Example sentences of "that [art] conservatives " in BNC.

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1 Constituency Labour Party and trade union delegates seized eagerly on the common feeling that the Conservatives economic and political trials , and the disarray of the centre parties , were at last combining to open a window of opportunity .
2 Mr Lawson declared that the Conservatives ‘ never have been and never will be the party of devaluation . ’
3 At all times , almost everyone who had seen a poll noticed that the Conservatives were top , but perceptions of which party was in second place varied sharply .
4 When the campaign opened , it was not immediately obvious which particular issues the parties would choose to stress ; but by the middle of the campaign it was clear that the Conservatives were focusing on defence issues where their policy was so much more popular than Labour 's , if only because it seemed so much simpler to explain .
5 As the election approached , perceptions about party chances became more homogeneous and the predictability of different perceptions of Conservative and Alliance chances sank to a very low level : most voters thought that the Conservatives ' chances were good and that Alliance chances were poor .
6 The overall expectation was that the Conservatives would win and in the event they did so with rather more comfort than the polls had tended to suggest .
7 It was widely believed that the Conservatives ' heavy defeat in the Vale of Glamorgan by-election in May 1989 was partly due to the campaign of local general practitioners against the government 's health plans .
8 None of these trends in social and economic structure and party identification mean that Labour can never win again , nor that the Conservatives are sure to win .
9 His Majesty told him that the Conservatives and Liberals would support him in restoring the confidence of foreigners in the financial stability of the country ’ .
10 This is all logical enough given Fforde 's conviction that collectivism comes from ‘ areas other than the British Conservative party ’ , but Fforde seems to forget that the Conservatives were in power for fifty-five of the 100 years from the dawn of collectivism to the edge of Thatcherism , and must , therefore , have been at least partly responsible for some of Keith Joseph 's ‘ detritus ’ .
11 In his zeal to demonstrate that the Conservatives were committed individualists Fforde refuses to accept that there may have been real disagreements within the party .
12 The initial result was that the Conservatives had sought to counter the collectivist strategy of progressivism with a collectivism of their own , while individualist arguments had been relegated to the margins of Conservative politics .
13 By the late 1920 , following the General Strike and the problem of dealing with the Poor Law authorities , Baldwin decided that the Conservatives would fight the 1929 General Election on its past record rather than a future commitment to major social reform .
14 He said it correctly suspecting that the Conservatives were about to be pitched back into opposition by Lord Aberdeen 's coalition of Peelites , Whigs and Liberals .
15 An opinion poll conducted among passengers by driver Tony Norris proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the Conservatives will confound the nation on Thursday .
16 PRIVATE client stockbroker Adams & Nevile is hopeful that the Conservatives will remain in government following the Tory manifesto promise of a ‘ millenium fund ’ to promote British national pride .
17 He believes that at below 2400 points the downside of a hung parliament is limited and that there remains upside in the chance that the Conservatives ‘ could still sneak in ’ .
18 Not that the Conservatives — that is , the London government — are much better .
19 HOWEVER confident we pretend to be that the Conservatives will be returned with a majority of at least 25 , we must accept the possibility that this gesticulating Welsh oaf will hold centre-stage until such time as the economy , public order and constitution collapse about his ears .
20 He told thousands of supporters at a rally in Blackburn , Lancs , that the Conservatives did not deserve to win on their economic record , and had run out of ideas for rescuing the country from recession .
21 Mr Kinnock told thousands of enthusiastic supporters at a rally in Blackburn , Lancs , that the Conservatives did not deserve to win on their economic record , and had run out of ideas for rescuing the country from recession .
22 His remarks were seen as a hint that the Conservatives might let a minority Government led by Mr Kinnock stay in office if it toned down its programme , rather than force an immediate second election .
23 Interviewed last night on Channel 4 News , Mr Major also conceded that the Conservatives might not have been ‘ sensitive enough ’ to some of the concerns in Scotland .
24 The latest Gallup survey suggests that neither the Conservatives nor Labour will have an outright majority in the new Parliament but that the Conservatives will be the largest single party .
25 As to the first , looking at the record since 1987 , I can not bring myself to say that the Conservatives have earned victory .
26 Mr Hurd , Foreign Secretary , said he was ‘ sad ’ that the Conservatives had lost Pendle .
27 This broadcast was immediately preceded by a report where predictions were already showing that the Conservatives were very likely to gain an overall majority .
28 ‘ Now that the Conservatives have got in it is more than likely that we will get a base rate cut and so all investment rates will fall . ’
29 With Labour facing a period of confusion , the Liberal Democrats will seek to offer ‘ leadership ’ to demoralised anti-Tory voters who now fear that the Conservatives can not be beaten .
30 With Labour facing a period of confusion , the Liberal Democrats will seek to offer ‘ leadership ’ to demoralised anti-Tory voters who now fear that the Conservatives can not be beaten .
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