Example sentences of "[verb] the conservatives ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has the Conservatives ' emphasis on strong policing and punishment succeeded where the supposedly soft approach of the Labour Party had failed ? |
| 2 | A BILL to replace the Conservatives ' local taxes with ‘ fair rates ’ heads a list of three measures that Labour would introduce within weeks of taking office , Mr Kinnock said at a media briefing in London yesterday . |
| 3 | So there 's still a chance that he 'll become the Conservatives ' first black MP . |
| 4 | We will renounce the Conservatives ' Maastricht ‘ opt-out ’ clause , accept the timetabled approach to EMU , and renegotiate the Social Chapter with a positive British input . |
| 5 | We will renounce the Conservatives ' ‘ opt-out ’ clause and accept the timetable for EMU . |
| 6 | The recent controversies over both the Maastricht amendment and Workfare serve to betray the Conservatives ' real economic aim of making Britain the low wage centre of Europe . |
| 7 | Ministers are also determined to use the Tory conference to counter-attack Labour 's successful conference week and lift the Conservatives ' sagging spirits . |
| 8 | We will stop the Conservatives ' adult education cuts and encourage local authorities to develop adult and community education and access courses , particularly for mature students . |
| 9 | THE man who pulled the Conservatives ' favourite advertising agency , Saatchi & Saatchi , back from the brink , yesterday confirmed his departure . |
| 10 | Labour will end the Conservatives ' freeze on benefits for widowed mothers and other lone parents . |
| 11 | The pessimists feared the Conservatives ' nine seats could even be wiped out north of the border . |
| 12 | We reject the Conservatives ' unfair banding and discount system , which would create a property poll tax . |
| 13 | Mr Alan Milburn , the Labour candidate , said the Conservatives ' pilot schemes had been a failure . |
| 14 | Norman MacAskill , Inverness , said the Conservatives ' case for re-structuring councils was fraudulent , as the majority of those who wanted single-tier councils saw it as part of the move to a Scottish parliament . |
| 15 | Labour has to find a defence and foreign policy that rejects the Conservatives ' Great Power illusions . |
| 16 | Russia , preoccupied with economic crisis and political in-fighting , seemed hardly to notice the Conservatives ' victory . |
| 17 | We will reform the Conservatives ' scheme for the local management of schools . |
| 18 | We will reform the Conservatives ' scheme for the local management of schools . |
| 19 | We will also launch a new programme to invest £60 million in the modernisation of Britain 's cancer services , using the resources we will save by scrapping the Conservatives ' tax handout on private medical insurance . |
| 20 | Kinnock dismissed the proposed Charter on July 23 as " an election gimmick " designed to boost the Conservatives ' electoral ratings rather than tackle the relevant issues , and said that it was an implicit admission that the government had allowed the quality of public services to decline during its years in office . |
| 21 | SIR — Following the Conservatives ' election victory may I , as chairman of the governors of a large rural comprehensive school , make a threefold plea in respect of the future of state education . |
| 22 | Encourage individual and corporate sponsorship , review the role of the Foundation for Arts and Sport and reconsider the Conservatives ' hasty proposal for a national lottery . |