Sentences with phrase «government in a muddle»

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The government has so far failed to clarify the standards of its foreign investment review process, which garnered headlines as the government rejected BHP's takeover of Potash Corp and became even more muddled in the aftermath of the CNOOC / Nexen and Petronas / Progress takeovers.

In the United States, which has muddled along in the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schoolIn the United States, which has muddled along in the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schoolin the middle for the past decade, government officials have attempted to introduce marketplace competition into public schools.

If, on the contrary, this information has benignly been muddled due to a lack of capacity on the island, then the federal government must work hand - in - hand with Puerto Rico's government to provide a clearer assessment.»

Muddling up the new government - defined marriage with the biblically - defined marriage — which is the symbolic consequence of signing a government marriage document in New York today — only makes things worse.

The statement noted the federal government had in part sent a muddled message when it came to safe PFOA guidelines in drinking water.

You will look long and hard for as complete a résumé of what has been done, even if the conclusion seems sometimes overimpressed by both the commitment and achievement of a government which is often curiously timid in its approach and conspicuously muddled in its conclusions.

Claiming the previous government had been the victim of fear and muddled thinking by backing a state - sponsored form of multiculturalism, the prime minister will state that his government «will no longer fund or share platforms with organisations that, while non-violent, are certainly in some cases part of the problem».

«Number games» «It's necessary for the Chinese central government to consolidate the muddled statistical situation of the coal industry by getting figures through in - depth and sophisticated researching and analyzing work,» Tu said.

That's also something that everyone else in the film does, too, but once the official government intelligence services get involved, their tunnel - vision expertise succeeds only in making everything even more muddled.

Historically, the country has muddled through its share of minority governments, but none in recent times.