Example sentences of "[art] tories ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pilger Labour shares the Tories ' great power pretensions |
| 2 | JOHN PILGER The ghost of Mrs Thatcher Labour shares the Tories ' great power pretensions |
| 3 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 4 | He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook . |
| 5 | CHRIS PATTEN , the architect of the Tories ' glorious election victory , was in London this week , seeing the Prime Minister about his plans for Hong Kong . |
| 6 | Emma Nicholson , the Tories ' former vice-chairman , could lose to Liberal Democrats in Devon West and Torridge , and Sir Gerry Neale is at risk from the Liberal Democrats in North Cornwall . |
| 7 | Much of the Tories ' present difficulty is , in my view , caused by their having spent 16 months being politically correct themselves . |
| 8 | But continued success in cutting tax rates is at risk from the Tories ' present policies . |
| 9 | If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all . |
| 10 | With the ground shifting beneath both ‘ imperial greatness ’ and unproblematic prosperity the Tories ' electoral bloc showed increasing signs of weakness . |
| 11 | The final push — intended to win over waverers , particularly those considering voting Liberal Democrat — was given added impetus with the Tories ' final election broadcast last night , stressing Mr Major 's international role . |
| 12 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |
| 13 | The Labour group , currently with 25 seats compared to the Tories ' 57 , believes it needs another 25 to gain control — depending on how well or badly the Liberal Democrats fare . |
| 14 | In this scenario Labour needs to play safe , while the Tories ' waning popularity in the country takes its toll on Major 's position . |
| 15 | That may appear less than thorough yet it is on the basis of these estimates , and those of other estate agents acting in the same way , that the Tories ' new Council Tax ( the sequel to the Poll Tax ) will be based . |
| 16 | The Tories ' new charges for eye and dental checks have led to a 30pc drop in tests performed , this has resulted in eye and dental diseases being detected later if at all , making them more difficult and expensive to treat . |
| 17 | The Tories ' overwhelming victory in 1987 appeared to set the seal upon the triumph of bourgeois capitalism . |
| 18 | He apologised for trying to blame them over the Tories ' economic blunders . |
| 19 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |
| 20 | If there is a single secret behind the Tories ' amazing , unprecedented four-timer it is this . |
| 21 | It has taken the Tories ' current enthusiasm for copying Labour policies — and this week 's signal from the Bank of England that it favours a form of credit controls — to start to blur that image . |
| 22 | Labour is outstripped by the Tories ' 61 women councillors out of 257 ( 24 per cent ) and the Liberal Democrats ' 39 out of 137 ( 28 per cent ) . |
| 23 | The review will lead to a ‘ green ’ White Paper , planned for publication next summer and likely to provide the kernel of the Tories ' next general election manifesto . |
| 24 | Many of those who have attended the Tories ' daily press conference have effectively written off their chances , at best predicting they will form the largest party in a hung parliament . |
| 25 | The second part of the plan was to turn to the Tories ' own strong issues for the last 10 days : defence , foreign policy , law and order and — hard though it is in a recession — the economy . |
| 26 | Law and order should be one of the Tories ' strongest cards , but record crime figures have tarnished their record . |
| 27 | Elizabeth Rex , of Harwich , raised the Tories ' much-criticised European elections poster whose message read : ‘ Stay at home on June 15 and you 'll live on a diet of Brussels . ’ |
| 28 | Two years ago it slashed the gift to £24,000 in protest at the Tories ' high interest rate policy . |
| 29 | But there will be a chill in the relationship following the Tories ' undercover support for George Bush . |
| 30 | Indeed , the election indicates that it is unpopular among the mass of voters , and the Tories ' clear opposition to it helped their victory . |