Sentences with phrase «ordinary backgrounds»

But those in favour argue they can offer children from ordinary backgrounds an education often only available to those who can afford to pay for it.

Worse, seen against a more ordinary background, would they look as dull and undistinguished as they truly are?

Into No10 come a succession of people with ordinary backgrounds who have won their places through graft and intelligence.

Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb is hugely popular in the Conservative parliamentary party and comes from the sort of ordinary background that chimes with many voters.

Sad 2 lose 1 from ordinary background from shad cab

I've come from a very ordinary background myself, and have come into politics not from a political family or the London chattering classes.

They came from ordinary backgrounds, for the most part, but became an extraordinary team», explains Haviland.

«If we want people from ordinary backgrounds to get involved in politics then the need to be paid fairly for the work they do but in a way that is transparent and clear to voters.

Education Secretary Michael Gove insisted that free schools were giving children from «ordinary backgrounds» the type of education «previously reserved for the rich and the lucky».

Yesterday Ed Balls was going on about what an ordinary background he had.

But it's always sad to lose someone from an ordinary background from the shadow cabinet.

The only people to win general election majorities for the Tories since 1960 have been people from ordinary backgrounds: Edward Heath, Margaret Thatcher and John Major.

Despite the ordinary background, Tuck gets amazing student growth.

Now, this isn't your ordinary background character.

Vinty is meant to have an ordinary background, so even if future games come up, I don't foresee there will be much backstory.

It is easy to see why aspiring lawyers from ordinary backgrounds are deterred from pursuing careers in the law.

In a market where top City firms receive 2,000 - plus applications for just 50 training contracts every year, the odds against lawyers from ordinary backgrounds are massively stacked against them.

«It is easy to see why aspiring lawyers from ordinary backgrounds are deterred from pursuing careers in the law», writes Robins, in an article for NLJ.