Below you will find example sentences with "labour shadow". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Labour Shadow in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 14
  • Discovered as a combination around: shadow
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.6 words

Words in this phrase

labour shadow

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • labour can mean: An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work. Frequent word
  • shadow can mean: A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 10 start, 4 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a labour shadow minister has 2× by former labour shadow chancellor john 1× by his labour shadow rachel reeves 1× comment from labour shadow foreign secretary 1× hunt then labour shadow minister for 1× labour shadow business secretary 1× labour shadow climate change 1× labour shadow defence secretary 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a labour shadow 2× cabinet office minister 1× he was supported 1× in 2014 tristram 1× labour shadow business 1× labour shadow climate 1×

Common sentence endings:

are worse off 1× chancellor john mcdonnell 1× conference in liverpool 1× criminals locked up 1× hayman s seat 1× mcdonnell has said 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

secretary 6× minister 4× chancellor 3× john 3× former 2× mcdonnell 2× business 2× party 2× private 2× government 2× people 2× foreign 2×

Related phrases

labour party labour congress labour leader labour government shadow cabinet labour mps scottish labour shadow minister shadow ridge nigeria labour

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around shadow:

shadow cabinet 14× shadow minister 10× shadow ridge 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

labour party labour mps labour leader labour government labour councillor labour congress

Just after it in the phrase index:

labour shortage lady bulldogs lady hornets lady melania lady panthers lady rams

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

labour party labour congress labour leader labour government labour mps labour councillor

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "labour shadow" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 24.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a labour shadow minister has, by former labour shadow chancellor john, secretary, minister and chancellor stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with labour party, labour congress, labour leader, shadow cabinet, shadow minister and shadow ridge, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with labour shadow

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

He was supported by former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell. (10 words)

Labour shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds at last year's party conference in Liverpool. (14 words)

It is also significant as this is Labour shadow cabinet member Sue Hayman's seat. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Labour shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband said, “What is so outrageous is that as fossil fuel companies rake in these enormous sums, Rishi Sunak still refuses to bring in a proper windfall tax that would make them pay their fair share. (42 words)

Cabinet Office Minister Mr Gove had earlier been challenged by his Labour shadow Rachel Reeves on face mask supplies for the public in case the government recommends they should be worn in public. (33 words)

In 2014, Tristram Hunt, then Labour shadow minister for education, that private schools should lose some of their business-rate relief if they didn’t form more meaningful partnerships with state schools. (32 words)

Example sentences (14)

He was supported by former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell.

Labour shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds at last year's party conference in Liverpool.

Labour shadow climate change secretary Ed Miliband said, “What is so outrageous is that as fossil fuel companies rake in these enormous sums, Rishi Sunak still refuses to bring in a proper windfall tax that would make them pay their fair share.

LABOUR shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has said he would “hold the door wide open” to the NHS for the private sector if his party was to win the general election.

Labour shadow justice secretary Shabana Mahmood said the government needed to "urgently explain how they can't do the basic job of keeping potentially dangerous criminals locked up".

This is because BBC journalists have been “forced to strike” by proposed cuts to local radio, former Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said.

Labour shadow defence secretary John Healy said Mr Farage would "rather lick Vladimir Putin's boots than stand up for the people of Ukraine".

MEE sought a comment from Labour shadow foreign secretary David Lammy but did not receive a response by the time of publication.

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MP, Labour Shadow Chancellor, said: “After fourteen years of chaos and uncertainty under the Conservatives working people are worse off.

Cabinet Office Minister Mr Gove had earlier been challenged by his Labour shadow Rachel Reeves on face mask supplies for the public in case the government recommends they should be worn in public.

It is also significant as this is Labour shadow cabinet member Sue Hayman's seat.

A Labour shadow minister has denied behaving inappropriately or acting in a misogynistic manner after he was alleged to have slapped a woman's buttocks.

A Labour shadow minister has told to stop talking about foreign policy after he sparked fury by refusing to blame for the Salisbury attack.

In 2014, Tristram Hunt, then Labour shadow minister for education, that private schools should lose some of their business-rate relief if they didn’t form more meaningful partnerships with state schools.

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