Example sentences of "before the house and " in BNC.

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1 And that was a delightful and most alarming sensation , when the long , airy arms of the West Wind reached down through the trees and caught him up , and the leaves were all shivering and clattering and trembling with her passing , and the straws danced before the house and the dust rose and flew about in little earth-fountains .
2 It is before the House and out of the government 's hands except via the House .
3 The plaintiffs must pay the costs of the second to fourth defendants before the House and in the courts below .
4 Is it not by now abundantly obvious to everyone that those organisations that remain implacably opposed to Sunday trading will never agree to any compromise solution to the problem that could be laid before the House and command widespread support ?
5 Page 382 of ’ Erskine May ’ concerns the citing of documents not before the House and makes it clear that a Minister may not ’ read or quote from a despatch or other state paper not before the House , unless he is prepared to lay it upon the Table . ’
6 I repeat that the question on the Order Paper tonight is irrelevant to the question before the House and the country .
7 They will start to have an impact on the regulations and directives that come before the House and our Parliament and become part of our statute book .
8 I take that as part of the Labour party 's approach to defence procurement , which is to tick off each individual project , factory or programme whenever it comes before the House and to say that it fully endorses it .
9 The choice before the House and the country is clear .
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