Example sentences of "member [prep] the [noun sg] of commons " in BNC.
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| 1 | A government is produced by the members of the House of Commons , which is the chief reason voters cast their ballots in elections . |
| 2 | Friends of the Earth found itself fighting alongside left and right-wing members of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee to overturn the tax system which benefited investors in plantation forestry at the expense of wildlife and the taxpayer . |
| 3 | All other peers may now take a seat in the House of Lords and may not participate in the election of Members of the House of Commons . |
| 4 | Although a government which enjoys the confidence of a comfortable majority of Members of the House of Commons is very unlikely to encounter any difficulty in securing such sanction , the necessity for it remains the ultimate weapon in the hands of the House . |
| 5 | The New Party had been funded in January 1931 by a gift of 50,000 from the motor manufacturer William Morris , later Lord Nuffield , and encouraged by defections from the Labour party , including six members of the House of Commons . |
| 6 | Members of the House of Commons were often important landowners , with considerable parliamentary experience and the ability to decide things for themselves . |
| 7 | The Cabinet did not , the party machine did not , the constituencies did not , at least three quarters of the Conservative members of the House of Commons did not . |
| 8 | The great experiment would take place with MacDonald able to count upon less than a third of the members of the House of Commons . |
| 9 | seven other members of the House of Commons appointed by the House , none of whom shall be a Minister of the Crown . |
| 10 | Parliament must be well aware of the great burden that is imposed on senior ministers , who not only take charge of their departments but also speak for them in Parliament , attend meetings of the Cabinet and its committees , and see to their constituency affairs if they are members of the House of Commons . |
| 11 | The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General ( the law officers of the Crown ) are ministers , not in the cabinet , appointed by the Prime Minister from the ranks of Members of the House of Commons who are barristers . |
| 12 | In a famous essay , H. J. Laski recorded that between 1832 and 1906 , out of 139 judges appointed , 80 were Members of the House of Commons at the time of their nomination and 11 others had been candidates for Parliament ; that , of the 80 , 63 were appointed by their own party while in office ; and 33 of them had been either Attorney-General or Solicitor-General . |
| 13 | My Hon. Friend should also remember that equally generous arrangements are made for Members of the House of Commons in the House of Lords . |
| 14 | Members of the House of Commons came to enjoy power . |
| 15 | Under the established system for electing members to the House of Commons , each elector has only one vote in a general election ; each constituency returns only one Member of Parliament ; and Members of the House of Commons are elected on a first-past-the-post ( winner takes all ) system whereby the candidate with the most votes wins the seat whether or not he or she has an overall majority of all the votes cast in the constituency . |
| 16 | Also throughout this period some members of the House of Commons , though their numbers steadily decreased , owed their election to the influence which the Treasury and Admiralty were able to exert over certain constituencies . |
| 17 | I present below a short anthology of some of the views of some present Conservative Members of the House of Commons as they have been expressed in Parliament . |
| 18 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons I look forward to visiting Australia in February , the European Parliament and the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and Malta next May , France in June and Germany in October . |
| 19 | Members of the House of Commons Estimates for the Public Service will be laid before you . |
| 20 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons My Government will pursue , within the framework of the Exchange Rate Mechanism , firm financial policies designed to reduce inflation further and maintain the conditions necessary for sustained growth . |
| 21 | My Lords and Members of the House of Commons I pray that the blessing of Almighty God may rest upon your counsels . |
| 22 | This study is designed to gather information on the attitudes of Members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the main principles which should underline welfare policy . |
| 23 | An additional postal questionnaire will be sent to all members of the House of Commons |
| 24 | The package of proposals was published on Feb. 29 , in the form of a report by an all-party parliamentary committee of 10 senators and 20 members of the House of Commons , and was designed to provide an agenda for forthcoming negotiations between the federal government and the provinces . |
| 25 | Candidates will be proposed and seconded in writing by Members of the House of Commons in receipt of the Conservative whip . |
| 26 | The candidate thus elected by the Party in the House of Commons will be presented for confirmation as Party leader to a Party meeting constituted as follows : Members of the House of Commons in receipt of the Conservative whip ; Members of the House of Lords in receipt of the Conservative whip ; Adopted Parliamentary candidates ; Members of the Executive Committee of the National Union not already included in the above categories . |
| 27 | Members of the House of Commons ' Environment select committee have concluded that the rate of destruction of Brazilian rainforest is not as great as has been reported . |
| 28 | The electorate may have the power to choose the members of the House of Commons but the will of the electorate is not something formally recognized by the courts . |
| 29 | Under the established system for electing members to the House of Commons , each elector has only one vote in a general election ; each constituency returns only one Member of Parliament ; and Members of the House of Commons are elected on a first-past-the-post ( winner takes all ) system whereby the candidate with the most votes wins the seat whether or not he or she has an overall majority of all the votes cast in the constituency . |
| 30 | One who inherits a title whilst a Member of the House of Commons or a candidate for a seat in it can remain or become a Member for only one month before disclaiming . |