Example sentences of "[art] tories ' [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pilger Labour shares the Tories ' great power pretensions |
| 2 | JOHN PILGER The ghost of Mrs Thatcher Labour shares the Tories ' great power pretensions |
| 3 | He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Emma Nicholson , the Tories ' former vice-chairman , could lose to Liberal Democrats in Devon West and Torridge , and Sir Gerry Neale is at risk from the Liberal Democrats in North Cornwall . |
| 6 | Much of the Tories ' present difficulty is , in my view , caused by their having spent 16 months being politically correct themselves . |
| 7 | With the ground shifting beneath both ‘ imperial greatness ’ and unproblematic prosperity the Tories ' electoral bloc showed increasing signs of weakness . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |
| 10 | In this scenario Labour needs to play safe , while the Tories ' waning popularity in the country takes its toll on Major 's position . |
| 11 | That may appear less than thorough yet it is on the basis of these estimates , and those of other estate agents acting in the same way , that the Tories ' new Council Tax ( the sequel to the Poll Tax ) will be based . |
| 12 | The Tories ' overwhelming victory in 1987 appeared to set the seal upon the triumph of bourgeois capitalism . |
| 13 | It has taken the Tories ' current enthusiasm for copying Labour policies — and this week 's signal from the Bank of England that it favours a form of credit controls — to start to blur that image . |
| 14 | Many of those who have attended the Tories ' daily press conference have effectively written off their chances , at best predicting they will form the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 15 | Two years ago it slashed the gift to £24,000 in protest at the Tories ' high interest rate policy . |
| 16 | But there will be a chill in the relationship following the Tories ' undercover support for George Bush . |
| 17 | Indeed , the election indicates that it is unpopular among the mass of voters , and the Tories ' clear opposition to it helped their victory . |
| 18 | Devonport 's chances are thought to have increased following the Tories ' disastrous performance in last month 's local elections in the South West . |
| 19 | The sitting MP , Robert Hayward , is the Tories ' leading psephologist . |
| 20 | Yet both Labour MPs and Euro-MPs in the Tories ' Christian Democrat sister parties believe the provision has been over-hyped . |