Example sentences of "the [noun] at the [num ord] election " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parti démocratique sénégalais ( PDS — Senegalese Democratic Party , Abdoulaye Wade s. g. , the main opposition party ) ; in addition there are 15 smaller parties , none of which gained more than 1.5 per cent of the vote at the last elections . |
| 2 | If the local organization after an election remained active , on a permanent basis of annual subscription , with a permanent organizing secretary who would attend to the registration work and become the agent at the next election , a candidate could , and probably would , be selected on his merits , and the constituency would be independent of men whose only merit was their wealth . |
| 3 | A public body is also accountable both politically and administratively : the politicians consider the effect of a given decision on the electorate at the next election ; and the administrators are anxious to avoid any risk of criticism . |
| 4 | Moreover , the coalition government so formed will not have to ( or even be able to ) face the electorate at the next election since the parties to the coalition will be free to fight again as independent entities . |
| 5 | Labour has vowed to keep the Works open if it wins control of the Council at the next election . |
| 6 | In his address to the party conference at Brighton , Mr Kinnock said Labour was now ready , eager and able to take power from the Conservatives at the next election , and his confidence won him one of the most prolonged and enthusiastic ovations received by a Labour leader for many years . |
| 7 | He says it 'll go back to the Conservatives at the next election . |
| 8 | Mr Smith took the constituency at the last election by a majority of little more than twelve hundred , but believes his five years as MP will make his seat safe . |
| 9 | ‘ He either knew what was happening to the economy at the last election and lied or he was living in a fool 's paradise unaware of the damage he was doing . ’ |
| 10 | If the electorate disapproves of the policies or their outcomes , it has the opportunity to replace the government at the next election . |
| 11 | There is no way of knowing , yet , whether the Greens at the next election will be playing Pan pipes in the background , or piping briskly into the fray . |
| 12 | Yes I think er I mean my own view is that he well er erm lead the party at the next election and he 'll win it . |
| 13 | Mr Janman clashed at the Monday Club meeting with fellow Tory Mike Truman , who contested Ealing Southall for the party at the last election . |
| 14 | Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen , predicted that the Government 's scheme for selling off British Rail would help to guarantee the defeat of the Tories at the next election . |