Example sentences of "thatcher had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the consequence of the Falklands still exerting its potency , the economy showing distinct signs of recuperation , and inflation falling fast , Mrs Thatcher had been able to call an early election . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher had been constrained to observe in 1982 that the NHS was ‘ safe ’ with her . |
| 3 | Margaret Thatcher had been up early that morning — early even by her standards — to visit Liverpool . |
| 4 | Enoch Powell , who although no longer a Tory MP was closely listened to on the Conservative side , recalled that Margaret Thatcher had been called the ‘ Iron Lady ’ and rather liked the description . |
| 5 | A special Cabinet committee under the chairmanship of Margaret Thatcher had been set up to review my proposals and effectively to decide whether they would become Government policy . |
| 6 | MRS THATCHER had been a remarkable Prime Minister and history would judge her years in office ‘ very kindly ’ , Mr Major told David Dimbleby on the BBC Panorama programme last night . |
| 7 | If Mrs Thatcher had been on the programme she would have blown the whole idea of fairness out of the water . |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher had been such a dominant political figure for so long , her approach to politics so radical , that all who served with her were stuck with a general defence of her record . |
| 9 | Margaret Thatcher had been Education Secretary a decade before , and was familiar with the soft upholstery of the senior common room at that time . |
| 10 | On Oct. 8 the United Kingdom had entered the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European monetary system of the European Communities ( EC ) , but at the subsequent European Council meeting in Rome Thatcher had been isolated in her opposition to an early move towards the second stage of economic and monetary union ( EMU ) and in the strength of her determination to hold out against the possible ultimate introduction of a single European currency [ see pp. 37782-73 ] . |
| 11 | Heffer wrote for the two Telegraphs and had not been himself since Mrs Thatcher had been sent packing . |
| 12 | But the Labour leader in the Upper House , Lord Cledwyn , said Mrs Thatcher had been forced into the decision against her wishes . |