Example sentences of "which party " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the other extreme , the pure choice end of the spectrum , are explicit statements of choice , preference , approval , or disapproval : which party people think is best on economic matters for themselves and their families , for Britain as a whole , or for the unemployed ; their evaluations of how well each party has handled issues like unemployment , inflation , defence , health , education , and social services ; how warm they feel towards parties and their leaders ; whether the parties should change their leaders or their policies , or both ; and , last but not least , voting preferences . |
| 2 | At all times , almost everyone who had seen a poll noticed that the Conservatives were top , but perceptions of which party was in second place varied sharply . |
| 3 | This conflict between tariff reformers and free traders was to lead to the ‘ agreement to differ ’ convention in January 1932 , and the resignation of the Liberals from the government in September 1932 ; but , until they resigned , the National Government was a genuine coalition in the sense in which that term is used on the continent : a government comprising independent yet conflicting elements allied together , a government within which party conflict was not superseded but rather contained — in short , a power-sharing government , albeit a seriously unbalanced one . |
| 4 | Moreover , Bridgeman justified his actions to Balfour in terms which Maxse would have approved , arguing that Balfour seemed to be ‘ surrounded by men who are not in touch with the mass of the Party ’ , complaining of ‘ the extraordinary difference in perspective which party questions assume inside the House from that presented by them to the man in the street ’ and voicing suspicions about the secrecy of Parliamentary procedures such as ‘ the pourparlers of the whips of both sides ’ . |
| 5 | For ten years Frelimo , the ruling party in Mozambique , has operated a system by which party members are publicly elected by each community in a manner which effectively rules out those who may have opposing views . |
| 6 | ‘ If our contribution [ to the economy ] is not fully understood , we will face even bigger threats , regardless of which party is in power , ’ he warned . |
| 7 | Among the things they criticized were the arrogant behaviour of Party leaders , their lenient treatment when misdemeanours came to light , the fact that ‘ the awaited purge in the Party had not taken place ’ , the wringing of money out of the people in constant collections , and the ‘ large , elegant cars ’ in which Party functionaries travelled to and from work . |
| 8 | With five days to polling day , Tory strategists hope to focus the debate on which party is best placed to create a sustainable economic recovery . |
| 9 | Gallup asked : Suppose Mr John Smith rather than Mr Kinnock were leader of the Labour Party and alternative Prime Minister , which party would you vote for then ? |
| 10 | Gallup has asked ever since 1964 which party voters think could handle Britain 's economic difficulties best . |
| 11 | As the chart shows , the four weeks of the campaign have had almost no effect on voters ' opinions about which party could best handle the country 's non-economic as well as economic problems . |
| 12 | Many floating voters may have finally decided which party to back later on Wednesday or even on Thursday — and have voted disproportionately Tory . |
| 13 | Guests ranged from John Mortimer and Lady Rachel Billington ( both Labour supporters ) to the Duke of Marlborough ( though peers , like lunatics , are deprived of the vote , there is no need to say which party he supports ) and Mr and Mrs John Profumo . |
| 14 | But at least on that occasion the pollsters did manage to predict correctly which party would form the Government . |
| 15 | Gallup first asked in 1964 and then in all its 1992 surveys : ‘ With Britain in economic difficulties , which party do you think could handle the problem best — Conservatives or Labour ? |
| 16 | In other words , which party , the purchaser or the provider , will determine which patients shall be treated on the contract ? |
| 17 | Which party held Orpington before 1961 ? |
| 18 | To which party did Sir Cyril Smith belong before he rejoined the Liberal Party ? |
| 19 | Britain 's first coloured MP belonged to which party ? |
| 20 | Which party won the 1981 Warrington by-election ? |
| 21 | John Cleese appeared in a party political broadcast for which party ? |
| 22 | Which party did Alf Roberts , of Coronation Street , represent on Weatherfield Council ? |
| 23 | Enoch Powell was a Tory minister , but which party did he represent at the end of his career ? |
| 24 | Which party can field such a team ? |
| 25 | A market economy constructed around communitarian values and proactively managed is the engine of wealth creation — and the race is on to see which party adopts that credo as its own . |
| 26 | I mean , how can people possibly not know which party they support ? |
| 27 | More than a third of sales would be to Labour voters , another third to Alliance or Tory ( 12 per cent ) , and the rest to people who could not say which party they supported . |
| 28 | In sharp contrast to his ‘ enthusiasm ’ of 1792 , in 1806 Fox introduced the abolition resolution by reminding the Commons what was owed to its own reputation after its 1792 decision for gradual abolition was not carried through ; he appealed to the memory of Pitt and the arguments of Burke ; he looked to parliament to speak for the nation on ‘ a question in which party feelings , arising out of political connections , can have no share ’ . |
| 29 | The question asked is usually along the lines of : ‘ If the election were tomorrow , which party would you vote for ? ’ , and the results are then used to make predictions about the outcome of the election itself . |
| 30 | The outcome was determined eventually by the accident of which party was in power . |