Example sentences of "win the general " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rail unions said yesterday there would be widespread line closures and the down-grading of some InterCity routes if the Conservative Party wins the general election . |
| 2 | The bill is just over £300 and is the last poll tax bill which will have to be paid , no matter who wins the General Election . |
| 3 | Mr Prescott has pledged to review the move in the early days of a Labour government if his party wins the General Election . |
| 4 | Nor was the British Labour came to Morocco that Mrs Margaret Thatcher , the leader of the Conservative Party , had promised informally that is she won the general election , which was expected soon in Britain , she would welcome Britain 's old ally and friend . |
| 5 | Will he confirm that after he has won the general election and is back in No. 10 , he will have no intention of changing our voting system ? |
| 6 | The National Democratic Congress party , which has six seats and is headed by Mr Nicholas Brathwaite , is tipped to win the general election . |
| 7 | And as a result of doing all these things , ad nauseam , one had begun to believe something which now , with the benefit of hindsight , appears utterly incredible : that Labour was going to win the general election . |
| 8 | Attlee did not expect to win the general election held on 5 July 1945 ( though the result was not declared until 26 July , to allow the votes of the Armed Forces to be garnered from around the globe ) . |
| 9 | And in Britain , the Labour Party 's failure to win the General Election meant the money men could enjoy the spoils without the threat of a big tax bill . |
| 10 | ON THE eve of the FA Cup semi-finals Labour have hinted that if they win the General Election , Third and Fourth Division grounds may not have to become all-seat , despite the Taylor Report 's recommendations . |
| 11 | Does he agree that it would be an act of the most amazing folly to tamper with the provisions that currently apply , and yet that is exactly what the Opposition are committed to doing if they win the general election ? |
| 12 | A senior Labour man told me that if the Tories win the General Election , Labour will go all out for PR , but if Labour win forget it . |
| 13 | Ecstatically , with enthusiasm and with people picking up the steely determination , that we 've all got to work with every energy to make sure that we win the General Election , as simple as that . |
| 14 | Such was the speed that Dancing Brave showed when winning the General Accident Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket that some felt that the Derby — half a mile longer than the Guineas — might not be his race , but he took his chance at Epsom and started 2–1 favourite . |
| 15 | Robert Jenkinson , second Earl of Liverpool , was Tory Prime Minister for 15 years until 1827 , winning the General Elections of 1812 , 1817 , 1821 and 1826 . |
| 16 | Happened to Harold Macmillan at Torrington in ‘ 58 : swing to the Liberals of 32.8% there , bigger than last week 's at Newbury , but it did n't stop us winning the general election in ‘ 59 . |
| 17 | But the overwhelming majority of the party was fully prepared to give Mr Major full credit for winning the general election and driving the Maastricht Bill through ‘ and back him 100 per cent ’ . |
| 18 | But it was the Whigs who won the general election ; and they returned to office committed to parliamentary reform , the measure which for all the variety of the causes of social unrest and of the disorders they prompted , came increasingly to be the focus of the general demand for change . |
| 19 | After Labour won the general election of 1964 and 1966 , the Conservatives were on the defensive , until the consequences following on the deflation of July 1966 began to make the Labour Government unpopular . |
| 20 | The two main political parties had converged and when the Conservatives won the general election of October 1951 , the main lines of economic policy were maintained . |
| 21 | The DLP won the general election on Jan. 22 , 1991 [ see below ; pp. 37955-56 ] . |
| 22 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ As soon as circumstances allow , Smith will resume his attempt to water down the manifesto on which Labour won the general election in Scotland . |