noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
parliamentary
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The pressure for cash was also viewed as a response to Labour's slump in a parliamentary by-election in Ceredigion last week.
■ NOUN
victory
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He returned to Parliament after his by-election victory in Kensington and Chelsea last November.
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Pasok by-election victory Pasok secured a convincing victory in a by-election in the Athens B district on April 5.
■ VERB
lose
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If the Tories lose every by-election , the odds change.
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Outside Westminster the government was losing support: eight seats were lost at by-elections in the first eighteen months of peace.
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If the Tories lose the looming Christchurch by-election , a new Tory refrain of Major-Must-Go may reach fortissimo.
win
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In our original study, we assumed that Mr Major could hope to win roughly one by-election in three in Tory seats.
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Mr Kim's ruling Democratic Liberal Party had easy wins in three by-elections .
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During the 1983 - 7 Parliament two seats were won at by-elections but three were lost in the 1987 general election.
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In 1961, I was fortunate enough to win a by-election in the constituency of Worcester.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Every by-election from now on must be a Labour or Lib Dem victory.
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He said the party has a good record in recent by-elections and he was confident this success could be repeated.
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If the Tories lose every by-election , the odds change.
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In March 1918 Nina Boyle, offering herself as a test case, announced that she would stand in the Keighley by-election .
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November's by-election was to a large extent a media circus.
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Shortly after the appearance of the article in Marxism Today, Labour lost a by-election in Greenwich.
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This strategy must be explained clearly and positively to the public, and especially within by-election constituencies.