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

Scottish National in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: scottish
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.3 words

Words in this phrase

scottish national

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • scottish can mean: Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland. Frequent word
  • national can mean: Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 9 start, 5 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

allan the scottish national party msp 1× are a scottish national party member 1× at the scottish national gallery are 1× by the scottish national party s 1× former scottish national party leader 1× from the scottish national party 1× in the scottish national party 1× in the scottish national party has 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a senior figure 1× asked what the 1× at a harrogate 1× dr alasdair allan 1× former scottish national 1× humza yousaf is 1×

Common sentence endings:

scottish national party 3× afternoon tea menu 1× ambassador to britain 1× dundee on saturday 1× embrace the lockdown 1× featured four times 1×

Context words

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

party 16× leader 5× first 4× year 3× minister 3× march 3× snp 3× featured 3× old 2× investment 2× bank 2× government 2×

Related phrases

national park scottish government national hurricane national weather national intelligence national electoral national forest republican national democratic national national laboratory

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around scottish:

scottish government 20× scottish cup 12× scottish labour 11× scottish independence 10× scottish premiership 8× scottish water 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

scottish labour scottish independence scottish government scottish cup scottish borders scott walker

Just after it in the phrase index:

scottish parliament scottish premiership scottish water scouting combine screen actors screening process

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

scottish government scottish borders scottish cup scottish labour scottish independence scottish parliament

Same ending:

republican national democratic national apc national canadian national independent national kenya national

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "scottish national" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 28.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as allan the scottish national party msp, are a scottish national party member, party, leader and first stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with national park, scottish government, national hurricane, scottish government, scottish cup and scottish labour, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with scottish national

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

Short example sentences

Scottish National PartyThe First Minister spoke to acivisits in Dundee on Saturday. (12 words)

Former Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon talks about her husband's arrest. (13 words)

The Scottish National Party pounced with an ad saying, “The Tories at Westminster are effectively saying: Scottish democracy must be ignored. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Dr Alasdair Allan, the Scottish National party MSP for the Western Isles, Na h-Eileanan an Iar in Scottish Gaelic, cautioned that many more cases on the islands might have gone undetected, but said islanders were quick to embrace the lockdown. (41 words)

In a statement posted on Twitter, the Clydesdale MSP said: "To lead the Scottish National Party, which I care so much about, would be the greatest honour and I am sincerely grateful to everyone who has encouraged me to do so. (41 words)

The 21-year-old has also featured in multiple levels of the Scottish national youth system, having made a single appearance for the Under-17s before moving up to the Under-19s where he's featured four times. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

The 52-year-old became leader of the Scottish National Party and Scottish First Minister in November 2014 and held both roles until March of this year.

He was the architect of the Scottish National Investment Bank and chairman of the Scottish Government’s Advisory Group on Economic Recovery post Covid-19.

Many Scottish National Party (SNP) members and supporters will be disgusted by the news that a senior member of the Scottish government, Angus Robertson, recently met with Israel’s deputy ambassador to Britain.

The emergency legislation, led by the Scottish National party’s governing partners, the Scottish Greens, was intended as a temporary response to the cost of living crisis and comes to an end on 31 March.

Dr Alasdair Allan, the Scottish National party MSP for the Western Isles, Na h-Eileanan an Iar in Scottish Gaelic, cautioned that many more cases on the islands might have gone undetected, but said islanders were quick to embrace the lockdown.

If you live in Dundee, support Scottish independence and are a Scottish National Party member or supporter, I am about to make your day.

The Scottish Cafe, located at the Scottish National Gallery, are calling upon amateur bakers to slip on their aprons and show off their culinary creations for a chance to be featured on their afternoon tea menu.

The Scottish National Party pounced with an ad saying, “The Tories at Westminster are effectively saying: Scottish democracy must be ignored.

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However, since the national rugby union team adopted "Flower of Scotland" in 1990, most other Scottish national teams have followed suit.

A senior figure in the Scottish National party has said the party faces its biggest crisis in 50 years, amid a police investigation into its finances.

Asked what the rules should be, he replied: “In terms of my views, at the moment, if someone is charged by the police for wrongdoing, then they shouldn't be in the Scottish National Party.

At a Harrogate Borough Council meeting in 2021, Conservative deputy leader, Graham Swift, pithily described the grievances of Ripon Independent councillor Pauline McHardy as like listening to the Scottish National Party.

Former Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon talks about her husband's arrest.

Humza Yousaf is set to become Scotland’s youngest first minister and the first person from a minority ethnic background to hold the post after he was elected leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

In a statement posted on Twitter, the Clydesdale MSP said: "To lead the Scottish National Party, which I care so much about, would be the greatest honour and I am sincerely grateful to everyone who has encouraged me to do so.

Scottish National PartyThe First Minister spoke to acivisits in Dundee on Saturday.

Sturgeon announced last month that she was resigning as Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and subsequently also as chief executive, effective sometime later in March.

The 21-year-old has also featured in multiple levels of the Scottish national youth system, having made a single appearance for the Under-17s before moving up to the Under-19s where he's featured four times.

The cross-party committee has seven members, of which four are Tory MPs, two Labour and one from the Scottish National Party.

The former is long-term, the latter a time-specific piece of work – like the research Mazzucato herself contributed towards a Scottish National Investment Bank.

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