The economy was also helped by a 9.2 percent increase in government purchases.

A number of these designs are exclusive to government purchases.

The proposal involved government purchase of the property so that it could be incorporated into the trade center site.

Japan did agree to a "substantial increase" in government purchases of equipment.

We can only lay down the law in reference to government purchases.

Stanton's son and heir was not interested in a government purchase of his island.

But their resistance is misplaced; government purchases are not controlled by market forces.

Adjusted for inflation, government purchases shrank nearly 1 percent from 1991 to 1993.

The measure would ban Government purchases of products of the two companies for three years.

They are expected to decide on 15 areas to be covered by liberalization efforts, including tariffs and government purchases.