Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the executive also turned its collective mind to the task of responding to a resolution at the conference which had been sponsored by the Preston Trades Council , drawing attention to the deficiencies of the party in facing a general election , and asking that the machinery should be improved so that the party might ‘ make a determined bid for a Labour majority at the next General Election ’ . |
| 2 | If there are two parties each putting forward programmes which they are pledged to carry out if elected to government , and which they are able to carry out because they possess sufficient internal cohesion , then the electorate in choosing a programme ( and a programme at that which has been drawn up to appeal to their interests ) mandates a party to carry out its programme and holds the party accountable for its adequate fulfillment at the next election . |
| 3 | He urged me to look elsewhere — particularly in the fields owned by an old lady at the next farm called Low Birk Hatt , because they were far more colourful than his . |
| 4 | Norway 's project will be assessed by the IWC and its scientific committee at the next annual meeting in Scotland in June . |
| 5 | In my view it is clear that the party is very much in search of a leader , very anxious , if it is to make an adequate showing at the next general election , over the fact that it needs a symbol of more meaning to the mass electorate than Mr Attlee . |
| 6 | But it seems a waste of the resources to er have er , ten different meetings for thirty cases we that 's , that 's my view but , I would like to see another report at the next meeting so as we can compare . |
| 7 | There will be a further report at the next Personnel Meeting on the outcome of the meeting that we held with J C C meeting on the twelfth of January and a further meeting is being fixed up for February . |
| 8 | On behalf of the Labour party , I invite you to join the vast majority of people in this country at the next election and to vote Labour . |
| 9 | A young bridal couple at the next table , returning from their honeymoon in Cairo , peeled hard-boiled eggs and ate in silence . |
| 10 | The French couple at the next table heard the scurrilous word and stared reproachfully at this affront to their palates . |
| 11 | WHEN constituency boundaries have been re-arranged , Labour will probably need to gain an extra 75 seats if it is to win an overall majority at the next election . |
| 12 | It was agreed that a joint group of experts or deputy foreign ministers from Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland would prepare a joint stand at the next Helsinki conference in 1991 , while another group would work out a plan of action for " entering Europe " . |
| 13 | A very gallant gentleman at the next table came over and for no particular reason , kissed my hand ! |
| 14 | Obediently , resignedly , he swings the car round in a dangerous U-turn at the next intersection and they flash back towards the airport , the jewel factories and towerblocks of the Bangkok suburbs thinning out again to the dim outlines of swampy fields pierced by palmtree plantations . |
| 15 | The houses will then almost certainly return to the rates established on the previous day at the next round of assistance . |
| 16 | There were few predictions of a Tory victory at the next general election and even some concern that the country might topple over into serious civil strife . |
| 17 | Describing the report as " shamefully inadequate " the Social Democrat delegate and others walked out and declared that they would withdraw completely if Modrow ( who was in Bulgaria for a COMECON meeting — see p. 37202 ) did not present a satisfactory report at the next session on Jan. 15 . |
| 18 | This year 's production number was of particular interest and significance because the Conservative high command is planning to make leadership a key issue at the next general election , only two years away . |
| 19 | On Dec. 18 Ariel Sharon , the hardline Housing and Contruction Minister , announced his intention to challenge his Likud colleague Itzhak Shamir for the post of Prime Minister at the next elections . |
| 20 | The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . |
| 21 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Since then I 've been in contact with Kate Noble of Age Concern and we 've arranged for her to give a short presentation at the next meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council on Thursday 21st January at 7.30 p.m. in Scorton School . |
| 24 | It was , he said , a ‘ new Victorian Poor Law ’ which would pave the way for the election of a Labour Government at the next election . |
| 25 | Did she hope to stand in a winnable seat at the next election ? |
| 26 | Erm we 'll talk some more too about the away day at the next session . |
| 27 | The companies wrote to the Clerk to the Commissioners on 31 January 1991 , stating their intention to apply for a 90-day extension at the next meeting , explaining why they would not be able to comply with the precepts in the 50-day time limit . |
| 28 | … to find and provide one third part of the entertainment on next St James ' Day each unless they shall severally pay the usual fine of £15 each in lieu of serving the said officer at the next court … |
| 29 | The new system depended upon annual surveys being published each year , together with five-year plans , rolled forward one year at the next annual planning round.2 In this pattern of five-year plans , the first two were to be in detail , and the next three in outline . |
| 30 | Fernand Léger and Lipinski the revolutionary were earnestly discussing the political situation at the next table . |