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Using Fortuyn

  • In the example corpus, fortuyn often appears in combinations such as: fortuyn was, pim fortuyn, fortuyn had.

Context around Fortuyn

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pim 5× netherlands 1× polls 1× uproar 1× zakenkabinet 1× life 1× denouncing 1× background 1× centuries 1×

Often after:

list 2× founded 1× became 1× used 1× immigration 1× announced 1×

Sentence patterns with Fortuyn

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

an uproar fortuyn said he 1× break between fortuyn and nagel 1× exploded denouncing fortuyn in strongly 1× fortuyn had said 1× fortuyn used the 1× fortuyn was dismissed 1× fortuyn was openly 1× fortuyn was shot 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after gaining support 1× after his use 1× almost immediately after 1× books selection het 1× by strange coincidence 1× during the last 1×

Common sentence endings:

before the election 2× 11 february 2002 1× 20 august 2001 1× a national election 1× a radio interview 1× anti homosexual terms 1×

Words around Fortuyn

Just before it in the word index:

fortus 2 fortuny 5 fortuni 2 fortunetelling 4 fortuneswell 3 fortunes 637

Just after it in the word index:

fortwo 6 forty 1.190 fortysomething 5 foru 2 forum 3.139 forumites 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbe 37 abeyance 37 abp 37 achiever 37 acker 37 acquiescence 37

Corpus analysis for Fortuyn

  • In this selection, "fortuyn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pim, netherlands, polls, list, founded and became stand out and add context to how "fortuyn" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include an uproar fortuyn said he and break between fortuyn and nagel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "fortuyn" sits close to words such as abbe, abeyance and abp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with fortuyn

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Books (selection) * Het zakenkabinet Fortuyn (A. (6 words)

Fortuyn was shot dead a week before the elections. (9 words)

He founded Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) on 11 February. (9 words)

Longer example sentences

By strange coincidence, in 2002 the most vocal 'Leefbaar Rotterdam' politician Pim Fortuyn was shot and killed by an animal rights activist at Hilversum Media Park just after finishing a radio interview. (32 words)

On 25 September 2006, the party released its campaign commercial, which featured new leader Olaf Stuger coming down from "heaven" with a parachute and presenting himself as a "reincarnation" of Pim Fortuyn. (32 words)

Fortuyn was dismissed as party leader the next day, and in a television interview said that the split was irreparable, although he would have preferred to remain in the party. (30 words)

Question examples

Fortuyn was openly gay, and said in a 2002 interview that he was Catholic. citation " Question: U beschouwt zichzelf nog wel als katholiek? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

Having been rejected by Livable Netherlands, Fortuyn founded his own party LPF ( Pim Fortuyn List ) on 11 February 2002.

This happened, however, after a break between Fortuyn and Nagel during a Leefbaar Nederland board meeting in Hilversum on Fortuyn's anti-Islamic viewpoints.

In 2022, another populist Dutch politician, Pim Fortuyn, was fatally shot by an animal rights activist days before a national election.

After gaining support in opinion polls, Fortuyn was assassinated on 6 May 2002, days before the election.

After his use of "achterlijk" caused an uproar, Fortuyn said he had used the word with its literal meaning of "backward".

Almost immediately after Fortuyn became leader, LN went from 2% in opinion polls to about 17%.

Books (selection) * Het zakenkabinet Fortuyn (A.

By strange coincidence, in 2002 the most vocal 'Leefbaar Rotterdam' politician Pim Fortuyn was shot and killed by an animal rights activist at Hilversum Media Park just after finishing a radio interview.

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During the last months of his life, Fortuyn had become closer to the Catholic Church.

Finally the imam exploded, denouncing Fortuyn in strongly anti-homosexual terms.

Fortuyn had said that he favoured putting an end to Muslim immigration, if possible.

Fortuyn used the word achterlijk, literally meaning "backward", but commonly used as an insult in the sense of " retarded ".

Fortuyn was dismissed as party leader the next day, and in a television interview said that the split was irreparable, although he would have preferred to remain in the party.

Fortuyn was openly gay, and said in a 2002 interview that he was Catholic. citation " Question: U beschouwt zichzelf nog wel als katholiek?

Fortuyn was shot dead a week before the elections.

He founded Pim Fortuyn List (LPF) on 11 February.

Helped by the many speeches and interviews given by Fortuyn, immigration issues became the major topic of the national political agenda, thereby forcing other parties to react.

History Background Fortuyn announced his intention to run for parliament in a television interview on 20 August 2001.

In the first political assassination in three centuries, Fortuyn was murdered with little over a week left before the election.

On 25 September 2006, the party released its campaign commercial, which featured new leader Olaf Stuger coming down from "heaven" with a parachute and presenting himself as a "reincarnation" of Pim Fortuyn.

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Common combinations with fortuyn

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