Example sentences of "[conj] at the [adj] [adj] election " in BNC.

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1 He has refused to rush legislative changes through , but he has not ruled out proposals on electoral reform which could be put before the electorate either in a referendum or at the next general election .
2 Is it not clear that at the next general election the public will face a clear choice between lower personal taxes under a Conservative Government or swingeing increased taxes under Labour ?
3 In the event , however , Labour actually suffered a swing against it compared with 1986 , lost a net total of 20 seats and , in some boroughs , even performed less well than at the 1987 general election .
4 In 1979 he won Birkenhead , succeeding Mr Edmund Dell , and at the last general election his majority was 15,372 .
5 Even if at the next general election Labour does better than ever before in attracting working-class support , say 80 per cent of the working class , it still would not have a majority of the vote .
6 By May 1989 inflation at over 8 per cent was at the same level as at the 1979 general election and unemployment , though falling , was higher than in 1979 .
7 As at the last general election , and under the UK system of government , Labour , with 39 per cent of the vote , has 68 per cent of the Scottish parliamentary seats , whereas the SNP , with 21.5 per cent of the vote , has 4 per cent of the seats .
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