Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] conservatives ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEACHER unions should accept the implications of the Conservatives ' election victory and abandon their opposition to opt-out schools , the leader of one of the main classroom organisations said yesterday . |
| 2 | The European elections saw Labour capture forty-five seats to the Conservatives ' thirty-two , the first major defeat for Mrs Thatcher in ten years of premiership . |
| 3 | It was returned to office in May 1929 with 287 seats to the Conservatives ' 261 and the Liberals ' 59 . |
| 4 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
| 5 | Those who studied the parties ' platforms carefully would have had to relate the Labour Party 's generally stronger commitment to universal social security policies to the Conservatives ' specific pledge . |
| 6 | Critics of the Conservatives ' policy on health point to the decline in the number of people having eye tests since the introduction of a fixed charge for the service . |
| 7 | MR NORMAN Tebbit 's decision to raise the stakes in the Conservatives ' Hong Kong immigration row with a brutal attack on the Cabinet 's policy last night convinced some MPs that he is preparing a bid for the party leadership when Mrs Thatcher retires . |
| 8 | The aim of this chapter is to assess the achievements of the Conservatives ' years in office . |
| 9 | A spokesman stressed that the government was still committed to setting up the agency ( one of the commitments in the Conservatives ' election manifesto ) , and that the necessary bill would be introduced later in 1992 or in 1993 . |
| 10 | Because the polls , and therefore the program , are likely to shortchange the minor parties , and because the minor parties are most likely to make gains at the Conservatives ' expense , the program is liable to project somewhat too high a level of Tory parliamentary support . |