Example sentences of "[art] tories ['s] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disaster in the provinces was then turned into a public-relations triumph by a dramatic swing in the Tories ' favour in their flagship London councils , Wandsworth and Westminster . |
| 2 | Although Barber found himself in the political wilderness with the Tories ' fall from power after the death of Queen Anne in 1715 , he remained loyal to his friends and true to his Tory principles . |
| 3 | We shall use that presidency to end the Tories ' opt-out from the Social Chapter , so that the British people can benefit from European safeguards . |
| 4 | As the chart ( right ) shows , despite the recession and the birth of a new generation , the Tories ' share of the popular vote has not varied by two percentage points since Mrs Thatcher 's 1979 victory . |
| 5 | The Tories ' share of the vote is not as high as in the 1950s under Winston Churchill , Sir Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan , but it now appears impregnable to attacks by the other parties . |
| 6 | In the 1950 election the Tories ' share of the vote recovered significantly , with Labour losing support among the middle classes of the southern suburbs in particular , although the Labour Party could still rely on enthusiastic working class support ( the turnout at the 1950 election was the highest ever ) . |
| 7 | He blamed the Tories ' lack of investment for the failure of small businesses . |
| 8 | At the beginning of the campaign the Secretary of State approved the application by Forresterhill Royal Infirmary in Aberdeen to become a trust ; the Tories ' revival in and around Aberdeen suggests this did them no damage at all . |
| 9 | But we should not be surprised by the Tories ' attack on public services . |
| 10 | How much Mr Pringle receives ( tax free ) will doubtless depend on the Tories ' progress through the early hours . |
| 11 | You 're not on , we will not be made the scapegoats , with public sector workers will not pay for the Tories ' mismanagement of the economy . |
| 12 | What accounts for the Tories ' success in winning again against the odds ? |
| 13 | The Tories ' reduction of public borrowing has been excuse me has seen many public services destroyed or disappeared forever . |
| 14 | The findings are actually somewhat more encouraging from the Tories ' point of view than they appear on the surface . |
| 15 | Of even more interest is the Tories ' perception of all this . |
| 16 | Mr Forman , 49 , only joined the Cabinet in April after the Tories ' victory in the General Election , following years in the political wilderness . |
| 17 | Local issues , including the election of three independent candidates who campaigned against a new road , played a part in the Tories ' loss of Merton , and similar borough-specific factors seemed to be at work in those Labour authorities where the party fared particularly badly . |
| 18 | After the Tories ' loss of Newbury in the by-election on May 6th , and the death of Robert Adley , the MP for Christchurch , on May 13th , is that still true ? |
| 19 | For any would-be telegenic demagogue , Mr Bruce offers a lot of practical advice , most of it garnered when he was the Tories ' director of communications . |
| 20 | Mr Woodward , the Tories ' director of communications , said : ‘ The doctor has confirmed that the Independent newspaper contacted him around 4pm before the broadcast went out . |
| 21 | Fourth , it did not address the Tories ' claim to be able to offer something for nothing ( via ‘ efficiency gains ’ ) in the public sector . |
| 22 | Mr Smith mocked the Tories ' claim to be the party of low taxation and said people would be ‘ shocked beyond belief ’ at the cynicism of the Government , in extending the scope of VAT and raising national insurance contributions . |
| 23 | THE Tories ' reaction to the crisis threatening to engulf John Major was predictable . |
| 24 | NHS At the Conservative Party Conference in 1986 , Norman Fowler , then Secretary of State for Health , was loudly cheered on producing a long computer printout of 380 new ‘ large hospital schemes ’ costing £3bn , which he unrolled over the rostrum for the benefit of photographers from newspapers which had criticised the Tories ' record on the NHS . |
| 25 | As the date of the General Election approaches , we look back at the Tories ' record on housing and mortgage rates . |
| 26 | The Tories ' period of opposition was partly spent contemplating a future showdown with the miners . |
| 27 | 12.30 am , Battersea : The Tories ' gain in Battersea in 1987 was one of the most surprising of that election . |
| 28 | This of course is the Tories ' version of democracy at work . |
| 29 | In 1947 the party 's ‘ Industrial Charter ’ , a result of the work undertaken by the Conservative Research Department under Butler , registered the Tories ' acceptance of the ‘ welfare state ’ and the ‘ managed economy ’ . |