Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the [adj] party " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday we observed that Mr Jeffrey Archer ( whose idea of canvassing for the Tory Party has revived the lost art of burlesque ) had bet £10 that the Tories will win with a majority of 27 seats . |
| 2 | If you do not wish to be represented by counsel and solicitor then you must lodge here , in person , ten copies of your appeal as required by Rule of Court 269(b) , plus ten copies for the Edinburgh solicitors acting for the other party , together with a Court of Session process in terms of Rule of Court 20 . |
| 3 | These costs are paid straight into the Legal Aid Fund and go to defray the actual costs of the action in the accounts rendered to the Fund by solicitors and counsel acting for the assisted party . |
| 4 | ‘ The IAC consider it damaging for the Labour Party to regard the SDLP as their equivalent in Northern Ireland and the IAC believe the Party should distance itself from the SDLP . ’ |
| 5 | By June 1937 the National Council of Labour , effectively speaking for the Labour Party , decided to reverse its Edinburgh policy and to oppose non-intervention . |
| 6 | It is also clear that in the last two weeks the whole country , as it heard different voices and different noises , has wondered who is speaking for the Labour party . |
| 7 | ‘ Speaking for the Labour Party — ’ |
| 8 | The political repercussions of the events were devastating for the Labour Party . |
| 9 | Presumably the working class were voting for the Labour Party since they saw it as their party and did not need to incentive of a party machine . |
| 10 | And , despite the CPP 's best efforts , attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work ( see page 71 ) : by mid-week the CPP was trailing FUNCINPEC , the party founded by Prince Norodom Sihanouk and run by his son Prince Ranariddh , by 38% to 46% . |
| 11 | In this sense we may talk of there being a shift to the right , even where this is not reflected in voting for the Conservative party . |