Example sentences of "[prep] the conservatives ['s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was partly due to the timescale involved ( the commitment to privatise during the Conservatives ' third term ruled out any complex break-up ) , but was also due to the problems involved with the nuclear industry . |
| 2 | However , promises were made to shift the emphasis of policy during the Conservatives ' third term towards reforming the private rented sector of the housing market . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Whether people named defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme depended a great deal upon the date of the interview and rather less upon their personal characteristics or even their pattern of media use . |
| 5 | Connie Hedegaard took over from Engell as the Conservatives ' parliamentary leader . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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% . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But the much more rigorous policy embodied in the Conservatives ' Industrial Relations Act of 1971 was a revolution in the long story . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was returned to office in May 1929 with 287 seats to the Conservatives ' 261 and the Liberals ' 59 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | At the Conservatives ' daily press briefing Mr Major unreservedly backed Mr Baker . |
| 19 | This argument is crucial , if not yet fully absorbed , by the Conservatives ' current strategists . |