11.   The government lost its nerve, and in the end the Bill was just a cop-out.

12.   Governments often lose momentum in their second term of office.

13.   The government lost the argument over the pace of reform.

14.   He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted.

15.   This stated that the government had lost the confidence of the majority in parliament and urged it to resign.

16.   American officials who once trumpeted Mexican cooperation in fighting drugs now worry that the government has lost control of most of its police.

17.   And he worries that his supply could be cut off at any time, particularly if the government loses the lawsuit in Philadelphia.

18.   And the government lost again.

19.   A Kansas legislative committee heard testimony last summer that bogus checks amounting to millions of dollars had been confiscated and that local governments had lost money in some cases.