Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] commons the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are Standing Orders of the House of Commons the equivalent of statute law ? 2 . |
| 2 | On 13th April , Macmillan announced in the House of Commons the demise of Blue Streak and its replacement by Skybolt . |
| 3 | In the House of Commons the Government was challenged on these grounds . |
| 4 | In the House of Commons the bulk of the Labour opposition ( as well as the Liberal Democrats ) voted with the government , but on the first occasion over 50 and on the second over 30 Labour members critical of the bipartisan approach agreed by their party 's leadership voted against ( resulting in resignations from their posts by three frontbench spokespersons ) . |
| 5 | Subject to sub-paragraph ( iii ) below , when the Parliamentary Labour Party is in opposition in the House of Commons the election of the party leader and deputy leader shall take place at each annual party conference . |
| 6 | But the bias of the system worked in Labour 's favour , and in the House of Commons the Labour Party had 287 seats , the Conservatives 261 and the Liberals 59 . |
| 7 | Put to the House of Commons the deployment of American cruise missiles on British soil . |
| 8 | Each year the C & AG must present to the House of Commons the operating costs of his department . |
| 9 | In his 1699 pamphlet , English and Welsh Mines and Minerals Discovered , ‘ M.S. ’ advocated to the House of Commons the employment of the poor for profitable mining . |
| 10 | The British experience was perceived by Michael Foot when in Opposition in the following way : ‘ I think one of the most serious threats to the power of the House of Commons is the notion which is growing up that you can have a meeting in Downing Street of the Executive and the CBI and the TUC who make an agreement that is binding and when it comes to the House of Commons the House of Commons has not the power … to tear that bargain apart ’ ( quoted in Grant 1977 , p. 169 ) . |