The government was prepared to keep a tight hold on public sector pay rises.

政府准备保持对公共部门薪资增长的严格控制。

Regrettably, he resorts to the familiar numbers game when he boasts that fewer than 300 state enterprises currently remain in the public sector.

遗憾的是，他又玩起了老套的数字游戏，吹嘘说目前属于公有部门的国营企业差不多300家。

Make sure that your government does not cut your public sector in a downturn.

确保你们的政府不会在经济低迷时期削减公共部门开支。

Organized workers in positions of privilege, including many in the public sector, fight the hardest and squeal the most in defense of their benefits.

有组织的处于特权地位的工人，包括许多公共部门的工人，为捍卫自己的利益而进行最激烈的斗争。

The Government is making the taxpayer pay to fatten up a public sector business for private sale.

政府正在让纳税人付钱来养肥一项公共服务事业，再卖给私人。