Example sentences of "[prep] his party 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former French Socialist prime minister shot himself five weeks after his party 's crushing defeat in parliamentary elections . |
| 2 | After his party 's heavy defeat in the subsequent general election , Ellis stayed on as chief whip . |
| 3 | The following day , before the final results were declared , Madani demanded the dissolution of the National Assembly after his party 's surprise victory , although he stressed that he was not calling for the replacement of President Chadli Bendjedid , whose third five-year term would not expire until 1993 . |
| 4 | Mr Mourou , whose efforts to reassure Tunisians of his party 's moderate aims have earned him the nickname ‘ Mr Valium ’ , has now suspended the party 's operations . |
| 5 | Kevin McNamara is a passionate defender of his party 's undemocratic stance and his blunt honesty is to be admired . |
| 6 | Ninety per cent of his party 's cash comes from the unions , which will expect a return . |
| 7 | In the aftermath of the election , Ashdown 's analysis of his party 's crushing defeat and Labour 's rise in votes , beggars belief . |
| 8 | Each week when the House is sitting the Home Secretary will confer with the officers of his party 's Home Affairs Committee . |
| 9 | I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman is so far behind the evolution of his party 's policy . |
| 10 | It is extraordinary that the hon. Gentleman wants to discuss this part of his party 's history . |
| 11 | Once again , Mr John Hume must justify continuing to devise an ‘ overall strategy ’ with Mr Gerry Adams , who still has the gall to claim that ‘ peace ’ is a central part of his party 's platform . |
| 12 | On the strength of his party 's advance the Social Democrat leader , Svend Auken , called for Schlüter 's resignation and the formation of a new centre-left coalition . |
| 13 | The MPD leader , Carlos Viega , a former public prosecutor , said that the extent of his party 's victory had been " unexpected " . |
| 14 | On May 25 Man Mohan Adhikari , president of the UNCP , was elected as leader of his party 's parliamentary group and therefore official leader of the opposition . |
| 15 | Demirel had previously pledged to remove President Özal from power , but on Oct. 24 , possibly influenced by the narrowness of his party 's victory over the ANAP , he declared that Özal might continue as President — an office to which he had been elected for a seven-year term in October 1989 . |
| 16 | The April 7 results gave Clinton a total of at least 1,264 of the 2,145 delegates required to assure him of his party 's nomination . |
| 17 | Having assured himself of his party 's nomination , Clinton appeared to increase his efforts to seek support beyond the usual constituency of his party . |
| 18 | Chamlong Srimaung , had refused to accept a Cabinet place because of his party 's performance in the election ( the party had , in fact , increased its representation from 41 to 47 ) . |
| 19 | With the bulk of the province 's French-speaking population opposing the agreement on the grounds that its concessions to their province were insufficient , Parizeau was optimistic of his party 's chances of winning power in Quebec 's next provincial elections — due by 1994 — and suggested that such a development would be followed by a provincial referendum on the issue of sovereignty for Quebec . |
| 20 | In a speech given to a fringe meeting organized by the Tory Green Initiative at the Conservative Party annual conference in Blackpool , the UK Minister of State for the Environment , Tim Yeo , outlined the main points of his party 's environment policy . |
| 21 | NOTHING in Neil Kinnock 's eight and half years as Labour leader so became the man as his dignified acceptance of his party 's calamitous general election defeat . |
| 22 | He did not reiterate Mr Major 's claim that Nissan came to the region because of his party 's policies , but preferred to point out it would not have done if there had been a Labour Government in situ . |
| 23 | Mr Major won a decisive Commons majority for the ratification Bill , despite another Tory rebellion in the year-long battle with his party 's Euro-sceptics to steer the measure through to law . |
| 24 | Meanwhile Dick Douglas , MP for Dunfermline West ( Scotland ) , resigned the Labour whip in the House of Commons on March 14 in disagreement with his party 's refusal to support a campaign of non-payment of the poll tax . |
| 25 | Labour candidate Alan Milburn said the poll was in line with his party 's own canvassing returns . |
| 26 | Mr Ashdown will give warning tomorrow , in two television interviews and in his party 's last election broadcast , that an attempt by either Labour or Tories to go it alone in a hung Parliament would end in disaster . |
| 27 | He acknowledged that the delay in his party 's response was due to internal disagreements ; the party executive was believed to have voted for a boycott of the referendum , but was reportedly overruled by a parliamentary caucus meeting . |
| 28 | Labour Coun John Williams , leader of the council , believes the pedestrian plan was a key issue in his party 's success in last year 's local elections . |
| 29 | It used to be the case that a successful president would choose some of his Cabinet members from his party 's ranks in Congress ; this still happens , but relatively infrequently . |
| 30 | Fresh from his party 's success in the March 1992 general election [ see pp. 38798-99 ] , Chung accelerated his national pro-business campaign . |