ADJ
- central, federal, local, national, provincial, regional
- Communist, Conservative, Labour, etc.
- the country's new Communist government
- left-wing, right-wing
- coalition
- minority
- The socialists won 42% of the seats and formed a minority government
- caretaker, interim, transitional
- The president dissolved the assembly and swore in an interim government
- military
- puppet
- French, Western, etc.
- The report on world poverty calls for urgent action from Western governments
VERB + GOVERNMENT
- elect
- The present government was elected last year
- form
- A nre government was formed in September of that year
- install
- A puppet government was installed as the occupying forces withdrew
- swear in
- head, run
- a new government headed by a former military leader
- bring down, destabilize, oust, overthrow, topple
- This crisis could bring down the British government. The group aims to overthrow the military government
GOVERNMENT + VERB
- come to power
- take office
- On May 23 a coalition government took office
- fall, resign
- a national emergency that could cause the government to fall
- announce sth
- The government announced the cancellation of the dam project
- introduce sth, launch sth
GOVERNMENT + NOUN
- agency, body, department
- funds, money
- aid, assistance, backing, funding, grant, subsidy, support
- expenditure, spending
- cuts
- The hospital has been hit by government cuts
- control
- intervention, involvement
- calls for government intervention in the dispute
- minister, official, representative, spokesman
- sources
- According to government sources, two people died in the incident
- figures, statistics
- post
- reshuffle
- The former minister was relieved of his post in last month's extensive government reshuffle
- decisions, legislation, measures, plans, policy, proposals
- report
- propaganda
PREP
- in ~
- a problem facing whichever party is in government
- under a/the ~
- measures that were introduced under the last government
PHRASES
- a change of government
- It is time we had a change of government
- the government of the day
- This was a decision taken by the government of the day
- a member of a government
- The prime minister has been meeting members of the French government
ADJ
- democratic, representative
- firm, good, strong
- We need strong government to take the country through this crisis
- weak