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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Borough Councils with their power to offer public works could, as we have seen, deal only very imperfectly with unemployment.
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In 1971 it did so in respect of public works contracts.
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In Keynes's view, the great imperative was public works .
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Instead, proposals have involved moving him to his area of greatest expertise as public works director.
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Most focus on illegal kickbacks on public works contracts.
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Page was instrumental in the creation of the new Mainan ambitious public works project funded through a public-private partnership.
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The New Deal showed great ingenuity in designing public works schemes.
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They had hoped that he would launch great public works projects, ge! a building boom going.