Example sentences of "bill [be] [vb pp] a [num ord] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bills are read a first time in the same way as in the case of Government Bills , two weeks after the ballot is taken , and there is consequently little time for any consultation or drafting which has not already taken place . |
| 2 | Once a Bill is read a first time , it can be printed and is usually available the next day . |
| 3 | In opposing a Bill , however , the opposition ( occasionally it may be a dissident member of the government party ) will move an amendment not to the text of the Bill , but to the motion that the Bill be read a second time ( the motion before the House ) . |
| 4 | The usual one is an amendment to the effect ‘ that the Bill be read a second time upon this day six months ’ hence' when , historically , the session would have ended and the Bill thus have lapsed . |
| 5 | A Member simply gives notice and eventually moves that the Bill be read a first time . |
| 6 | Read the first time on 12 February 1844 , his creditors and debtors bill was read a second time on 30 April . |
| 7 | Where the principle object of a Bill was money , it was formerly the practice for it to be made the subject of a debate in the Commons upon a resolution before the Bill was read a first time . |