Example sentences of "[adj] party made [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mulberry idea was first suggested as early as 1942 and Naval parties made repeated night crossings to take soundings and measurements from which charts were prepared for various landing sites . |
| 2 | Overall , Labour had net gains of about 300 seats , while net losses were suffered by the Conservatives ( nearly 200 seats ) , by the Liberal Democrats ( about 50 ) , by the SDP ( about 25 ) and by independents and others ( about 40 ) ; the Scottish National Party made net gains of four seats and the Green Party three . |
| 3 | During the week before Mr Ro 's resignation , many leading members of the ruling party made public comments backing his departure . |
| 4 | The Conservative Party made net gains of 308 seats in local elections held on May 7 for over 3,800 seats on 207 local district councils in England , Scotland and Wales , only one month after the general election in which it was returned to power for a fourth term [ see pp. 38868-69 ] . |
| 5 | In the general election the Labour Party made sweeping gains , more than doubling its share of the seats in the Dáil at the expense of Fianna Fáil , which won its lowest number of votes since the 1920s , and Fine Gael , which suffered its worst result since 1948 . |
| 6 | Communist offers of help were accepted by many local Labour Parties , though Herbert Morrison and the London Labour Party made considerable efforts to discourage them . |
| 7 | In local government elections held on May 3 in about half the districts or boroughs in England , for the Scottish regional and island councils and in six districts in Wales , the Labour Party made considerable gains in terms both of seats won and councils controlled . |