Example sentences of "house [prep] [noun prp] [modal v] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN investigation into bedsits , flats and guest houses in Darlington may be ordered by councillors as part of a crackdown on unscrupulous landlords . |
| 2 | A NEW guide to guest houses in Darlington will be published soon aimed at visitors looking for economic , good accommodation . |
| 3 | The letter of 5 June 1992 from the Clerk of the House of Commons starts by saying , ‘ My attention has been drawn to the fact that the House of Lords may be asked to hear argument in this case based on the meaning or significance of words spoken during proceedings on a Bill in the House of Commons . ’ |
| 4 | I have decided that an appeal to the House of Lords should be lodged , and this has been done . |
| 5 | It has often been argued that the House of Lords should be abolished and that we should have a unicameral system of Government . |
| 6 | It has been suggested that the delaying power of the House of Lords should be reduced still further . |
| 7 | Since reform was now unavoidable it must be made certain that Ireland would be included under the redistribution clauses and that the House of Lords should be restored to entrench resistance to Labour . |
| 8 | I know of no authority for the proposition that an ordinary crime committed in the House of Commons would be withdrawn from the ordinary course of criminal justice . |
| 9 | Their existence , like that of other nationalist splinter groups , was vital to the continuance of a Labour government , and private negotiations with them ( amongst whom was now numbered Enoch Powell ) ensured that their numbers in the new House of Commons would be raised from 12 to 18 . |
| 10 | The number of people who have died on our streets is equivalent to a hundred thousand people dying in the streets of Britain , if that were happening , then the House of Commons would be packed to the doors everyday , until they got it sorted out . |
| 11 | Is not it reasonable that the House of Commons should be given the same information as is made available to the press in briefings ? |
| 12 | For example , a general election for the House of Commons must be held at least every 5 years but only certain people have access to the vote and not all votes for different parties are of equal power in the absence of proportional representation making for a close correspondence between votes cast and seats won ; the House of Lords ( once a very powerful state institution ) can now only delay bills passed by the House of Commons ; the Prime Minister " must " come from the Commons ; and it is " expected " that a government will resign and call a general election if it is defeated in a vote of confidence on the floor of the House of Commons . |
| 13 | Tree felling : Trees near a house in Hawkswood could be felled despite a tree preservation order . |
| 14 | Visitors to Chris Martin 's house in Cheltenham might be forgiven for shivering at all the slithering going on among the selection of snakes which share his semi . |