Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] political [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the nineteenth century , after the American and French revolutions , another distinction — between monarchy and republic — assumed great importance , and republicanism developed as a radical political movement directed against survivals or attempted restorations of the ancien regime , merging to a large extent with the general democratic movement . |
| 2 | Almost the only significance of Trotskyism in the 1930s was that a tenuous tradition was established which was not to materialize as a significant political influence until the 1960s . |
| 3 | As a result , the ‘ inner city problem ’ has changed somewhat in character since it was first recognized as a major political issue in the mid 1970s . |
| 4 | This decision to resurrect groups which symbolized what de Gaulle , as much as the resisters , regarded as a bankrupt political tradition caused a considerable stir . |
| 5 | It could act as a severe political deterrent . |
| 6 | Even in the nuclear age , war must be approached as a purposeful political act . |
| 7 | It occurred to no one that the empire might survive as a single political unit , or that it ought to do so . |
| 8 | One night at a Sandinista party high on the mountains outside of Jinotega , I found out the advise had first come from a certain political adviser with offices in Old Compton Street , London . |
| 9 | Armed with such views , Mosley entered upon a turbulent political career which saw him move from being the Conservative MP for Harrow in 1918 to , after several political adjustments , becoming Labour MP for Smethwick in 1926 . |
| 10 | Although Churchill sometimes appeared to be unhappy about it , planning for the peace was widely accepted as a legitimate political task during the war . |
| 11 | This is the context in which the new pop concern to disrupt consumption can be seen as a valid political project . |
| 12 | It can now be seen as a deliberate political reaction to the earlier building , and it is even recorded that on its completion in 537 Justinian promised God that he himself had ‘ vanquished Solomon . ’ |
| 13 | Moreover , a parliament will benefit from a thriving political culture and critical scrutiny and debate in the media and , conversely , suffer from public apathy . |
| 14 | According to a highly-placed political source in west Belfast , councillors and community workers have been acting as intermediaries between the UFF/UVF and senior Government officials . |
| 15 | The latest anti-government protests came amidst a growing political crisis within the FLN [ see p. 37795 ] and nationwide strikes over rising prices and unemployment [ see pp. 37795-96 ] . |
| 16 | Since the World War II , it has gradually changed from being selective , non-selective and then selective again , according to the Government and has been used as a great political tool . |
| 17 | To say , for example , that ‘ Woman is the most intelligent of the animals ’ is therefore interpreted as a definite political statement . |
| 18 | Integrity would not be needed as a distinct political virtue in a utopian state . |
| 19 | It hastened the process by which the Labour Party developed into a unitary political party in alliance with the trade unions and with a commitment to parliamentary socialism and against authoritarian socialism . |
| 20 | There were some Gaullists , like Brossolette , who hoped , in light of the apparent ideological convergence between the General and the Resistance in 1942 – 43 , that Gaullism might evolve into a permanent political movement , a broad progressive " rally " ( " rassemblement " ) to replace the discredited political parties of the Third Republic . |
| 21 | Foreign Ministers called for a comprehensive political settlement , and spoke of " the need to create the conditions for an early deployment of UN peacekeeping forces " . |
| 22 | Unemployment remained high by historic standards ( a peak of 3.2 million being reached in April 1985 ) ; but somehow it appeared to have been defused as a major political issue during the eighties , partly through redundancy payments . |
| 23 | Some 200 people in possession of pamphlets calling for a multiparty political system were reported to have been arrested in recent weeks around the country ; the human rights organization Amnesty International said that many people working in companies with facsimile transmission machines capable of receiving opposition literature printed abroad were among those detained . |
| 24 | This need to deal with a tricky political environment has often led to managerial centralization of decisions that may have political overtones , and a consensual style of leadership based around committee structures ( e.g. Batstone et al. |
| 25 | West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl broke off his visit to Poland on Friday and flew home to deal with a dramatic political situation after East Germany opened its borders to the West . |
| 26 | Attitudes on an issue which hardly ever figures in the popular press and does not fit into a ready-made political rut are bound to change slowly . |
| 27 | A metaphor based on a current political concern had ousted the doctrine of the atonement . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate . |
| 29 | Some speculation in the local press discussed the possibility that the killing was inspired by a so-called political mafiaintersecting both the military and the former ruling party , the National Liberation Front ( FLN ) . |
| 30 | TANU had succeeded in coping with a nationalist political movement , but could it cope with the demands of people whose national political consciousness might be further aroused by messages coming from outside the party 's framework of control ? |