Example sentences of "party [vb past] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At a further party congress held in Rosenheim , Bavaria , on Jan. 13-14 , 1990 , there was internal conflict and a heavy police presence as the party agreed its new programme for the immediate reunification of Germany with its capital in Berlin . |
2 | The ruling Baath Party maintained its dominant position in the Assembly , although its proportion of seats fell from 66 per cent in 1986 to 54 per cent . |
3 | All this minimised waste and thus ensured that each party contributed its fair share to the society . |
4 | The Nationals won 49 per cent of the vote and took 68 of the 97 seats in the unicameral parliament , an increase of 28 ; Labour polled 35 per cent and won 28 seats , a net loss of 28 ; and the left-wing New Labour Party retained its single seat . |
5 | We also know from the honest remarks of the right hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Stepney ( Mr. Shore ) that around two fifths of the Labour party opposed its Front Bench 's policy on Europe . |
6 | Meanwhile , to forestall the wreck , the party secretariat prepared to wind up the secret Supply and Transport Committee before the Labour Party uncovered its strike-breaking organisation . |
7 | The party declared its main goal to be preventing the country 's disintegration . |
8 | The Labour Party began its own Book Service at the end of 1939 in an attempt to provide the alternative , but its efforts were hindered by the war and could not attract a fraction of the readership achieved by the Left Book Club . |
9 | The Liberal Party developed its own brand of ‘ community politics ’ which brought it dividends in electoral terms in local government . |
10 | The guerrillas declared a three-day truce in fighting during the March 1991 legislative and local elections , when the ruling Arena party lost its absolute majority in an enlarged Legislative Assembly [ see p. 38093 ] . |
11 | Now , at Pac Bo , under Ho 's chairmanship , the Party cleared its ideological decks and prepared to take advantage of the even more extraordinary opportunities that would be presented to it by the Second World War . |
12 | In elections to the Jatiya Sangsad ( unicameral parliament ) held on March 3 , 1988 , Ershad 's Jatiya Party increased its absolute majority . |
13 | It is in this context that the Conservative party presented its new programme for the third term , following the Queen 's speech ; a set of policies lent a coherence by the inner city problem : |
14 | ( The Green Party won its first seat in the lower house of parliament , the Dáil , at the last general election in June 1989 ) . |
15 | This sense of self-doubt also had some part in convincing Conservative leaders that neither Britain nor western society could survive another trauma of the seriousness of the First World War and thus , for the only time in history , the party abandoned its usual reliance on strong defences and the balance of power in Europe , adopting a policy towards Nazi Germany known as appeasement . |
16 | The Georgian Communist Party ended its 28th congress on Dec. 8 with the announcement that it was seceding from the CPSU . |
17 | The Green Party held its founding session on Nov. 18 , 1989 , and at a congress on June 2-3 , 1990 , it elected Karoly Szita , Ivan Gyulay and Gyoergy Ilosvay as co-chairs . |
18 | The Lebanese Communist Party held its sixth congress in Beirut in early January . |