noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Liberal Democrats
the Conservative/Liberal Democrat/Socialist etc leader (= leader of a political party )
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the Conservative leader, David Cameron
vote Conservative/Democrat etc (= vote for someone who is Conservative etc )
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Cubans in the city of Miami have traditionally voted Republican.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
liberal
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He says that the council has already had extra funding, how much more do the labour and liberal democrat councillors want?
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The liberal democrats and labour say their budget was the only way to prevent drastic cuts.
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Some cuts, but steering a way from too many job losses is the option favoured by the liberal democrats .
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The liberal democrats wanted a more modest overspend ... seven million.
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The hectic schedule ended in Cheltenham, where the Liberal democrats hope to overturn a Conservative majority of just under 5,000.
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Meanwhile as the campaign begins the liberal democrat candidate is about to spend a lot less time with his family.
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I think people wanted a change and that's why they voted for a liberal democrat councillor.
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Overall, the Liberal democrats lost four seats and gained eight.
social
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Here is the social democrat refusing to condemn the absurdities he chronicles so well; or simply producing half-baked observations.
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The social democrats generally were not isolated from these changes.
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It was, as we shall see, a recurrent problem among social democrats .
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Perhaps Gen Pinochet's detention was a factor in the recent triumph of the social democrats there.
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Mr Beregovoy has been quoted as saying that he is not ashamed to be called a social democrat .
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U2 are the world's most successful social democrats , the perfect spokesmen for the Live Aid era.
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There is no difference in values as both are social democrat .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
conservative with a small 'c'/democrat with a small 'd' etc
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But democrats are not necessarily for de-centralisation.
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He says that the council has already had extra funding, how much more do the labour and liberal democrat councillors want?
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Here is the social democrat refusing to condemn the absurdities he chronicles so well; or simply producing half-baked observations.
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The liberal democrats and labour say their budget was the only way to prevent drastic cuts.
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The liberal democrats wanted a more modest overspend ... seven million.
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The rest of the democrats are wavering between supporting Yeltsin and Yavlinsky.
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The Senate democrats were no longer afraid of him.
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Yeltsin is taking shots from Communists, ultranationalists and even the progressive democrats who used to be his allies.