Example sentences of "the conservatives ' [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Conservatives ' best hope for the county council elections , held on the same day , was to contain losses . |
2 | Ironically one of those who could n't make it was the Conservatives ' first Asian Tory MP Nirj Deva , who is serving a life ban at the restaurant for becoming ‘ too exuberant ’ there seven years ago . |
3 | So there 's still a chance that he 'll become the Conservatives ' first black MP . |
4 | Because MPs enjoy such low status , because the work is so poorly paid , because the upper classes have largely abandoned ideas of ‘ service ’ , and because the selection process has killed off the old boy network , there is less and less interest in politics in the Conservatives ' traditional reservoir of support . |
5 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
6 | ‘ When people vote on the day , they are looking at the party who will form the government , and in this part of the country they do not want socialism , ’ said Mr Peter Hodgson , the Conservatives ' Western Area chairman , who was confident the Conservatives would retain all their seats . |
7 | The pessimists feared the Conservatives ' nine seats could even be wiped out north of the border . |
8 | This argument is crucial , if not yet fully absorbed , by the Conservatives ' current strategists . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Indeed in the Conservatives ' 1987 Election Manifesto , there was ample support for the NHS and no mention of an enhanced role for the private sector . |
11 | with the GDR proved more than the conservatives ' right wing could stomach . |
12 | Er , the European project goes on and for many of the newer generations in this place , it 's not longer an article of faith er but a part of the political landscape that has to be dealt with on merit and it 's all the more ludicrous therefore Mr Deputy Speaker , that the Conservatives ' internal divisions over Maastricht have led to a situation where candidates for the ever more important European elections are only now being selected in certain seats , just fourteen weeks before the election . |
13 | In this chapter we have tried to give some idea of the impact of the Conservatives ' economic and social policies upon those crimes which do not fit into their own view of criminality . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Those who studied the parties ' platforms carefully would have had to relate the Labour Party 's generally stronger commitment to universal social security policies to the Conservatives ' specific pledge . |
17 | Labour has to find a defence and foreign policy that rejects the Conservatives ' Great Power illusions . |
18 | But the much more rigorous policy embodied in the Conservatives ' Industrial Relations Act of 1971 was a revolution in the long story . |
19 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
20 | After the announcement of the Conservatives ' general election victory , gilts enjoyed a period of steady demand from investors , including those from overseas , and yields fell from just under 10% to a little above 9% . |
21 | The Conservatives ' worst performances , in contrast , came where they had a majority on the council and there had been a large increase in bills . |
22 | Kinnock 's success in altering party policy was made easier , if less meaningful , by the end of the cold war , but a public onslaught on the Conservatives ' military record , including the maintainance of Trident , would have opened up debate within Labour ranks , as well as risking alienating voters on the question of defence employment . |
23 | The Conservatives ' original goal in opposition was to stabilize the total public spending figure in real terms at its 1977 level and for that total to fall as a share of GDP as the economy grew . |
24 | It was returned to office in May 1929 with 287 seats to the Conservatives ' 261 and the Liberals ' 59 . |
25 | He poured scorn on the Conservatives ' pre-election assurances on their low-tax policy , describing the Government as ‘ political cheats who have got into power by sheer dishonesty and by defrauding the electorate ’ . |
26 | We reject the Conservatives ' unfair banding and discount system , which would create a property poll tax . |
27 | At the Conservatives ' daily news conference , Mr Mellor , the Treasury Chief Secretary , recalled the sharp fall in share prices on Wednesday after opinion polls indicating Labour had a clear lead . |
28 | At the Conservatives ' daily press briefing Mr Major unreservedly backed Mr Baker . |
29 | THE man who pulled the Conservatives ' favourite advertising agency , Saatchi & Saatchi , back from the brink , yesterday confirmed his departure . |
30 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |