Example sentences of "for the tories [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A favourable vote for the Tories on Maastricht and hopes that the Democrats will revive the US economy triggered a mini buying spree . |
| 2 | So far no party has really impressed Jim but he will vote for the Tories on April 9 , more to keep Labour out than the Conservatives in . |
| 3 | A fierce reaction followed , which resulted in the downfall of the Whig ministry , and a massive victory for the Tories at the subsequent general election . |
| 4 | Therein lies the danger for the Tories in rediscovering him . |
| 5 | The SDLP 's public support for the Tories in the 1987 General Election caused its former leader , Gerry Fitt to comment : ‘ I would not vote for the SDLP because it is not a socialist party … |
| 6 | For the record , John Browne 's polled 32,195 votes for the Tories in 1987 , Alliance candidate Jock Macdonald took 24,716 votes , Labour 4,028 and the Green party 565 . |
| 7 | The two newcomers to Westminster — Niranjan Deva for the Tories in Brentford and Isleworth , and Piara Khabra for Labour in Ealing Southall — retained seats previously held by white MPs . |
| 8 | SHARES on the London market rocketed to within a whisker of their all-time peak yesterday on hopes of a further cut in interest rates and victory for the Tories in the Maastricht vote . |
| 9 | Shadow foreign secretary Jack Cunningham dismissed referendum calls as ‘ a perfect smokescreen for the Tories in the worst economic crisis for 60 years . ’ |
| 10 | Former policeman Alan Earle , 52 , of High Street , Norton , has been chosen to try to retain the Norton ward for the Tories in the March 12 by-election called after the death of Cleveland County Councillor Hilda Reading . |
| 11 | Last night Schools Minister Michael Fallon , standing again for the Tories in Darlington , warned that meddling with the CTCs would be ‘ a disaster . ’ |
| 12 | The public sector and its workers have benefited from a series of pre-election sweeteners , but Major 's one ‘ big idea ’ , the Citizen 's Charter , has offered diminishing returns for the Tories from its inception . |
| 13 | Held for the Tories by Dudley Fishburn since the 1988 by-election , it is vulnerable to a swing to Labour of 7.1 per cent . |