Example sentences of "of [noun] at the [adj] election " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was , it seems , partly with the rather Machiavellian intention of forcing Conservative MPs to unite behind a Prime Minister whose continuance in office was considered best to serve Labour 's prospects of victory at the next election . |
| 2 | We sincerely hope that Mr Taylor will stay with us and defeat the handful of critics at the next election . |
| 3 | When the Conservative grip on power in Wiltshire was broken by a re-organisation of boundaries at the local elections , the new hung council was ripe for a pre-emptive strike by the anti-hunt lobby . |
| 4 | It will not be long before the circumstances in this country — I do not refer to a change of Government at the next election , which I profoundly do not wish to see — allow us to catch up in the two key areas which were subjected to further delay on this occasion . |
| 5 | Nicholas Ridley retired from the house of commons at the last election after his outspoken remarks over Europe , he took a peerage and spent the last few months of his life in the House of Lords . |
| 6 | The electorate is able to choose a candidate , a party , a programme , and a government ; the electorate knows roughly what the government will do once in office ; and so the electorate knows who to blame and which party to vote out of office at the next election . |