The government under King Abdullah is regarded as moderately progressive.

This last, along with the notion of compulsory taxation, is a remnant of the time when the government was regarded as the omnipotent ruler of the citizens.

The British government, or at least Palmerston as its representative, was regarded with suspicion and resentment by every power in Europe, except the French republic.

Local government, however, is also widely regarded as an instrument of democratic self-government.

In their book, Epstein and Macedo argue that the government should be regarded with the same respect as any other private entity in a property dispute.

That government has generally been regarded as a well-meaning government containing much political talent, but was hit by frequent problems.

After the devastating experience of Mussolini's fascism, national government is rarely regarded as an obvious solution to the people's daily problems.

The government also decided to disaffiliate many private Indian colleges, which had come up lately and were regarded by the Government as hot beds of nationalist agitation.

The last government was regarded as rotten to the core.

The Mujibnagar government is officially regarded as the first government of independent Bangladesh.