noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
veteran politician/campaigner/leader etc
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the veteran leader of the socialist party
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
conservative
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Time and again the Conservative politicians we approached would talk in private frankly and openly about the problems they foresaw for their party.
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The fear of racial violence was provoked by Conservative politician Enoch Powell.
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Her first honours list contained fifty awards for Conservative party politicians and supporters.
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Some conservative politicians were inclined to agree.
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The traditional southern support for the Democratic Party was maintained, in spite of the doubts of some of the more conservative southern politicians .
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Dozens of prominent conservative politicians and activists are working to generate memorials to honor the 90-year-old Reagan.
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Nevertheless, there were a few Conservative politicians who fundamentally disagreed with Conservative policy.
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Despite his uncouth manner and four-letter language, no editor is more courted by senior Conservative politicians .
labour
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Yet the argument against Ashdown's triumphalism has to stop short of encouraging the same fatal hubris among Labour politicians .
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Throughout the inter-war years Labour politicians had been concerned with the preservation of peace.
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In that context, the shuffling attitude of leading Labour politicians is of historic discredit.
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Mr. Budgen Surely that is a proper attitude for a Labour politician .
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Some Labour politicians know that all too well - others simply don't.
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Alderman Lewis, a trade unionist and local Labour politician from the Midlands.
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Is it not true that spending pledges such as those made by Labour politicians would mean that nothing would happen?
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The key Labour politician , Ramsay MacDonald, was equally eager to occupy the middle ground.
leading
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He may be judged excessively optimistic, however, if not utterly desperate, in seeking the votes of leading opposition politicians .
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The Webbs devoted themselves to pressing these ideas upon leading politicians and civil servants.
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Robert Walpole, as leading politician at that time, became indispensable to George I, despite their mutual dislike for each other.
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Also, news bulletins concentrated heavily on the speeches and activities of leading politicians , particularly the president.
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Others were in the employ of leading politicians .
liberal
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Ramsey the Liberal politician had ideas of democracy which cut across this benevolent dictatorship.
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The liberal politicians sigh with relief and continue their efforts to enlarge the welfare state.
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Such efforts had met with little success from Liberal and Tory politicians alike.
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Many liberal politicians complained of the automatic extension to the army of the rights of police in respect of civilians.
local
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The recompense is meagre, but when combined with ideological enthusiasm it helps sustain a new type of local politician .
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Rumors persist that another local politician is interested in the seat: state Sen.
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Even the pope recently reproached local politicians on a visit to Naples for their self-interest and neglect of their constituents.
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Nevertheless, it's worried and surprised local people and politicians .
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There is a move among many local politicians to demand increased powers in response to this offloading.
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Yet fixing them will cost billions of dollars that local politicians can not raise from taxes.
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His conversion sharpened his criticism of national and local politicians , who in turn questioned his integrity.
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Work on other parts of the route, which is strongly supported by local politicians , is already well under way.
national
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This is why law-and-order-minded national politicians have their knives out for Dalzell.
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Diamond is also among the top Arizona contributors to state and national politicians , including Symington.
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However, most national politicians and local councillors share the civil service preference for the functional and centralized system based on Whitehall.
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By those measures of visibility, national politicians were much more visible than local candidates from the start.
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Land reform was popular and the National Front politicians , what remained of them, could hardly impose it.
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His conversion sharpened his criticism of national and local politicians , who in turn questioned his integrity.
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That sort of centrality does not automatically make it an easy issue for national politicians , though.
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Or that some of our national politicians were allowed to say so.
prominent
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Badr's departure followed a sustained campaign by the opposition for his dismissal for publicly insulting prominent intellectuals and politicians .
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The most notable adult victim was a prominent New York politician and Democratic candidate for the vice presidency.
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A number of prominent politicians made public statements supporting Stolpe, including the federal President, Richard von Weizsäcker.
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Dozens of prominent conservative politicians and activists are working to generate memorials to honor the 90-year-old Reagan.
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The Constitution, in short, is subject to interpretation by different bodies, the most prominent being politicians , judges, and scholars.
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Others had been advisers to prominent politicians .
senior
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A number of senior politicians , including one member of Schro der's cabinet, agree.
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No senior politician dares to oppose deployment.
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The sight of so many senior politicians falling over themselves to kiss his hand was reminiscent of Tammany Hall at its worst.
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Jimmy Carter and George Bush also have joined a growing chorus of eminent senior politicians in the quest for reform.
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He is one of Britain's most respected broadcasters and has interviewed a string of famous people from senior politicians to royalty.
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Another senior politician to suffer a heart attack was John Smith.
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Despite his uncouth manner and four-letter language, no editor is more courted by senior Conservative politicians .
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Ask any senior Labour politician the reason for defeat and he demurs.
veteran
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About 55 percent of those questioned believed that the veteran politician had not made clear what he would do as president.
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opposition
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The action is the latest in a series of assaults on journalists, judges and opposition politicians .
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Vilified by opposition politicians , Bryan lost to McKinley in 1896 and again in 1900.
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An opposition politician , Chee Soon Juan, was jailed for 12 days in 1999 for speaking in public without a permit.
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Local journalists are intimidated and foreign media expelled. Opposition politicians are arrested.
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In recent weeks, many opposition politicians had campaigned for guarantees of future immunity from prosecution on charges of corruption.
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Doctors and Opposition politicians have spelled out why Britain can not afford to lose Bart's.
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Even some Right-wing opposition politicians reckoned it was the best Mr Mitterrand could have done in the circumstances.
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The king says he will impose martial law if anything similar happens again. Opposition politicians are screwing up their courage.
■ VERB
lead
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In that context, the shuffling attitude of leading Labour politicians is of historic discredit.
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Let the people lead the politicians instead of the other way around.
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Musharraf and his aides have been counting on the continued absence of Bhutto and Sharif, the country's two leading politicians .
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However, in spite of soothing words from leading politicians , there were warnings of worse to come.
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For some years leading Labour politicians have offered two separate justifications for the block vote - one in public, the other in private.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an actor turned politician/a housewife turned author etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As a salesman, I have to be part politician and part psychologist.
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Hargreaves is a clever and ambitious politician .
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Many right-wing politicians opposed the treaty.
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the wife of a leading British politician
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although only fifteen at the time of his father's death he soon showed himself to be a cunning and unscrupulous politician .
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Decisions on large infrastructure projects are usually made by bankers, engineers and politicians.
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He says the only advantage of a two-year term is that it keeps politicians closer to their constituents.
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How different it might have been if Edelman had proposed that politicians enter into a Contract With Children.
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It is also the fact that he and the other politicians in Sacramento control only around a quarter of state spending.
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Sadly, that breed of politician had died out.