Example sentences of "[art] conservatives ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the essence of the Conservatives ' problem . |
| 2 | But the conservatives ' influence has lately seemed on the wane . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | TEACHER unions should accept the implications of the Conservatives ' election victory and abandon their opposition to opt-out schools , the leader of one of the main classroom organisations said yesterday . |
| 5 | Despite the Conservatives ' election victory and the easing of rates since their high point in August 1990 , recovery seemed a long way off even before the events of Black Wednesday . |
| 6 | A spokesman stressed that the government was still committed to setting up the agency ( one of the commitments in the Conservatives ' election manifesto ) , and that the necessary bill would be introduced later in 1992 or in 1993 . |
| 7 | Crime is the Conservatives ' ace-in-the-hole , claims Tory candidate Simon Fowler , with their record of giving the police greater resources , increased community-based policing in the North-East and tougher sentences for criminals , including joyriders . |
| 8 | The Conservatives ' bonfire of planning controls has led to ill-thought out development , often against the wishes of local people . |
| 9 | The show that underlined changing days was the Oxford review , Beyond The Fringe , with its mild demolition job on national pretensions which had been the Conservatives ' stock-in-trade since 1951 . |
| 10 | The Conservatives ' advantage over Labour in the post-election survey is nearly double what it was in 1964 and treble what it was as recently as on Tuesday and Wednesday last week : 1964Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Now Conservatives ' best 45 45 43 44 45 52 Labour best 34 37 38 38 38 31 Con advantage+11 +8 +5 +6 +7+21 While the Tories were triumphing on the issues , they were also triumphing on the matter of personal leadership . |
| 11 | Labour will end the Conservatives ' freeze on benefits for widowed mothers and other lone parents . |
| 12 | Arms sales recovered with the Conservatives ' return . |
| 13 | Far from being ‘ independent ’ , Trident , like the Conservatives ' manifesto insistence on Britain ‘ leading the way ’ , is just a hollow shell . |
| 14 | The Conservatives ' legislation to impose legal constraints on picketing , industrial action , the closed shop , the use of political funds , and so on , was justified as a means of removing impediments , both to the flexible operation of the labour market , and to the ‘ rights ’ and liberties of individual workers . |
| 15 | The Edwardian ‘ crisis of Conservatism ’ and the Conservatives ' wartime recovery offer the chance for a brief historical assessment of the ideological origins of the Thatcherite revolution . |
| 16 | But there is no evidence to suggest that those buying shares in privatised industries have then gone on to buy other shares , and the Conservatives ' boast of a share-owning democracy does not stand up to serious examination . |
| 17 | In many ways the Conservatives ' descent towards violence over the Ulster question , and Bonar Law 's ‘ new style ’ . |
| 18 | We will reform the Conservatives ' scheme for the local management of schools . |
| 19 | We will reform the Conservatives ' scheme for the local management of schools . |
| 20 | The Conservatives ' share of the vote was 14.6 per cent , compared with 19.8 per cent in the previous local elections in 1985 [ see pp. 34505-06 ] . |
| 21 | Has the Conservatives ' emphasis on strong policing and punishment succeeded where the supposedly soft approach of the Labour Party had failed ? |
| 22 | Mr Alan Milburn , the Labour candidate , said the Conservatives ' pilot schemes had been a failure . |
| 23 | Turning to the White Paper , to be published before the next party conference , he said it would set out the Conservatives ' agenda for the rest of this century . |
| 24 | The Conservatives ' taxation and benefit policies have redistributed income from the poor to the rich . |
| 25 | The Conservatives ' education spokesperson of the mid-1970s , Norman St John-Stevas , argued in favour of a ‘ parents ' charter ’ ; he called for clearer obligations on LEAs and the state to comply with parental wishes . |
| 26 | Mr Chairman I would like to move the resolution in standing in the Conservatives ' name I would say that I would hope that erm the other side would er join with us in voting that through and certainly have no problem with the relevant resolution that Mr put forward . |
| 27 | This ‘ hard line strategy ’ reveals yet again the contradictions inherent in the Conservatives ' law and order policy . |
| 28 | While we have charted the moves away from the more strident outpourings of the 1979 campaign , within the Conservatives ' law and order strategy over the last decade , it should not be assumed that they will not revert to this rhetoric if the need arises . |
| 29 | The Conservatives ' position has improved considerably since Mr Major became Prime Minister but they were actually better placed relative to Labour when they lost to Harold Wilson in 1964. 1964AprilNow 1990 Conservatives best 45 35 45 Labour best 34 46 38 Tory advantage+1111 +7 |
| 30 | All its major innovations — the sale of council houses , the reform of the unions , privatization of industry , tax reform — had met with popular acclaim and substantially added to the Conservatives ' constituency . |