Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | A public body is also accountable both politically and administratively : the politicians consider the effect of a given decision on the electorate at the next election ; and the administrators are anxious to avoid any risk of criticism . |
| 2 | Moreover , the coalition government so formed will not have to ( or even be able to ) face the electorate at the next election since the parties to the coalition will be free to fight again as independent entities . |
| 3 | Macmillan worked on the American fear that a crisis in Anglo-American relations might contribute to a Conservative defeat at the next election . |
| 4 | The possibility of a Conservative defeat at the next election promotion investors to unload shares . |
| 5 | Any Conservative you care to converse with will predict a close contest at the next election . |
| 6 | And that is why the SDP was declared to be a spent force the instant David Owen said that it would not be contesting every seat at the next election . |
| 7 | List MdBs must emulate them if they wish to safeguard their place on their party 's list or hope to win a constituency seat at the next election . |
| 8 | At first they talked easily about David 's chances of demobilisation , and the kind of law he would practise when he eventually got back to London , and his prospects of fighting a reasonably safe seat at the next General Election , but inevitably that led on to Julia 's plans . |
| 9 | He sat in the 1835–7 Parliament as member for Harwich and assistant whip , losing his seat at the next general election . |
| 10 | He failed to find a seat at the next general election , but came in for the family borough a few weeks later , and acted as teller against his patron 's impeachment . |
| 11 | He often raises that subject , and we understand his desperation about what will happen to his seat at the next election . |
| 12 | Did she hope to stand in a winnable seat at the next election ? |
| 13 | During his visit Mr Kinnock attacked the Government for its policies on housing , and predicted that the local Conservative MP would lose his seat at the next general election . |
| 14 | All the way to the station she asked it , Shall I jump out of the car at the next light and run ? |
| 15 | If the local organization after an election remained active , on a permanent basis of annual subscription , with a permanent organizing secretary who would attend to the registration work and become the agent at the next election , a candidate could , and probably would , be selected on his merits , and the constituency would be independent of men whose only merit was their wealth . |
| 16 | Tea at the next Q.T. day will be provided by Outer Kent and Essex . |
| 17 | Hopefully all will be well for the teachers responsible for tea at the next meeting . |
| 18 | It is the turn of the teachers in the Richmond and Hounslow area to do tea at the next meeting . |
| 19 | Central London teachers are asked to provide tea at the next training day ( 17th October 1981 ) . |
| 20 | Tea at the next Q.T. Day will be provided by Outer Surrey . |
| 21 | Tea at the next Q.T. Day will be provided by outer Kent and Essex . |
| 22 | Tea at the next Q.T. Day 10th October will be provided by Inner Kent . |
| 23 | The talk at the next meeting at Liphook Village Hall on April 9th is ‘ Wild Flowers Abroad ’ by Mr. H. Ward . |
| 24 | I could hear the talk at the next table , the staccato clatter of Mexican , and behind me the piercing voice of an American woman . |
| 25 | He should take responsibility for doing so or accept responsibility for his party 's vote at the next election , when Labour will be returned . |
| 26 | Ptr. , 1960 S.L.T. ( Notes ) 3 , where the executor of a deceased licence holder to whom the licence had been transferred failed , through inadvertence , not only to apply for a renewal at the next half-yearly meeting , but also to request a licensing court to deal with the matter at an adjourned meeting . |
| 27 | A Liberal Democrat surge at the next general election could not conceivably net more than 34 MPs . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid we wo n't both be able to leave Water Gypsy at the next stop . |
| 29 | And they know they 'll have to unite behind the new one if they 're to be a force at the next General Election . |
| 30 | This can be contrasted with the experience of the person who moved but where there is no clear change in his overall level of engagement at the next datapoint ( Figure 4 ) . |