Example sentences of "[prep] [art] tories ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is blamed for the Tories ' allegedly disastrous campaign . |
| 2 | IN ORDER to find a precedent for the Tories ' four consecutive election vic tories one has to return to the politics of Regency England . |
| 3 | What accounts for the Tories ' success in winning again against the odds ? |
| 4 | They were asked to bring along prizes for the Tories ' Winter Ball , with the value of gifts reaching £5,000 . |
| 5 | You 're not on , we will not be made the scapegoats , with public sector workers will not pay for the Tories ' mismanagement of the economy . |
| 6 | ‘ No ’ campaigners at the 900-pupil comprehensive heralded the outcome as a significant one for the Tories ' flagship education policy . |
| 7 | He was also given a key role in the last election campaign as the Tories ' Mr Nasty who could be called upon to make all kinds of claims about Labour 's plans . |
| 8 | Later , on a visit to Stockton , Mr Hurd told shoppers at Dickens Home Improvement Centre he was feeling optimistic about the Tories ' chances in the General Election . |
| 9 | Mr Forman , 49 , only joined the Cabinet in April after the Tories ' victory in the General Election , following years in the political wilderness . |
| 10 | After the Tories ' loss of Newbury in the by-election on May 6th , and the death of Robert Adley , the MP for Christchurch , on May 13th , is that still true ? |
| 11 | Devonport 's chances are thought to have increased following the Tories ' disastrous performance in last month 's local elections in the South West . |
| 12 | THE NEXT Labour government will abandon the ‘ corrupt priorities ’ of the Tories ' education policies and make Britain the brains of Europe , Jack Straw , the party 's education spokesman said yesterday . |
| 13 | The review will lead to a ‘ green ’ White Paper , planned for publication next summer and likely to provide the kernel of the Tories ' next general election manifesto . |
| 14 | Law and order should be one of the Tories ' strongest cards , but record crime figures have tarnished their record . |
| 15 | Much of the Tories ' present difficulty is , in my view , caused by their having spent 16 months being politically correct themselves . |
| 16 | SIR — I like to recall a wry comment on the television programme That Was The Week That Was towards the end of the Tories ' last long period in office during the early Sixties : ‘ There 's only one thing that will make the Conservatives popular again — and that is the next Labour government ! ’ |
| 17 | Ribble Valley achieved brief fame at the 1991 by-election when the Liberal Democrats ' Mike Carr captured one of the Tories ' safest seats . |
| 18 | 1.10 am , Birmingham Selly Oak : Anthony Beaumont-Dark is one of the Tories ' most voluble MPs and if he loses the country will be a quieter place . |
| 19 | But this is probably the easier of the Tories ' tasks . |
| 20 | By 1974 , however , he despaired of the Tories ' ability to stick — like his Jocks — to their guns , and lamented the failure to market their new faith in unstuffy enterprise . |
| 21 | CHRIS PATTEN , the architect of the Tories ' glorious election victory , was in London this week , seeing the Prime Minister about his plans for Hong Kong . |
| 22 | But as he inspected the size of the Tories ' losses on May 6th even the home secretary , Kenneth Clarke , usually a man to find a silver lining in the blackest cloud , admitted that the government was in ‘ a dreadful hole ’ . |
| 23 | Could it be that the people of this country are storing up champagne to celebrate the wondrous event of the Tories ' being smashed at the next election ? |
| 24 | Despite the Tories ' achievements in the 1980s of trade union reform , privatisation and disciplined public finances , serious economic mistakes had been made since 1987 , and there had been ‘ fatal signs of hubris ’ , most notably the poll tax disaster . |
| 25 | If there is a single secret behind the Tories ' amazing , unprecedented four-timer it is this . |
| 26 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 27 | The final push — intended to win over waverers , particularly those considering voting Liberal Democrat — was given added impetus with the Tories ' final election broadcast last night , stressing Mr Major 's international role . |
| 28 | Although Barber found himself in the political wilderness with the Tories ' fall from power after the death of Queen Anne in 1715 , he remained loyal to his friends and true to his Tory principles . |
| 29 | The findings are actually somewhat more encouraging from the Tories ' point of view than they appear on the surface . |
| 30 | But continued success in cutting tax rates is at risk from the Tories ' present policies . |