty years, the central government responded to Cossack grievances with arrests, floggings, and exiles. |
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The dynasty had a strong and complex central government that unified and controlled the empire. |
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The Kolkata Port Trust, an agency of the central government, manages the city's river port. |
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Supreme court asked the central government for its views, to which it replied that polygamy should be done away with. |
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As the official language defined by China's central government, Mandarin is the dominant spoken language. |
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In the case of Telecom New Zealand, local loop unbundling was enforced by central government. |
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Yemen's powerful tribes often kidnap foreigners for use as bargaining chips in disputes with the central government. |
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Meanwhile Ajaria, the Black Sea coastal province centred on Batumi, is also largely beyond the control of the central government in Tbilisi. |
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He also said that if required, the central government would persuade Myanmar to conduct a joint resurvey of Zero Point. |
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Development of a world-class Universal theme park in Beijing has been approved by the Chinese central government. |
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Fundamentally, in a deconcentrated system all decision-making authority remains within the central government structure. |
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As one of the Fathers of Confederation, you might have thought Sir Oliver Mowat would be a strong central government man. |
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At the same time, the news text ironizes the local government for hypocrisy towards the central government. |
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The committee would also examine the role of central government and the powers of the state governments in allowing cinematographic exhibition of films. |
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Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. |
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The answers are simple, immigration of monoglot Englishspeakers to the industrial areas, deliberate central government policy not to teach Welsh in Wales. |
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Ahead of the central government, the prefectural government of Toyama on the Sea of Japan introduced marine lights that work with wave power about 20 years ago. |
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Most kidnappings of foreigners are carried out by members of Yemen's powerful tribes who use them as bargaining chips in disputes with the central government. |
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The reason Canadians put us here was to voice their concerns and frustrations over the weight of a central government that is a tax and spend fanatic, a taxaholic. |
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Confirmed in their hereditary positions, the daimyo became governors, and the central government assumed their administrative expenses and paid samurai stipends. |
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Unlike a personal union or real union, the individual states share a central government and the union is recognized internationally as a single political entity. |
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This is sometimes limited or prohibited by central government legislation. |
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However, we subtract all transfers to leave only those revenues generated by subnational governments and which are not discretionarily fixed by central government. |
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In the event that a state government is unable to function, the Constitution provides for the state to come under the direct control of the central government. |
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The constitution also permits the central government to participate in police operations and organisation by authorising the maintenance of the Indian Police Service. |
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But, the coup plotters struggled to form a central government. |
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The central government demonstrated it could not keep order. |
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However, in the 1980s changes to this system saw the separation of the administration of schools between the central government and the provincial government. |
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Each district has its own directly elected local government, though with limited power, as most of the powers are held by the central government in Freetown. |
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The prominent status of Buddhism in Chinese culture began to decline as the dynasty and central government declined as well during the late 8th century to 9th century. |
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In return, the central government would acknowledge the rights of these governors to maintain their army, collect taxes and even to pass on their title to heirs. |
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Constitution was written as a reaction to the Articles of Confederation, under which the United States was a loose confederation with a weak central government. |
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Devolution differs from federalism in that the devolved powers of the subnational authority ultimately reside in central government, thus the state remains de jure unitary. |
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Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. |
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Second, he wanted to create a strong central government in Rome. |
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A IYAR, MINISTRY officials recall, kept referring each project proposal to the group of ministers and the finance committee of the central government. |
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When the county arms is shown with a Swedish royal crown, it represents the County Administrative Board, which is the regional presence of central government authority. |
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The public sector, in Scotland, has a significant impact upon the economy and comprises central government departments, local government, and public corporations. |
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The component states are in some sense sovereign, insofar as certain powers are reserved to them that may not be exercised by the central government. |
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After the invasion of Gaul by several barbarian tribes in 406, contact was broken between Britain and the Western Roman central government in Ravenna. |
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As a unitary state, power is concentrated in the central government. |
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Regions represent dialectal, cultural, and economic variations better than the former provinces, which were purely administrative divisions of the central government. |
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Some non central government bodies still continue to follow the flag days. |
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Neither was required to be commercially successful as Channel 4 was subsidised by the ITV network and S4C received a grant from the central government. |
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The extent of damage caused in such a short period across wide areas has brought into focus the overall performance of UK central government flood defence strategies. |
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Several lines have reopened and more are proposed, particularly in Scotland and Wales where the control of railway passenger services is devolved from central government. |
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Generally the composition of the council's officers are a matter for the council, but there are a number of statutory officers whose roles are defined by central government. |
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On abolition, the strategic functions of the GLC were transferred to bodies controlled by central government or joint boards nominated by the London Borough councils. |
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The Human Rights Act applies to all public bodies within the United Kingdom, including central government, local authorities, and bodies exercising public functions. |
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It differs from a federation in that each constituent state has an independent government, whereas a unitary state is united by a central government. |
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In April 1994 the Government of John Major created a set of ten Government Office Regions for England to coordinate central government departments at a provincial level. |
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The same study programme may acquire different codes as it progresses through various stages of official approval by local government and central government. |
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The exceptions are a minority of secondary schools in England funded directly by central government, known as academies and City Technology Colleges. |
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Railways in Great Britain are in the private sector, but they are subject to control by central government, and to economic and safety regulation by arms of government. |
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Plans to dual the single carriageway section of road north of Newcastle upon Tyne were shelved in 2006 as they were not considered a regional priority by central government. |
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The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the Greater London Council and transferred its functions to the London borough councils, joint arrangements and to central government. |
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Its functions were devolved to the City Corporation and the London Boroughs, with some functions transferred to central government and joint boards. |
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Prior to 1994, although various central government departments had different regional offices, the regions they used tended to be different and ad hoc. |
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They had certain delegated functions, including administering European Union regional development funds, and received funding the central government as well. |
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Yet, apparently, fears of policemen in civilian clothes prying about unsuspectedly on the behalf of the central government were as strong, if not stronger. |
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The axe on ring-and-ride is being wielded because the seven district councils in the conurbation have had to rein in spending because of central government cuts. |
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Tuz Khurmato is located in a particularly violent region over which both the central government and autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan claim jurisdiction. |
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