31.   Government departments are in direct competition with each other for limited resources.

32.   The various government departments are wrangling with each other.

33.   ...a strike by clerical staff in all government departments.

34.   Is Nat Sec the person through whom all dealings with government departments are to be channelled?

35.   It helps managers when teachers know, for example, that ministers in one government department blame those of another for shifts in a national scheme of vocational education.

36.   Some government departments publish guidance notes on option appraisal.

37.   Many clients, particularly government departments, have expenditure limits imposed on them.

38.   The enlarged CSO, under its present director, Mr Jack Hibbert, will become a separate government department responsible to the chancellor of the exchequer.

39.   Research projects have been funded by Research Councils, government departments, charitable trusts, the EC, numerous companies and institutions.

40.   Psychologists are employed in hospitals, universities, schools, research institutes, government departments, and industry.