Example sentences of "[num] [art] conservatives " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 1979 the Conservatives forced local authorities to sell their houses and flats to sitting tenants . |
| 2 | So since 1979 the Conservatives have made a determined effort to curtail local expenditure . |
| 3 | Labour opposed this measure and limited its impact , but on returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives , by reducing new expenditure on public housing , modifying the subsidy formula and encouraging rents to rise , set out to eliminate most subsidies to public housing . |
| 4 | On first returning to power in 1979 the Conservatives set out to make piecemeal adjustments to the social security system . |
| 5 | Then , in 1979 the Conservatives won a clear majority . |
| 6 | For example , in October 1974 the Labour Government secured the support of 39.2 per cent of those who voted and just over a quarter of the electorate ; in 1979 the Conservatives gained 43.9 per cent of the vote and the support of around a third of the electorate ; and in 1983 , the Conservative landslide of seats ( their parliamentary majority trebled ) was based on just 42.4 per cent of the vote — less than they got when they lost in 1964 , less than they got in 1979 , the fifth-lowest Conservative vote since the war , and the lowest vote-count by a government with a secure majority since 1922 . |
| 7 | The only difference between then and now is that in 1946 the Conservatives were more honest . |
| 8 | In 1902 the Conservatives enacted an important Education Act . |
| 9 | In the 1970s the Conservatives floated an alternative approach , a form of negative income tax called ‘ tax credits ’ , and implemented a means-tested benefit for poor wage-earners , ‘ family income supplement ’ . |
| 10 | By the early 1920s , however , the NCOAP 's rhetoric on thrift had become , in a sense , a gift to the enemy : in November 1923 the Conservatives pledged that ‘ the encouragement of thrift and independence must be the underlying principle of all our social reforms ’ , whilst in his election address of the following year Baldwin declared that the aim of ‘ all-in ’ insurance was ‘ to get rid of inquisitorial inquiries and encourage thrift ’ . |
| 11 | By 1973 the Conservatives had moved to a statutory prices and incomes policy and massive state intervention in industry ; the reorganization of secondary schooling along comprehensive lines proceeded , albeit at a slower pace than under Labour , and the trade union legislation under the Industrial Relations Act was effectively non-operational . |
| 12 | A year before their landslide victory in the election of June 1987 the Conservatives lagged behind Labour in the opinion polls . |
| 13 | When they came to power in 1970 the Conservatives decided that public expenditure on local authority housing needed to be curbed . |
| 14 | In 1959 the Conservatives introduced a very limited graduated pension scheme . |
| 15 | ( Since the last leadership contest in December 1989 the Conservatives had lost two by-elections : at Mid-Staffordshire in March 1990 to Labour and at Eastbourne in October to the Liberal Democrats — see pp. 37328-29 ; 37784 . ) |
| 16 | Indeed , in 1974 the Conservatives promised to abolish the rating of residential property , but never explained how the loss of rate revenue would be replaced . |
| 17 | In 1983 the Conservatives gained 85 per cent of the seats in Southern England for 50 per cent of the votes , Labour 55 per cent of the seats in Northern England for 37 per cent of the vote . |
| 18 | Both points about unfairness are revealed once we note that in the election of 1983 the Conservatives secured one Commons seat for every 33 000 votes ; Labour one for every 40 000 ; and the Liberals and Social Democrats one for every 340 000 . |
| 19 | For example , after the election of 1983 the Conservatives had an overall majority in the House of Commons of 144 seats and the Liberals and Social Democrats had only 23 seats . |
| 20 | The only difference is that in the 1950s and the 1980s the Conservatives had more than 10 years to cure the ills of the economy while in the 1970s they had but four . |