"marginal" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was a marginal constituency for most of its existence.
- Moss lost the highly marginal constituency after a single term and was forced to return to his previous career.
- This marginal constituency has been held by the Conservative and Labour parties to date.
- Candidates in marginal constituencies describe the gruelling process of inspection and interview they must go through to qualify for money.
- Balls launched his bid while visiting two marginal constituencies in the Midlands.
- She said Darlington had been chosen because it was a marginal constituency.
- He had to fight hard in a marginal constituency, and in the 1955 general election had a majority of only 59 votes.
- It is one of 83 such "marginal" constituencies with a Tory majority of less than 10 percent that the party has focused its resources on.
- White managed to hang on to her marginal constituency for 20 years, at one election by just 72 votes.
- The borough developed into a marginal constituency, particularly in the last half century of its existence.
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