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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For these reasons, the Conservatives are a little more responsive to widespread expressions of serious doubt on their own backbenches .
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I love my constituency and will do all I can to advance the interests of my constituents from the backbenches .
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The barrage of public anger was intense, Mr Whitney returned to the backbenches not long afterwards.
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The Essex Men had mobilised on the Tory backbenches in strength.
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The Government faces opposition from its backbenches on the question of quality.
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The Labour Party had put down a vote of censure and there was much rumbling on the Tory backbenches .
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The whispering on the backbenches began again.
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When the election was won, most handsomely, Pym found himself on the backbenches .