Example sentences of "[conj] at the [adj] general [noun] " 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 | Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' . |
| 5 | In 1979 he won Birkenhead , succeeding Mr Edmund Dell , and at the last general election his majority was 15,372 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Perhaps it is a coincidence but at the Annual General Meeting in November he was elected Captain . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |