Example sentences of "[noun] of a general [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the result of a general election on Sept. 6 , 1989 [ see p. 36900 ] , the outgoing coalition government comprising the centrist Christian Democratic Appeal ( Christen-Democratisch Appel — CDA ) and the liberal People 's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie — VVD ) was replaced on Nov. 2 by a new coalition comprising the CDA and the Labour Party ( Partij van de Arbeid — PvdA ) [ see p. 37050 ] . |
| 2 | The opposition Centre Party ( KESK or K-C ) became the largest party in the 200-member Eduskunta as a result of a general election on March 17 ; it overtook the Social Democratic Party ( SSDP ) and the right-wing National Coalition Party ( Kokoomus or KOK ) , the senior partners in the 1987-91 coalition government . |
| 3 | The CNU was intended to serve as a transitional " mini-parliament " to govern the country until the holding of a general election on May 20 [ see p. 37191 for background to political crisis which provoked the round-table talks ] . |
| 4 | The CNU finally adopted a new electoral law on March 17 which cleared the way for the holding of a general election on May 20 . |
| 5 | On Feb. 4 the Knesset approved legislation which provided for the holding of a general election on June 23 . |
| 6 | Wordsworth 's ‘ swing to the Left ’ may be regarded as part of a general sympathy on the part of English intellectuals towards the French Revolution , and it is extremely unlikely that he was ever regarded as a leader of opinion . |
| 7 | I then pointed out to him that I strongly deprecated a dissolution at this moment as I had implicit confidence in him and in the Conservative Party now in power , and I considered that as most countries in Europe , if not in the world , were in a chaotic and indeed dangerous state , it would be a pity if this country were to be plunged into the turmoil of a General Election on a question of domestic policy which will arouse all the old traditional bitterness of the hard fought battles between Protection and Free Trade : also that it was quite possible that his majority might be reduced , or that he might not get a majority at all . |