1.   A local council can spend more than its total guideline if it finances more from sales than the government assumes.

2.   Government has assumed the responsibility for ameliorating income inequality in our society.

3.   The government must assume greater responsibility for the care of the elderly.

4.   A Blair spokesman said the first soldiers could be in place in Kabul by Saturday, when the interim government assumes power.

5.   A neutral caretaker government will now assume power as campaigning begins for fall elections.

6.   After three years, the local government must assume the full cost of the new police numbers.

7.   But only in a few places, like Washington, has government assumed the role in local economics and culture that it has in New York.

8.   He said state and local governments should assume a growing role in areas where federal authority has been inefficient.

9.   However, complaints have dropped sharply since the federal government assumed control of security checkpoints last month, she said.

10.   If Bush points out no inconsistencies on the issue, the federal government will automatically assume the federal provisions apply.