Example sentences of "[prep] the tories ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |
| 2 | Devonport 's chances are thought to have increased following the Tories ' disastrous performance in last month 's local elections in the South West . |
| 3 | CHRIS PATTEN , the architect of the Tories ' glorious election victory , was in London this week , seeing the Prime Minister about his plans for Hong Kong . |
| 4 | Much of the Tories ' present difficulty is , in my view , caused by their having spent 16 months being politically correct themselves . |
| 5 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 6 | Ribble Valley achieved brief fame at the 1991 by-election when the Liberal Democrats ' Mike Carr captured one of the Tories ' safest seats . |
| 7 | The review will lead to a ‘ green ’ White Paper , planned for publication next summer and likely to provide the kernel of the Tories ' next general election manifesto . |
| 8 | Law and order should be one of the Tories ' strongest cards , but record crime figures have tarnished their record . |
| 9 | If there is a single secret behind the Tories ' amazing , unprecedented four-timer it is this . |
| 10 | The final push — intended to win over waverers , particularly those considering voting Liberal Democrat — was given added impetus with the Tories ' final election broadcast last night , stressing Mr Major 's international role . |
| 11 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 12 | But continued success in cutting tax rates is at risk from the Tories ' present policies . |
| 13 | Yet both Labour MPs and Euro-MPs in the Tories ' Christian Democrat sister parties believe the provision has been over-hyped . |
| 14 | He apologised for trying to blame them over the Tories ' economic blunders . |
| 15 | The Labour group , currently with 25 seats compared to the Tories ' 57 , believes it needs another 25 to gain control — depending on how well or badly the Liberal Democrats fare . |
| 16 | The second part of the plan was to turn to the Tories ' own strong issues for the last 10 days : defence , foreign policy , law and order and — hard though it is in a recession — the economy . |
| 17 | Two years ago it slashed the gift to £24,000 in protest at the Tories ' high interest rate policy . |
| 18 | Labour is outstripped by the Tories ' 61 women councillors out of 257 ( 24 per cent ) and the Liberal Democrats ' 39 out of 137 ( 28 per cent ) . |
| 19 | Last year , Scotland 's 16 health boards were reconstituted so that no trade unions or local authorities had the right of membership , and they are now dominated by the Tories ' natural allies — business people — under the cloak of rhetoric about bringing in commercial nous ( see box ) . |
| 20 | A BAN on classes with more than 30 children was demanded last night by the Tories ' favourite teachers ' union . |